RI Senate ’06
Is it worth forcing change in the Republican Party at Rhode Island and national levels by voting for a Democrat whom I despise, or would it be enough simply not to vote (or to write in Ronald Reagan)? And a related question: Is the “slightly better” leadership of the Republican Party only postponing, perhaps with…
The flier at left, which arrived at my house within the past week (fittingly, on garbage day), will stand as the final motivation for me to actually take the time to go out on primary day and actively vote against Linc Chafee. No doubt exacerbated by current events and the specific fears that plague aware…
After the first three Republican Senate debates, Senator Lincoln Chafee left voters with three seemingly incompatible views of foreign policy…A flirtation with pacifism (“A bad peace is better than a good war“),Support for isolationism (“Fear of foreign entanglements“), and Support for American hegemony (“A world where America is the strongest country in a peaceful world“).…
A long time ago (November of 2004, or so), we at Anchor Rising started talking about whether or not Senator Chafee would be facing any real opposition in 2006. Part of this was out of a desire to see another Republican who, as Justin Katz wrote, didn’t hem and haw so much. I wanted someone…
Apparently, Sheldon Whitehouse doesn’t want to be bothered by the press questioning him too closely on such substantive issues as the War in Iraq. So much so, that he’s decided to drop his call for a deadline to withdraw the troops “because a reporter would question him about it if such a date passed without…
Charles Bakst correctly identifies one of the reasons I’ve been feeling more favorably toward Steve Laffey of late: … the more Chafee attacks him, the cooler and calmer Laffey tries to come across in debates and ads. More significant, perhaps, has been the gradual emergence of the oh-so-sincere face of Sheldon Whitehouse into view. Culpability…
I had a chance today to re-read the latest developments in the Chafee-Laffey race as highlighted in the recent Anchor Rising postings on the Senate race, including the numerous comments posted by many readers. After that effort, my overall reaction is a simple one: I will be glad when this race is over because I…
I’d like a specific answer, from Mayor Laffey, whether this (PDF) is satire: There are many people who are too weak to live by any moral principles; they decide what is best by their own irrational whims and desires. These cowards attempt to justify their actions in two ways. Firstly, they try to bring others…
Anchor Rising readers are invited to use the comments section of this post to give their own real time reactions to tonight’s Republican Senate debate between Lincoln Chafee and Steve Laffey (WJAR-TV Channel 10 @ 7:30 pm). Also, Channel 10 political reporter Bill Rappleye will hold a pre-debate discussion with Robert Weygand, Susan Farmer and…
The final debate in the Republican Senate series, originally scheduled for tonight, has been moved to Saturday at 7:00 on WJAR-TV Channel 10.