RI Senate watch: Laffey outpolling Chafee
As part of my effort to raise the profile of the RI "Republican insurgency" against their own incumbent, I link to this front-page Kos story:
From where I'm sitting, the intra party struggle among the Republicans is much more intense than among the Democrats. Loyalty to Bush, Immigration, Laffey-Chafee, Executive Power, and the occupation of Iraq are opening enormous rifts among the right.
Meanwhile, most Dems are supporting Lamont now, and the Dem Iraq opinions are converging on some sort of disengagement strategy. The "Dems in disarry" meme is still dominant in the pundit consciousness, but the reality is seeping in. I think the intensity of the Laffey-Chafee battle will make the Republican's disagreements much harder to hide.
Chafee (R) 34 (39)Unlike the Lamont campaign in CT, this senate primary challenge is likely to throw the seat to the other party. Of course the mainstream media made all sorts of noise about how Lamont was dangerous for the Democrats, but they aren't making nearly as much noise about how Laffey is very likely going to end up costing the Republicans this senate seat.
Laffey (R) 51 (38)
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The NRSC is taking out people from such key states as Ohio, Missouri, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia in order to prevent Laffey from handing the seat to the Democrats. They wouldn't be doing that if their own internal numbers didn't look abysmal.
From where I'm sitting, the intra party struggle among the Republicans is much more intense than among the Democrats. Loyalty to Bush, Immigration, Laffey-Chafee, Executive Power, and the occupation of Iraq are opening enormous rifts among the right.
Meanwhile, most Dems are supporting Lamont now, and the Dem Iraq opinions are converging on some sort of disengagement strategy. The "Dems in disarry" meme is still dominant in the pundit consciousness, but the reality is seeping in. I think the intensity of the Laffey-Chafee battle will make the Republican's disagreements much harder to hide.
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