Posted on 11/10/2006 5:29:10 AM PST by NYC Republican
Two days after losing a bid for a second term, Sen. Lincoln Chafee said he was unsure whether he would remain a Republican.
Two days after failing to secure another term, Rhode Island Sen. Lincoln Chafee considers leaving the Republican Party.
Chafee lost to Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse in a race seen as a referendum on President Bush and the GOP. On Thursday, he was asked whether he would stick with the Republican Party or become an independent or Democrat.
"I haven't made any decisions. I just haven't even thought about where my place is," Chafee said at a news conference. When pressed on whether his comments indicated he might leave the GOP, he replied: "That's fair."
Chafee, 53, is a lifelong Republican who has represented Rhode Island for seven years. His father held the same seat for 23 years before that.
He is the most liberal Republican in the Senate and was the sole Senate Republican to vote against the war in Iraq. But that was not enough to prevail against Whitehouse, who shared many of Chafee's views but was a Democrat in a heavily Democratic state.
Chafee said his loss may have helped the country by switching control of Congress.
"The people have spoken all across America. They want the Democrats and Republicans to work together," he said. "I think the president now is going to have to talk to the Democrats. I think that's going to be good for America."
Chafee said he waged a lonely campaign to bring the party to the middle. He described attending weekly lunches with fellow GOP senators and standing up to argue his point of view, often alone.
"There were times walking into my caucus room where it wasn't fun," he said, adding that he stayed with the GOP largely because it allowed him to bring federal dollars home to Rhode Island.
Here is my irrelevant response to an irrelevant post about an irrelevant man.
purge the rolls............
Lincoln Chafee is/was a Republican? Who woulda ever thunk?
Useless is as useless does. With Chafee' name of 'Lincoln' you could probably hook old Abe up to a dynamo and light up the Capitol.
Looks like the wolf is ready to shed his sheep clothing.
"Chafee said his loss may have helped the country by switching control of Congress."
That quote tells you all you need to know about Lincoln Chafee.
Not to me.
I'm glad he didn't win so that he could turn-coat and sabotage a tight balance!
Even if he could Frist does not have the nerve to do it.
LOL....tee hee. He was denied the pleasure of jumping to the dems so now he's bloviating! LOLOL.......sorry, jackass, you've been fired.
As Levin said on his show yesterday, 'See ya' jerk. Don't let the door hit you in the ass."
He was never a Republican, Much as I dislike the democrats it's nice to see this churl lose to a democrat.
...to bad rubbish!
What a blanking loser. Reminds me of John Lindsay, failed mayor of NYC, who flipped parties just as NYC was settling into 20 years of Democrat dominance and constant decay until Ed Koch stopped the decline and Rudy finally reversed it.
With all this talk about "Realism" returning to our Mid-East policy, where's is the "realism" when it comes to dealing with these RHINOs like Chafee and Spectre?
How can we expedite this?
Nancee
We are stronger without him. He should have been ejected years ago.
Absolutely none. If he were smart, he would have bolted before this year and run in the Democrat primary. He would have won re-election handily.
When he leaves, he should have to change his first name.
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