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To: Brumar89 who wrote (302841)9/11/2006 6:29:05 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (3) of 1577634
 
Is the RNC doing drugs?

Rhode Island Pre-Emption
[Alex Charyna 09/11 11:00 AM]

NY Times:
In an extraordinary pre-emptive announcement, the National Republican Senatorial Committee has said it will concede Rhode Island to the Democrats should Stephen Laffey, the mayor of Cranston, defeat Mr. Chafee in the primary. Citing poll data, Republican leaders said they saw no way someone as conservative as Mr. Laffey could win in a state as Democratic as this; as it is, they are increasingly worried about Mr. Chafee's hopes in a general election.

The result has been the striking sight of the national Republican Party, dominated by conservatives, using resources to save the seat of a Republican who said he voted against Mr. Bush in 2004. He chose instead to write in the name of the first President Bush.

Mr. Chafee has opposed many centerpiece Republican policies, from the war in Iraq to tax cuts to most restrictions on abortion. This week, he helped force a delay on the confirmation of John R. Bolton as the United States ambassador to the United Nations.

For all that, Republicans said they expected to spend more than $1.2 million on advertisements attacking Mr. Laffey, saturating the television stations of this state, the nation's smallest. One advertisement lifts a line Republicans have used in countless attacks against Democrats, mocking the mayor as "tax-and-spend Steve Laffey."

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