Think of it like this.How often does the democRAT Senator from RI vote with the Republican leadership? About 0% of the time,right?
So if Chaffee votes with us 1% of the time,we're ahead in the game,right?
Trust me when I tell you this...RI is,believe it or not,the most depressingly blue state in the nation.Someone like Chaffee is the very best we can hope for from that state.
He is the *least* of about a million evils there.
Let's say Chafee wins reelection. Also, Bob Casey, Sherrod Brown, Claire McCaskill, John Morrison and Harold Ford all win and take Republican seats. With the Senate 50-50, would you be certain that Chafee's vote for Majority Leader wouldn't be Harry Reid? I'd bet top dollar that if the Senate came down to it, Chafee would run into a welcoming Democratic party and be treated like a king rather than rightfully being called a RINO by members of the Republican party. Voting Chafee or Whitehouse in the general election, you're choosing between definitely supporting a Democrat and likely supporting a Democrat. Stephen Laffey '06!