[patriciaruth]

He's left of a number of Senate Democrats...

Who?

[Heartofsong83]

Based on ACU ratings, the following are well to the right of Chafee and in moderate territory:

Landrieu (44)
Ben Nelson (60)

The following, while still clearly at least leaning liberal, are still quite a bit to the right of Chafee:

Baucus (24)
Bayh (20)
Byrd (20)
Conrad (21)
Bill Nelson (20)
Pryor (24)
Salazar (32)

[CDB]

Lots of Rats are more "moderate" than Chafee. If I can do this, thwe MSM/DBM (including Fox) can too. It's not rocket science. Sheesh.

(Source ACU ratings for 2005.

http://www.acuratings.org/2005all.htm#RI

Chafee (RI) 12


Lincoln (AR) 16
Pryor (AK) 24
Feinstein (CA) 12 (tie)
Boxer (CA) 12 (tie)
Salazar (CO) 32
Ben Nelson (FL) 20
Bayh (IN) 20
Landrieu (LA) 44
Levin (MI) 17
Stabenow (MI) 12 (tie)
Dayton (MN) 18
Baucus (MT) 24
Bingamin (NM) 13
Conrad (ND) 21
Dorgan (ND) 17
Johnson (SD) 13
Byrd (WV) 20
Kohl (WI) 13
Feingold (WI) 13