Democrats' chances of winning back Senate surge after Murkowski bombshell

Murkowski is seemingly keeping a door open to potentially caucusing with Democrats moving forward, or at the very least in a more independent mode to avoid the current hardened partisan divide, according to an interview being released in full on Tuesday.

Galen Druke, host of the GD Politics podcast, asked a hypothetical question about Murkowski being open to caucusing outside of the GOP if Democrats were to pick up three Senate seats in next year's elections, and if she had more opportunities to help her Alaskan constituents.

"There may be a possibility," Murkowski said, later adding, "There is some openness to exploring something different than the status quo."

It's an open question whether this being couched as a hypothetical allowed that response. It seems plausible that this is a gambit for other reasons.