Posted on 04/16/2015 7:48:08 AM PDT by Red Badger
Former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee said Thursday on CNN that he's running for the Democratic nomination for president, just a week after announcing he formed an exploratory committee, his most definitive statement he's made toward formalizing a 2016 campaign.
"Yes, that's why I'm running. Because I feel strong about where we're going as a country," Chafee told CNN's "New Day" on Thursday, when asked why he's been so critical of Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton. Chafee was asked by CNN's John Berman in the context of having not formally declared his presidential campaign.
Chafee spokeswoman Debbie Rich said Chafee did not declare himself as a candidate for president Thursday, despite saying "that's why I'm running."
"We are still in the exploratory committee phase," she told CNN in a phone interview, adding, "We will file the proper papers to be an official candidate, but that has not happened yet."
Chafee, a former Republican and former senator, announced he was forming an exploratory committee last week. Chafee's been differentiating himself from fellow Democratic primary contenders by taking sharp jabs at Clinton, willing to be more critical than would-be challengers former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley or former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb over her vote in Congress to authorize the war in Iraq.
"That was a moment where the premise for going to Iraq was so false that there were weapons of mass destruction; she didn't do her homework. We live with the ramifications," Chafee told CNN's "State of the Union" over the weekend. "You may say that's 12 years ago — that's a big motivator for me running. If you show a lack of judgment, lack of doing homework then, what can we expect in the future?"
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Who let this wacko out of his padded cell? He’s a legend in his own mind, just like in “Me, Myself and Irene”.
Now if only Governor Moonbeam to declare...
LMAO!
Back in 2008, an acquaintance I know who voted for Hillary to win the primary in Texas scolded another who voted for Obama because Obama’s caucus participants were a bunch of “mean, mean, intimidating bullies! You guys ran the tables and shouted down anyone who wanted Hillary! There were more for Hillary and y’all just hooted and hollered ‘em down!”
Yeah, waiting patiently in line to vote is one thing. The caucuses afterwards are a whole ‘nother kettle of fish!
John Chafee never ran for President but was Nixon’s navy secretary, I believe it was, then went to the Senate. Has RI ever elected anyone good? Nelson Rockefeller’s grandfather, Nelson Aldrich, was one of their senators too.
He said if he had been born in 1948 instead of 1938 he would run in 2016. CA would cheer if he does run.
Has RI ever elected anyone good?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senators_from_Rhode_Island
Step right up, folks! Right here...
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