Posted on 04/16/2015 7:48:08 AM PDT by Red Badger
Former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee said Thursday on CNN that he's running for the Democratic nomination for president, just a week after announcing he formed an exploratory committee, his most definitive statement he's made toward formalizing a 2016 campaign.
"Yes, that's why I'm running. Because I feel strong about where we're going as a country," Chafee told CNN's "New Day" on Thursday, when asked why he's been so critical of Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton. Chafee was asked by CNN's John Berman in the context of having not formally declared his presidential campaign.
Chafee spokeswoman Debbie Rich said Chafee did not declare himself as a candidate for president Thursday, despite saying "that's why I'm running."
"We are still in the exploratory committee phase," she told CNN in a phone interview, adding, "We will file the proper papers to be an official candidate, but that has not happened yet."
Chafee, a former Republican and former senator, announced he was forming an exploratory committee last week. Chafee's been differentiating himself from fellow Democratic primary contenders by taking sharp jabs at Clinton, willing to be more critical than would-be challengers former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley or former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb over her vote in Congress to authorize the war in Iraq.
"That was a moment where the premise for going to Iraq was so false that there were weapons of mass destruction; she didn't do her homework. We live with the ramifications," Chafee told CNN's "State of the Union" over the weekend. "You may say that's 12 years ago — that's a big motivator for me running. If you show a lack of judgment, lack of doing homework then, what can we expect in the future?"
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. . . more like the bag of nuts is leaking.
The sharks smell blood in the water.
Good. This primary season needed some comedy relief.
Excellent. The trust fund entitlement mentality continues to run deep in the Democrat party.
I used ‘Carousel’ because you ride on a dead horse up and down and up and down going in circles never getting any where...........
More like lincoln chaffes me. Some gold bond powder should help.
Will a lace hanky appear in his campaign logo?
More like a jellyfish, a dead one, on the beach, all smelly and withered.
Well Hillary miscalculated by voting for Iraq war. She wanted to prove how rough and tough she was, by proving she would send our troops into battle. This was in anticipation of her future presidential ambitions. But it hasn’t worked out for her has it? Her vote for Iraq was a key issue which sank her in the 2008 primaries vs. Obama.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm
Coming soon...Obama endorsement ???
He declined to run for reelection in RI because he was unpopular...but now he wants to run for President? Methinks he’s just aiming for a position as an analyst on a cable news network show.
In fact I'd wager he clothes on my back that these clowns have been (secretly) promised a juicy gig in DC if they entered the race.
If i could walk that way I wouldn’t need the talcum powder!.............(old old old joke)......
Another lowlife turdball is circling the bowl. This is truly a pitiful clowns’ circlefest, sure to get larger in the coming weeks/months.
This dude is such a pea brain even little rhody gave him the boot and those people believe it is in their DNA to vote Dem, that’s how dumb they are.
Clown cars hold a lot of clowns.
The first part of ‘analyst’ is.......
Not true. She beat Obama in the elections. She just didn’t pay attention to the caucuses and he was able to take advantage. Just a pure miscalculation ulation.of resources.
Chafee is a certifiable nut case.
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