Posted on 09/12/2006 6:14:41 AM PDT by Salvation
Edited on 09/12/2006 3:40:45 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Notoriously independent-minded Rhode Island Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee confronts stiff opposition Tuesday in his bid for a second term, the latest race with a moderate targeted by his own party's hard-line critics.
While a total of nine states and Washington, D.C., were holding primary elections, Chafee's race is drawing the most attention as another test of the depth of anti-incumbent sentiment and the erosion of the political middle ground.
Update courtesy of RobFromGa in #70:
Here are websites where you can find the results for eight of the nine primaries being held today. The link for Vermont may not be working just yet. I believe it should be up and running by this evening.
Opinions, anyone??
On the elections??
On the live thread status??
Many races won't be close, but will set up important November contests that include Senate seats in Arizona and Minnesota, and the race for governor in Maryland, Minnesota, Rhode Island and Wisconsin. Other states holding primaries are Delaware, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont, while the District of Columbia will select mayoral candidates.
The NYS Dem primary races should be interesting, not so much the winners, but for the turnout and margins. IMHO :)
Going to vote after work today. Putting in my vote for John Spencer for the Republican candidate.
Since when has Chafee ever been middle of the road?
You are welcome. I just hate the automatic excerpt. Tried to edit it myself, but it is so frustrating to get less than 300 words. Bah!
i saw that too. AP story that FoxNews chose to publish. Go figure.
Whatever happens the DBM will portray the outcome as a "troubling trend" for the GOP heading into the midterms.
Got to go to work. Bookmark for later.
Three incumbents in the last states primaries (AK,CT & GA)all lost there seats.
Today should be interesting.
I predict Cardin over Mfume in Maryland (not too close), and Chafee over Laffey in Rhode Island (pretty close).
I'm hoping Randy Graf can hold off the NRCC-funded RINO.
I'm just glad that the entire republican organizational base can now come home from Rhode Island. I'm peeved that they have neglected so much just to save stinkin' Lincoln Chafee.
Four. Michigan was the same day as Connecticut.
Ditto.
I want Graf and Laffey.
The other race to watch is cardin/Mfume.
I don't really have a preferred one to campaign Steele, though some are convinced one would be better than the other.
Some say if Cardin wins, black Dems in MD will be unhappy so they might not turn out, and this will help Steele. We can hope.
Chafee is "independent minded?" What a laugh. Just like they used to call Lowell Weicker a "maverick." He was totally predictable though. He voted down the line like a liberal Democrat.
I'm not mad about their backing Chafee, since it's common for parties to back their incumbents, but they shouldn't have intervened in a primary for an open seat.
Election then all those coke parties.
Forget that, when did Chafee ever have a MIND ?
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