Cowardly? Why am I cowardly, because I believe that the GOP actually stands for something and refuse to let the party be taken over by Democrats in sheep's clothing? It is you who is cowardly if you refuse to stand up to somebody who votes against the positions of the GOP platform more often than not.
As for the distinction between federal and state elections, you are correct that abortion is seen as a "federal issue" by many, and thus states like Alaska have elected pro-abortion Democrat governors and states like Rhode Island have elected pro-life Republican governors. But it is also true that Rhode Island's 2nd CD has elected pro-life Democrats to Congress for many years now, first with Bob Weygand and then with Jim Langevin, so being pro-life does not make one unelectable in Rhode Island. But anyways, I'm not necessarily advocating that a pro-life Republican challenge Chafee in a primary or that we convince Chafee to leave so that a pro-life Republican runs---I would be satisfied with someone who is not a liberal extremist in the Chafee mode, even if such candidate is for the most part pro-choice on abortion. As much as I hate Olympia Snowe and Arlen Specter, I would accept Republicans with such issue positions if they were running in Democrat Rhode Island. But Lincoln Chafee would be unacceptable as a Republican anywhere except maybe the District of Columbia.
You're cowardly because you didn't bother to answer back to me on the "Strickland is running for governor" post.
That's true that pro-life Democrats have won federal office in R.I. That's because on just about every other issue, Wegyand and Langevin are very liberal. Those guys are far left on Unions, Taxes, Entitlement Spending, Guns..... They're pro-life, but then again, so is Harry Reid and He's doing a lot of work agaaint the life movement right now. If a pro-life Republican was very liberal on a ton of issues (Like a John McCain,) then maybe they could win in R.I.
Don't get me wrong...If you started a Chafee Stinks Club....I'd join!