And the really good news is that (Lin)colon Chaffed RINO-RI would lose the Republican primary were it held today!
Actually I just posted this on another thread. From National Review:
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZmUzNTgwZDZmMjI3ODQ3MjhlMjNiMmJkMjU3ODE1NWM=
"Next week is a big one for Senator Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island: He must decide whether he's going to run for re-election as a Republican or as an independent. The deadline is 4 pm on Wednesday — almost exactly a week from right now. If Chafee doesn't believe he can win the GOP primary against challenger Steven Laffey, he may decide to forgo the whole thing and create a three-way race between himself, Laffey, and presumptive Democratic nominee Sheldon Whitehouse. This would create an interesting dilemma for Elizabeth Dole and the NRSC, which has already pumped a lot of cash into Chafee's re-election: Would they still support a guy who doesn't want to compete for their own party's nod?Under Rhode Island law, Chafee wouldn't actually have to drop his formal Republican affiliation: He could still say that he's a member of the party, but that he's not seeking its nomination. This may not pass the smell test, but since when has Chafee ever been required by Washington's GOP establishment to pass the smell test?"
And if the challenger won over Chaffee in Rhode Island primary would he lose in the Fall election?
Isn't Rhode Island a pretty liberal state?
There's no question Chafee would lose a REPUBLICAN primary.
The problem is that Democrats can switch to the Republican Party to vote in the primary, and Chafee has been registering them to do just that. That's why he even still has a chance to win it, but if it keeps going as it is even those Dem registrations may not save him.