I welcomed the depature of people like Chafee because of his lack of loyalty to the party. That said, I also welcomed the exit of Allen and Santorum who thought they could build the party in sparsely populated formerly Democratic regions of their states by thumbing their noses at once heavily Republican suburban voters. We want low taxes and security.
Abortion and gay marriage are non-issues in our lives.
You don't speak for me
"That said, I also welcomed the exit of Allen and Santorum...."
Now THAT is a troll comment.
That's nice. I hope you're enjoying your democrat majority. And Casey is pro-life, that was one of the big reasons why he won. He took Santorum's influence among blue-collar suburban votes, who are mostly pro-life despite what you may want to believe.
The republicans can't win without the votes of social conservatives. Anyone denying that is a liar.