It looks like Senator Lincoln Chafee is going down.
If the September 12 primary were held today, 51 percent say they will vote for Steve Laffey, 34 percent support Senator Chafee, and 15 percent are undecided. A BGRS survey of Republican voters conducted in June had Laffey at 39 percent and Chafee at 36 percent. Chafee’s base is virtually unchanged since the June survey, while the number of Laffey supporters has grown 12 percentage points.
It’s not a good year to be an incumbent. If Steve Laffey wins this primary it will make the Democratic candidate, Sheldon Whitehouse, a very heavy favorite. I hope the wingnuts will be happy losing a Senate seat in New England. They are going to be down to the two in Maine and the two in New Hampshire.
I wonder if Chafee will form a new party called Rhode Island for Chafee and run as an independent?
P.S. National Press Corp? Which party is radical and hostile to centrists again?
Lincoln and Steve’s love child?
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Definitely not a good year to be an incumbent…at least, not a good year to be a Republican incumbent.
Wonder if Markos is feeling a bit less pessimistic…I’m hoping for the best while planning for the worst…
oops.
told me I was just anal enough to be a good technical editor…I’m still not sure if that was meant as a compliment…
Chafee could run as an independent and form a party with Leiberman called the “it’s all about me” party.
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If they did, just about every politician on earth would have to join. Lieberman and Chafee may be extreme examples, but I haven’t seen too many pols who aren’t at least somewhat afflicted with me-ism.
P.S. National Press Corp? Which party is radical and hostile to centrists again?
The National Press Corps Response: “Rhode Island? Something is happening in Rhode Island? We’re busy right now staring lovingly at Joe Lieberman’s navel, get back to us a little later and maybe we can figure out where Rhode Island is.”
National Press Corp? Which party is radical and hostile to centrists again?
(((crickets)))
Linc needs a sunset, umm, sunrise ad.