Maybe this will be the straw that breaks the camel’s back for him.
And YES to all of you, a liberal republican in someone like Lieberman is better than a leftist anti-american POS democrat who caucuses with the dems. BETTER, not perfect. Lincoln Chafee’s loss mattered.
I don’t recall Chafee being anything like Leiberman. And I mean that as a slam against Chafee of course. I fail to recall one patriotic move Chafee made.
Chafee deserved to lose, and if the RNC had any sense at the time they’d have diverted their funds and energy to closer races elsewhere like in virginia, Missouri etc..rather then fighting to preserve a lost cause in Chafee that only served to alienate the base more.
Allen and talent losing MATTERED. Santorum MATTERED, but Santorum wasn’t going to win no matter what given his location. Losing Chafee MATTERED, but only in the sense the RINO’s had one less ally.
In general, you are right, because it matters in terms of raw numbers as to who (which party) has a control of Congress / Senate and thus sets the agenda, including which bills even make it to the table, though GOP is inept enough that they can’t seem to even exercise their majority.
In the specific case of Linc Chafee, it wouldn’t matter because he declared after the loss that he would switch parties if he won - that, after the huge amount of money and immense support and pleas to Republicans by White House and RNC and NRSC to vote for him. I think it’s better that he lost in the election than actually bestow that ultimate act of betrayal upon the people who supported and voted for him, despite his obvious disqualifications and ingratitude.
I only hope that voters in “red states” can do the basic math and see this logic of voting for Republicans instead of faux “conservative” “Blue Dog” Democrats, because for their issues to be advanced depends a lot more on leadership of the Congress than their local Congressman. Of course, it would be nice if the Republicans deserved to be voted for, but that’s the matter to be reolved in primaries and for voters to warn their local or state party that their chosen candidate will have no chance to win in general elections.