Lincoln Chaffee (? Rhode Island)...the newest DINO.

[zipplewrath]

64. You're making my case

There aren't that many liberals in national government anymore. You're right, the democratic party ISN'T moving leftward. It's moving to the right. It's gotten so bad that Chafee can be considered a liberal, despite voting for the increasingly conservative leadership of the GOP. Heck, one CAN'T draw comparisons because anyone who isn't stupid can now be considered a democrat.

And let's be honest. He left the GOP when he lost an election. Heck, he basically lost the GOP primary, except that it was an open primary and he got alot of non-GOP votes. If he had won, he'd probably STILL be a republican. And I strongly suspect he is going to run as a democrat to give himself cover on his left to head off any attempt by a more liberal democrat to defeat him.