Posted on 11/09/2006 5:35:03 PM PST by libertarianPA
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Two days after losing a bid for a second term, Sen. Lincoln Chafee (news, bio, voting record) said he was unsure whether he would remain a Republican.
Chafee lost to Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse in a race seen as a referendum on President Bush and the GOP. On Thursday, he was asked whether he would stick with the Republican Party or become an independent or Democrat.
"I haven't made any decisions. I just haven't even thought about where my place is," Chafee said at a news conference. When pressed on whether his comments indicated he might leave the GOP, he replied: "That's fair."
Chafee, 53, is a lifelong Republican who has represented Rhode Island for seven years. His father held the same seat for 23 years before that.
He is the most liberal Republican in the Senate and was the sole Senate Republican to vote against the war in Iraq. But that was not enough to prevail against Whitehouse, who shared many of Chafee's views but was a Democrat in a heavily Democratic state.
Chafee said his loss may have helped the country by switching control of Congress.
"The people have spoken all across America. They want the Democrats and Republicans to work together," he said. "I think the president now is going to have to talk to the Democrats. I think that's going to be good for America."
Chafee said he waged a lonely campaign to bring the party to the middle. He described attending weekly lunches with fellow GOP senators and standing up to argue his point of view, often alone.
"There were times walking into my caucus room where it wasn't fun," he said, adding that he stayed with the GOP largely because it allowed him to bring federal dollars home to Rhode Island.
Like he ever was a republican in the first place! Half of the problem we have right now is the refusal to drop-kick RINOs like Chaffee, McCain, et al, ad nauseum!!
Ditto.
Ditto! Right ON! Make that double.
there is a saying which involves door and ass but I cant remember it right now
was he ever a republican
Talk about lack of integrity.
RNC, in their own ignoble move, backed Chaffee when there was a clearly superior Republican challenger. Millions down the drain.
He knows his brand of republicanism is dead
The little turd is going to make an excellent DemocRAT. He's yellow and he don't stand up for anything. Yup! Excellent DemocRAT.
He's a Republican? So that is why there is always an R after his name. It thought that stood for rat.
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No doubt the "vote for a guy with an "R" after his name NO MATTER WHAT HIS VOTING RECORD" peanut gallery will be teary over this.
Chafee was a Republican?
I'm starting to sour on 'famous parent'
politicians.
there is a concept called,
'regression toward the mean',or something like that.
great people --> have average offspring.
What is the sound of a RINO resigning when no-one is cares?
What is the sound of one clapping (in applause) when a RINO resigns?
These are the philosophical questions of our day.
Well...bye.
Bingo. Chafee would make it very easy for the GOP to execute this.
I think maybe the guy needs a good long talk with his shrink. That comment evidences a disturbed mind on several levels.
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