Has Lincoln Chafee committed his vote yet?

[Charlie Brown]

If any Republican opposed Alito, I assumed it would be him.

[democrattruth]

1. If he does this then the RNc

will not give him a single dime for his re-election campaign this year.

[stillcool]

2. Will he need it?...

Rhode Island must be very proud of him.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

6. Welcome to DU. I think in R.I. he won't need the RNC. A lot of people

would vote for him anyways. He's real popular and a vote against Alito might even help him.

[Sydnie]

7. He is being challenged by an agressive candidate this time

more agressive than he has ever had before. I don't think this guy can beat him, but he is running as a dem, advertising very heavily and making a name for himself all the same.

If Chaffee does this for us, we have to be there to support him if the RNC dumps his funds. I wish we could just convince him to change partys and solve the problem all together. He needed the RNC when he first ran, but I am not so sure he would need it now.

[socialista]

3. Maybe there's also hope from the two Senator's from Maine

Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins.

[Skip Intro]

4. Collins evidently joins in lockstep with the other bots

Collins Announces Decision To Support Alito Confirmation


WASHINGTON (AP) -- Collins says that after consideration, she believes Alito will be a justice who "will exercise his judicial duties guided not by personal views, but based on what the facts, the law, and the Constitution command."

Collins said Alito has excellent qualifications and has received the highest possible recommendation from the American Bar Association.

She also says she's impressed with testimony during his confirmation hearing from seven of his colleagues on the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Maine's other U-S senator, Olympia Snowe, is still weighing the nomination and has not announced her decision

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2068197

[Crazy Guggenheim]

8. Welcome to DU.

:popcorn:

[newyawker99]

9. Hi socialista!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

5. He's still undecided. NYT link.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/26/politics/26cnd-alito.html?hp&ex=1138338000&en=7a04254a6b3c906c&ei=5094&partner=homepage

snip
No Republican has yet come out in opposition to the nominee. But two moderate Republicans, Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island and Olympia J. Snowe of Maine, had yet to announce their decisions by late this afternoon. Susan M. Collins, another moderate Republican from Maine, said she would vote for Judge Alito.

snip