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The $64,000 question is why in the hell is the GOP going to give Chafee ANY money, period? What a waste...

If a republican candidate who was a better than Chaffee were to run and he was almost a guarantee to keep the senate seat in republican hands, then I'm sure that the Senarotial Committee would run with the new candidate.

But, running with a RINO, who is almost a guarantee, is better than risking losing the seat to a democrat. It's just a matter of the numbers. If the republicans retain control of the Senate, even with the RINOs, then that's all that mattters at the present. The simple majority sets the agenda. (Although lately it seems that the democrats are in control).

f a republican candidate who was a better than Chaffee were to run and he was almost a guarantee to keep the senate seat in republican hands, then I'm sure that the Senarotial Committee would run with the new candidate. But, running with a RINO, who is almost a guarantee, is better than risking losing the seat to a democrat. It's just a matter of the numbers. If the republicans retain control of the Senate, even with the RINOs, then that's all that mattters at the present. The simple majority sets the agenda. (Although lately it seems that the democrats are in control).

Very well said. Counting votes, and maintaining control of a legislature is what it's all about. You play offense or lose control and play defense. When a president steps in he has to do things like cut taxes, defend America, and as they all do, channel that domestic tranquility pork torwards difficult legislators. Now he gets two SC nominees. He has to count those votes too.