Presidential Question (Congress, legal, parties, election)

[BudinAk]

Q: Could someone, having won the presidential election, suddenly announce plans to change parties? (wouldn't that upset the apple cart!) I know, it'll never happen, I just want to know if it LEGALLY could be done. Senators and Congressmen do it, so why not the President?...


Bud

[jufrbo]

He sure can, but why? The president more or less sets the agenda for the party. Hence the shift to neo-connism in the last 7 years. A congressman can feel jilted by his party though, and switch parties.