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"The Club For Growth" and other neo-fascist stalwarts called Jeffords "Benedict Arnold" for doing it - but they didn't realize that here on the shore of Lake Champlain we remember Arnold as the hero of the Battle of Valcour Island.

Will one election cycle be enough? 2008

When the GOP won enough seats last year to reclaim the majority, Republican leaders reveled in calling Jeffords irrelevant -- "the ultimate putdown," says Jeffords's spokesman.

Capitol Letter: The Quiet Man 2007

Republicans called Jeffords a traitor, spurning him in cruelly personal ways and behaving like a bunch of high-school students settling a score.

Capitol Letter: The Quiet Man 2007

I would say that if you think about the way we ended up this year, we were able to come together and get bipartisan agreement on a very important bill -- the bill to deal with people with disabilities getting into the work force, the so-called Jeffords-Kennedy bill.

Press Briefing By Jack Lew And John Podesta On Budget ITY National Archives 1999

Better yet, threaten to do a "Jeffords" and become an independent, causing the Democrats to lose control of the Senate if they do not give you the nomination.

Clinton makes popular vote pitch in new ad 2008

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And Jim Jeffords chuckles mildly to himself... 2009

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And Jim Jeffords chuckles mildly to himself... 2009

I guess it was OK for Senators Arlen Spectre (PA) and Jim Jeffords (VT) to switch party affiliation from Republican to Democrat without any left wing outcry, even after having been elected as Republicans; but it's not OK for Rep Griffith to switch from Democrat to Republican.

Parker Griffith's staff resigns 2010

This is basically what happened with Jim Jeffords, who is no longer a senator.

Matthew Yglesias » The Leader of the Pack 2009

Jim Jeffords and Joe Lieberman ... both Independents because their party didn't do it for them, and then Bernie Sanders, an Independent, and Arlen Specter switching parties ...

McConnell weighs in on independent bid by Crist 2010