Chaffee is a thorn in our sides but better to have him in the Senate than any democrat. This proves the point. He WILL vote for cloture. That alone, the fact that we don't have another Democrat able to filibuster is enough to let him get reelected. We can't do any better in Rhode Island.
Gotta disagree..he didn't vote for the president..if he votes against the SCOTUS nominee.why keep him? He just gives more power to Snowe, Collins and the other RINOS..
In this case .. I disagree
He is a useless PITA republican .. kick'em out
Chaffee may provide a vote now and then but forever will be in the RINO category. If he gets beat in the primary which is a distinct possibility, a clear message can be sent to the others even if the Democrat wins in the general. It is time to stand up to them, otherwise what majority do we really have? Same old, same old.. which is not good enough. Get rid of him.
Re your #45 -
"...We can't do any better in Rhode Island."
Alas; it's the same up here in Maine, with our 2 infamous RINOs.
Sen. Susan Collins, much to her credit (I actually find myself rather liking her on the odd occasion) has already announced that she's pro-Alito, despite her solidly pro-abortion ideology.
Every now and then she likes to throw us right-leaning Pubbies a bone by doing something right.
Olympia Snowe, on the other hand, was still hiding her cards under the table the last I knew.
Since her pivotal, if not "Sacred" issue of abortion "rights" is seen to be at stake, I would not bet much change on her voting to confirm... or even for cloture, for that matter, if it comes down to that.
Unless, of course, it's a done deal regardless of her vote, at which point she might pretend to be a Republican and vote with the Party ... again, to throw them - and us - a political bone to keep us occupied for a while.
At least untill November, when she's up for re-election.
That's probably why she isn't going to committ either way untill she can tell with certainty how close it's going to be.
We may not know which way she goes until the votes are actually counted and announced.
Do we have any other RINOS who are refusing to committ for or against at this point?
That may be why.
And I fully expect the Commiocrats to do whatever they can to obstruct and delay Judge Alito's confirmation, even if they are resigned to not being able to Bork him completely somehow.
They are utterly desperate, IMHO, and we might expect that no options are currently off of their table.
I hope that the Alito's have a good security system, BTW.
Remember; Ft. Gacey Park isn't that far away.
And it might not be a bad idea for us to remember them in our prayers.