I like Stephen Laffey, he's been a great Mayor. Too bad he's polling so poorly in the general election.
If Laffey debates Whitehouse well, I think we could have a race. 50% of RI voters are Independent. However, obviously Laffey vs. Whitehouse certainly leans to Whitehouse.
I've switched to Chafee on this race. Kinda.
I still don't really care who wins, as Chafee is worthless, but because of the Lieberman defeat, I think it would be better for us to keep Linc around, because it will be harder to accuse the D's of being extremists for ousting him.
Yah, yah, I know, Lieberman agreed with them on 85%+ of things while Chafee...pretty much never agrees with us, Lieberman was a longtime party stalward, VP pick etc. while Chafee was appointed to fill out his father's term and only won one term against a marginal D based on name recognition, etc.
But that kind of stuff won't register with the media or everyday voters. Right now, the Lieberman defeat is a great tool to prove that the D's are owned by the Kos crowd, which they clearly are, and this would make it more difficult.
Bottom line is, while often people "say" there isn't really any difference between the two candidates, in this case, their actually "isnt" any difference between Chafee or Whitehouse. So, since there is no difference at all, and since it would take an act of God for Laffey to win the general, I'd rather Chafee just because I think it would help us beat on the D's for Lieberman's defeat, which could really help Santorum, Talent, Burns etc.
But that said, I don't really care. It probably won't be "that" big of a difference either way.
If Laffey wins the primary, I'll wish him luck, but I won't have any dellusions about his ability to win.