Assumptions aren't helpful. Like you, I am registered non-partisan after leaving the republican party at the end of the reagan years. I was satisfied with our bipartisan legislature as long as it lasted. You can't please all the people all the time, but it's important to please most of the people (moderates of both parties and as much as can be accommodated on both sides) most of the time. I don't understand the Marky reference. If referring to mark begich (is he active these days?) then I would point out that there wasn't much difference between begich and lisa murk voting records. A lot of people call her RINO, I call her a moderate. I don't care for her personally or how she got her seat though. I've only voted for her to ensure joe miller stayed far far away from positions of power.