I’ve been googling to see if I can find an instance of Rudy campaigning for Chaffee in 06. I know he stumped for a lot of guys, particularly ones that were looking like they were in trouble. I haven’t found anything yet though.
The Senate is a club. It shouldn’t be, but it is.
Yes, Chafee sucked, and no Republican should have supported him at least in the primary. But we cannot afford to be nitpicking our candidates, and presidential candidates, to death. On the list of political sins, support for a former colleague, however inadvisable, doesn’t rank very high.
But yet again, their boomerang missed Fred and returned to clock Rudy upside his head. Rudy supported Cuomo over Pataki in 1994. So he and his minions look like fools for bashing Fred's party loyalty from 2006.
I despise Chaffee. But if he had won, Harry Reid would still be minority leader.