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.
There must be some joke about Lincoln in the Whitehouse bedroom or Whitehouse in the Lincoln bedroom in there.
Yes, will you PLEASE leave?!?!
Other than that, Mrs. Chafee, how was the election?
Buh bye traitor...
I think he is.
DITTO!!!:):)
Nancee
PS The Gop shouldn't have wasted either a minute or a dime on this guy in the first place. How many times has he absolutely frustrated progress in the right direction??
Bookmark for future use as Exhibit A next time pseudo-conservatives argue to vote the party and not the candidate.
Oh no!... HINT:YOU HAVE BEEN FIRED BOZO! :)
How much money did the RNC waste on this guy in the primaries and the general election? A few hunder thousand extra bucks might have helped in Montana and Virginia. We need to do some serious house cleaning.
Nancee
Bye bye now. Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.
Oh and thanks for the support.
Best Wishes,
RINO Hater from Tennessee
Hey, I'm starting to feel better!
Chafee was Republican? LOL
So Long
Yo Chafe.... don't let the screen door hit you in a**!!!
We'll miss you, Chaffee....NOT
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