Donald L. Carcieri
Governor of Rhode Island, 2003-Present
True Red Blooded Conservative Republican
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Posted on 08/29/2006 8:06:58 AM PDT by AuH2ORepublican
72 Hour Program Activated In RI....
Democrats were right in 2004: the Republicans have adopted a draft. It only applies, however, to party workers employed by state victory committees in the east of the Mississippi. For many it will be worse than boot camp. They are to be sent to Rhode Island to try to rescue Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee’s re-election campaign in the September 12th primary.
Workers start arriving Friday and will be charged with sorting out the mess that Washington operatives believe is the Chafee campaign. First task may be to get Republican voters to forget Chafee’s erratic performance in the last two of the four broadcast debates between the incumbent and his lively challenger, Cranston mayor Stephen Laffey.
Scores of GOP workers will begin arriving this week and stay through the open primary as they search for and then try to persuade some of the 70,000 registered Republicans and several hundred thousand independent voters eligible to participate in the open primary to support Chaffee. Draftees, many of whom may be more compatible with Laffey, will be paid by their home-state committees. Food and lodging expenses will be picked up by Republican National Committee. Some of the faithful, however, may prefer to go AWOL than work for a Republican who opposes mangers on public property and calls the Club for Growth one of most notorious special interest groups in Washington.
Party pros may be hoping that the influx of energetic workers will inspire Chafee to put some heat under what they see as his lethargic performance in the day-to-day grind of campaigning in the Ocean State.
calls the Club for Growth one of most notorious special interest groups in Washington.
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lol, isn't that funny. The only group without a special interest is called the worst of all of them. Freedom is not a special interest.
I wonder what states they'd be pulling from because here I know that State Party wouldn't be too anxious to let anyone take time out of state when we've got two high-level dem incumbents to knock off.
Unless the plan is a help me now, we'll help you later type thing. Still, for a RINO....
They are notorious to him because it's their fault :D that the aristocrat might lose his heredity Senate seat.
Donald L. Carcieri
Governor of Rhode Island, 2003-Present
True Red Blooded Conservative Republican
Does that answer your question?
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