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opiate69

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42. As somebody who was raised in New England,

Wed May 29, 2013, 04:18 PM

May 2013

I've always maintained politics, and the general ideologies of both parties there, are far different than other parts of the country. By and large, (with some obvious exceptions), pols from both parties tend to exhibit what I consider the New England pragmatism.

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Sources: Lincoln Chafee to Switch Parties, Become Democrat. [View all] JaneyVee May 2013 OP

Glad to hear it! hrmjustin May 2013 #1

So am I MattBaggins May 2013 #2

I have always liked him. He stood up for gay marriage in the senate as a republican hrmjustin May 2013 #3

That took a LOT of guts. He also voted against the Iraq war. Too many Democrats didn't. eom BlueCaliDem May 2013 #5

During the BUsh years, he gaspee May 2013 #20

+1 rtassi May 2013 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author freshwest May 2013 #10

I think that is unfortunate hfojvt May 2013 #4

Or maybe it means that there arent any moderate republicans anymore. bunnies May 2013 #7

I still see that as a loss hfojvt May 2013 #13

Im trying out this new thing called... bunnies May 2013 #15

Where else are moderate Republicans going to go? Jack Rabbit May 2013 #18

he's a liberal. More liberal than the majority of dems. always was cali May 2013 #19

Let me see if I got what you said. By moving the Democratic Party rightward the Republicans rhett o rick May 2013 #52

Conservadem, my ass. It does not make the dem party one iota more conservative cali May 2013 #16

interesting, thanks hfojvt May 2013 #34

really? His position on taxes, on the Iraq War cali May 2013 #38

We are not the party of brain dead tea party know nothings Politicub May 2013 #29

Chafee was more Democratic than most Democrats these days. ScreamingMeemie May 2013 #47

you know nothing about Chafee, he is a liberal, more so than many Democrats JI7 May 2013 #59

Welcome Lincoln CatWoman May 2013 #6

I've always liked Chafee, especially during Senate hearings, dmr May 2013 #8

He's in big trouble SCantiGOP May 2013 #9

More of a Democrat than the democratic governor before him...good news...knr joeybee12 May 2013 #11

Hooray!... Now the Democratic Party is even MORE Conservative. bvar22 May 2013 #12

bullshit. cali May 2013 #17

Sounds like he's more progressive than 90% of the Democrats sitting in Congress today. BlueStreak May 2013 #21

I will grant you that he is more moderate that many of today's Democrats, bvar22 May 2013 #23

more moderate? no, more LIBERAL cali May 2013 #24

Chaffe is NO "Liberal", bvar22 May 2013 #25

bullshit cali May 2013 #28

Thank You, Cali. bvar22 May 2013 #50

It's a brilliant strategy. Push the Republican Party off the cliff rhett o rick May 2013 #54

Brilliant....and effective. bvar22 May 2013 #61

I hate to break this to you, but most elected dems don't even support that. cali May 2013 #64

It's pathetic as hell that you can't actually respond to his positions cali May 2013 #32

You can bring a horse to water, but you can't make him drink it. SunSeeker May 2013 #27

Chafee was an old-line New England Republican by family heritage. Jim Lane May 2013 #30

As somebody who was raised in New England, opiate69 May 2013 #42

funny, I think New England has a history of pols who demonstrate liberal idealism cali May 2013 #43

Agreed. Ultimately, I suppose I was talking more about Republicans from N.E. opiate69 May 2013 #44

So after reading your post does this mean that A Simple Game May 2013 #31

He should have become a Democrat years ago gaspee May 2013 #22

Which of his economic policies don't you agree with? cali May 2013 #49

+1 Marr May 2013 #53

K & R Scurrilous May 2013 #14

"They shot the wrong Lincoln" mnmoderatedem May 2013 #26

As I said in another thread, a lot of people need to do some research ProudToBeBlueInRhody May 2013 #33

Normally my radar would go off DonCoquixote May 2013 #35

As a republican he was in the Jim Jeffords mold. cali May 2013 #37

thus my point DonCoquixote May 2013 #40

I never thought of this before but Shankapotomus May 2013 #39

that's a little silly. And in the case of Chafee, it's absurd cali May 2013 #41

Chaffe is no spy. bvar22 May 2013 #45

lol. more ridiculous bullshit misinformation from YOU. fuck. stop it. cali May 2013 #46

Take a break. Calm down, bvar22 May 2013 #51

uh, you don't get to dictate shit to me. and you're obviously just obfuscating cali May 2013 #55

I refuted your ridiculous claim that Chaffe is a "Liberal" upthread. bvar22 May 2013 #60

how about Elizabeth Warren? Gonna dump on her? Please, be consistent. cali May 2013 #48

Great news! DCBob May 2013 #56

Great! I like him. Takes a lot of guts to leave the Republicans. The story I read.... Honeycombe8 May 2013 #57

I'm surprised that it took him this long. GoCubsGo May 2013 #58

It's about time! Wish he did it sooner. But grateful he's doing it. nt Auntie Bush May 2013 #62

Everyone seems to be missing the real problem here. FBaggins May 2013 #63