Him and Congressman (pathches) Kennedy can form their own NA cell.
I wasn't aware he'd done this. What a buffoon!
Sounds a lot like someone not running for re-election.
Laffey for Senate!
I'm going to call Chaffee's office and ask them where I send donations to Laffey...
President Bush will puss out and support him, just like he did with Arlen Specter.
Maybe Pat Toomey can move to Rhode Island and get screwed over twice by President Bush?
This "fox in the henhouse" stuff has got to end. The Republicans should primary him and make his life miserable. If he switches then good riddance. I'd bet a dollar to a donut that the Dems are always hep to Republican strategies before some Pubs are. Same goes for Collins. Let that be a shot across the bow.
This is exactly what I've said in the past. You can excuse Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe. They have to vote like RINOs on most issues, or they could never get re-elected in a state like Maine.
The deal with RINOs is that the Republican leadership lets them vote against their party whenever they don't need their votes. But if they really need their votes, then they call in the chips and expect to get them. Collins and Snowe understand how to play that game. Chafee does not. He cannot be counted on in the clinch. He must go. Better a Democrat than a proven Republican traitor.
1. Far as I'm concerned, he needn't beg. Chaffee is useless, cut him loose.
2. If I had to bet, I'd bet Bush will act as if nothing ever happened, Chaffee's his best friend, he's a must-have for the Senate.
Dan
While I doubt Laffey would be any better than the other NorthEast Reps, I want Chafee out. Reps should vote for Laffey in the primary. Soon as he announces I'll send a contribution.
The bottomline is that it is one thing to be a Liberal Republican. Quite another to be a Democrat. When Chafee dilberately makes a big show of not voting for the leader of the party for President of the United States he does NOT deserve the support of any Republican nor conservative.
Failing defeat in the primary, vote a person that is honest about being a Democrat rather than a person that is dishonest about their party affiliation. Ditto Bloomberg in N.Y. These two are not Liberal Republicans, they are Democrats.
I've met his likely primary opponent, and I think he'd be a big step in the right direction. He took a fiscally mismanaged city headed for bankruptcy, and turned it around. Most importantly, his reputation as Cranston mayor makes him an electable Republican in a blue state - and though he's a moderate, he's far more conservative than Chafee.
Here's his bio: http://www.electlaffey.com/site/about.php
The great thing about him going down in a GOP primary is that he might go and run as an independent. The Republican might have a shot at winning in a three way race.
Chafee's main problem is not that he's a RINO, but that he always looks like a total wimp. Somehow, Olympia Snowe or John McCain carry out the RINO routine without looking as idiotic as Chafee.
This is an odd sentence. When did Pres. Bush and Sen. Frist indicate "they are serious about getting conservative justices on the bench?" That's news to me.