Senator Lincoln Chafee (R)
Rhode Island
Republican, Years of Service: 4
ACU Ratings for Senator Chafee: | |
Year 2003 | 35 |
Year 2002 | 53 |
Lifetime | 44 |
On the other hand, the other Senator from the state, Jack Reed, has a lifetime ACU rating of 9% so I suppose it could be worse.
For comparison, here are three of the other worst RINOS in the Senate:
Senator Olympia Snowe (R)
Maine
Republican, Years of Service: 25
ACU Ratings for Senator Snowe: | |
Year 2003 | 35 |
Year 2002 | 65 |
Lifetime | 51 |
Senator Susan Collins (R)
Maine
Republican, Years of Service: 7
ACU Ratings for Senator Collins: | |
Year 2003 | 45 |
Year 2002 | 55 |
Lifetime | 56 |
There is not much sense complaining about Chaffee when we put up the likes of Specter, who has just as poor a record as Chaffee, and over a lot longer period of time, although in fairness, he seems to be voting more conservatively lately...
Senator Arlen Specter (R)
Pennsylvania
Republican, Years of Service: 23
ACU Ratings for Senator Specter: | |
Year 2003 | 65 |
Year 2002 | 50 |
Lifetime | 43 |
The GOP needs to keep all these RINOs out of critical committee chairmanships if they want to keep their ball rolling. These RINOs probably see it is not in their best interests to jump ship and end up completely rejected and marginalized like Jeffords.
Its abbreviation, RI, is after all, the first two letters of RINO.