RI General Election | Nov. 7, 2006

[jencoleslaw]

agreed.

i also wish it would snow.

[webbage]

I blame his loss sqarely on Laffey.

[runawayjim]

I would agree, seeing what the RNC did to a real Republic turned many of "us" off.

[dgreco]

except he had no chance of winning.

[runawayjim]

i'm really not sure what laffey did that caused chafee to lose. i think chafee did it to himself simply by running as a republican.

[Lone Ranger]

i'm really not sure what laffey did that caused chafee to lose.

[dgreco]

Opposed him.

And forced him to spend a lot of money fighting for the primary. That left Chafee financially disadvantaged against Whitehouse, who ad-blitzed him out of office. In the last couple weeks, Chafee was scraping the bottom of the barrel.

I hope the Pubs are happy. They could well never get that Senate seat back.

[Dan]

Its the first time since 1994 the democrates have taken over, do we see a 12 year run by the democrates now?

[runawayjim]

The war they love to hate paid off, but now they need a platform before they try to win back the White House.

Laffey should run for Governor, he's got the business sense like Carcieri and he's driven.

Chafee is sad his party's over and he just wants some attention.

[Gusterfell]

I have a hard time seeing how Laffey could ever be elected governor. In one of the most liberal states in the union, his brand of conservatism doesn't play well at all. Look at Bush's approval ratings here.

Chafee, on the other hand, would get my vote over just about anyone else.

[jencoleslaw]

Laffey should run for Governor, he's got the business sense like Carcieri and he's driven.

[Cotuit]

i would leave RI before I'd let laffey represent me.

[jencoleslaw]

Yeah, Fall River would be looking mighty nice about then.

[dgreco]

I have a hard time seeing how Laffey could ever be elected governor. In one of the most liberal states in the union, his brand of conservatism doesn't play well at all. Look at Bush's approval ratings here.

Chafee, on the other hand, would get my vote over just about anyone else.

[Gusterfell]

Ooh, tough call. I'd probably vote Ciccillini over Chafee, but I could be convinced to change my vote pretty easily.

[dgreco]

Ooh, tough call. I'd probably vote Ciccillini over Chafee, but I could be convinced to change my vote pretty easily.

[runawayjim]

Has Carcieri showed interest in 2010, and fogarty, or does it appear it may be something like chafee v. ciccillini?

[dgreco]

fogarty has mentioned that he's not ready to hang it up.

i wouldn't mind seeing cicilline as governor, but he'll probably still be able to remain mayor as he might be grandfathered in with the new term limit thing.

[runawayjim]

But if he could win governor, and he is still young he could eventually have a huge career.

[gregw]

I'd be surprised if Laffey could get elected for anything now in RI. He revealed his stripes during the campaign and he's way to the right of where the state is politically. (In contrast, Carcieri is pretty conservative but is good at seeming moderate.)

Also in challenging Chafee, Laffey ended up looking delusional and egomaniacal. He could have run for treasurer, lieutenant governor, or even US rep against Langevin. But no, none of these positions were good enough for the Mayor of Cranston.

[Jerry2]

There are different ways of looking at politics...hence different political views and different parties. Just because you are gay doesn't mean that you have to be some liberal activist that hates the Republican party and equates them with a conservative Christian agenda...The principles of the Republican party were founded on conservatism and acceptance of fiscal responsibility. It had nothing to do with sexual orientation. I agree that the current administration has morphed the Republican party into promoting some neo-Christian agenda which I'm against.

However, I'm disgusted by the choices of RI'ers whom have approved multi-million dollars of bonds to further put this state into debt with no tangible net benefits. None of the literature provided me with any real insight to how the money was going to be spent....hence I declined almost everything. Unfortunately, the state perpetuated its low class status by supporting social programs and doing nothing to pro-actively pursue anything to actively increase the tax base.

[Gusterfell]

There are different ways of looking at politics...hence different political views and different parties. Just because you are gay doesn't mean that you have to be some liberal activist that hates the Republican party and equates them with a conservative Christian agenda...The principles of the Republican party were founded on conservatism and acceptance of fiscal responsibility. It had nothing to do with sexual orientation. I agree that the current administration has morphed the Republican party into promoting some neo-Christian agenda which I'm against.

[MikeR]

i've actually been thinking of fall river lately...there's a great bagel place down there.

[jencoleslaw]

New York Bagels on President Ave. Best bagels around!

[Cotuit]

Just because you are gay doesn't mean that you have to be some liberal activist that hates the Republican party and equates them with a conservative Christian agenda...