[goldstategop]

And if Chaffee keeps voting with the Democrats, how does that advance the conservative agenda? He's not a moderate - he's a LIBERAL! You people would be the first to vote to throw him out if he was a Democrat. But he has the "R" label beside his name, so he can be a collectivist and you would hold your nose and convince yourself dealing with the devil is needed to keep our majority. Fine, but how high a price would you pay to retain power? Make Chaffee happy by jettisoning tax cuts, stop naming conservative judges and pull out of Iraq? It seems to me there has to be a line drawn somewhere.

(No more Olmert! No more Kadima! No more Oslo! )

[nopardons]

And you imagine that you know and understand politics? It is to laugh!

Simply put, he who has the majority, gets to head and run the committees. And yes, it DOES matter; that matters VERY much!

[wouldntbprudent]

Chafee voting with the Rats doesn't advance the conservative agenda.

Obviously!

But Chafee's R behind his name still contributes to the Republican majority, thereby giving conservatives the opportunity to be in positions of leadership and so on.

If a conservative can't be elected, what good does it do to elect a Rat and decrease the Republican majority? How does that help advance the conservative agenda?