6/23/2005
TOLERABLE MODERATE: My recent posts ripping Jim Leach may give the impression that I'm an extremist conservative looking to purge the Republican Party of all moderates. Not true.
Lincoln Chafee is one moderate I like. Sure, he votes with the liberals on many of the close votes, but not nearly as often as the liberal Democrat who would surely replace Chafee in the senate. After all, Rhode Island is a state rivaled in its liberal leanings by Massachusetts and Vermont. A person as moderate as Chafee still struggles to win enough votes to stay in office - and he very well may not win in 2006.
Chafee is one shrewd politician. He's a Republican, yet he plays the cards perfectly to still show his independence enough to give the perception that he's above the political fray - his only hope for having any support. That's why I'm grateful that the White House is helping in getting Chafee another six-year term to help maintain the Republican majority.
Lincoln Chafee is one moderate I like. Sure, he votes with the liberals on many of the close votes, but not nearly as often as the liberal Democrat who would surely replace Chafee in the senate. After all, Rhode Island is a state rivaled in its liberal leanings by Massachusetts and Vermont. A person as moderate as Chafee still struggles to win enough votes to stay in office - and he very well may not win in 2006.
Chafee is one shrewd politician. He's a Republican, yet he plays the cards perfectly to still show his independence enough to give the perception that he's above the political fray - his only hope for having any support. That's why I'm grateful that the White House is helping in getting Chafee another six-year term to help maintain the Republican majority.
# posted by Anonymous @ 6/23/2005 11:32:00 PM 
