Chafee = Romney
Two peas in a pod.
Plenty like him still running the Republican Party.
get real.
Yep. the merging of the parties is nearly complete.
There is no way Lincoln Chafee would’ve nominated Paul Ryan to do anything. To Chafee ... Ryan is the villain.
SnakeDoc
There are definite similarities. Chafee and Romney both come from establishment Republican dynasties whose constituents have been disappearing. They both had to find a way to adapt if they wanted to keep their family political businesses alive.
Romney tried to pull the “I can be as liberal as any Democrat” routine a few years before Chafee did, and he found out it was not a winning strategy, losing office just like Chafee would later. Romney didn’t go independent, or toy around with switching parties like Chafee though. Instead, he decided to try to jump to the national level of Republican politics, where he didn’t need to worry about a shrinking pool of Republican voters.
Romney has arguably picked the more successful strategy, but I don’t doubt that he would be right there beside Chafee at the Democrat convention, if he had thought that was the more politically expedient move.
Wonder when the “Maine wonder twins” (Snowe and Collins) will be joining?