Nobody saw their change of political orientation coming. Both women did a good job at playing the role of solid Democrats.

Cassel won a Florida House seat as a Democrat in two ... to “no party affiliation” a year after the brutal Butterfly Ballot controversy that was part of the Florida recount in the 2000 ...

It remains one of the most remarkable incidents in modern American politics and may have been the deciding factor in a race that came down to “butterfly” ballots ... in Florida, and a still ...