[SmoothTalker]

I question the wisdom of that. We won't get a real conservative into office from Rhode Island any team soon. We'd guarantee the spot would go Dem. Probably to someone more liberal than Chafee. In the end a liberal maverick republican at least caucus' with the right party. We don't want to end up in a situation where we lose the Senate by one seat and shooting ourself in the foot in R.I. is to blame.

[NormsRevenge]

Need I remind you we had a clear GOP majority in the Senate yet somehow that didn't matter much either..