[goldstategop]

Chaffee's face about is due to election year politics. He faces a conservative challenger in the primary back home.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[evad]

Chafee plans to announce his position on Alito's nomination Monday.

Be still my heart.

I can hardly wait to hear what this RINO has to say.

[beyond the sea]

Sen. Lincoln D. Chafee, under pressure as one of the last senators undecided on Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s fitness for the Supreme Court

"fitness"???......... just wondering, what is the political leaning of this particular paper? That is an odd word to use, imo.

Was Ginsberg "fit"???

[buck61]

It is not a settled issue and, I just wish these baby killers would stop saying this.

[sgtbono2002]

Chaffee started painting his floor at the door and painted over to the corner. Now he has to make up his mind whether to walk on the paint to get out or wait for it to dry.

Either way he is in the corner and most dont care what he does. He is irrelevent.

[Ken522]

Is Sen. Chafee still a Republican?

[He Rides A White Horse]

Iran is attempting to obtain a nuclear weapon. Hamas is in charge of the Palestinians. We're fighting in Iraq. The whole Middle East is like a powdwer keg just waiting for a spark, and some want us to be subjected to the spectacle of Patrick Leahy talking about his dog "Spot" for hours on end.

What a joke.

[REPANDPROUDOFIT]

Oh, how I love the blogoshere! In "the old days" there was so much antipathy about most issues before Congress. Now constituents pay attention to every vote a congressman makes. Elections hang how on he/she votes. Even Hitlarry is feeling the heat and is being forced to take a stand on a few (I repeat, just a few) issues. You can't run and hide in the blogs' world. Thank goodness. Today, a candidate's empty campaign promises come back to haunt him/her.

[He Rides A White Horse]

On Thursday, however, Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kerry announced plans to lead a filibuster against Alito's nomination, despite the lack of a united Democratic front behind the delaying tactic.

Another sore loser. With all that is facing us, Kerry is focused on his own revenge.

[lstanle]

" Sen. Lincoln D. Chafee, under pressure as one of the last senators undecided on Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s fitness for the Supreme Court, has committed himself to help fellow Republicans break a last-ditch Democratic filibuster of the nomination"

Another Gang of 14 member on board to help end the filibuster. Does anyone have a list of all gang members committed to stopping the filibuster?

[ArcadeQuarters]

These RINOs vote conservative when it doesn't matter and liberal in the tie breakers. That way they can hide how far left they really are.

[RedBeaconNY]

[veronica]

He's the idiot son who inherited the Senate seat from his much-smarter and respected father. His idiocy is once again on display. But he dare not support the filibuster, or he's outta there, as far as RI voters go. I am sure of that.

[GianniV]

Lincoln Chaffee is a total idiot. How many people does he represent in Rhode Island? Like ten?

[Fido969]

The fact that th eladership can exert pressure on him shows that a RINO is better than a democrat.

[mthom]

I hope the filibuster. They'll lose badly and if/when the next justice retires they'll look even worse when they try to filibuster again. Hell they might not even try on the next one.