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thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - 8/14/2008
Chafee Endorses Obama - The Caucus Blog
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MILWAUKEE – Lincoln Chafee, a former Republican Senator from Rhode Island, said today that he is changing party registration – at least on primary day next month – and endorsing Senator Barack Obama’s presidential candidacy. “I believe Senator Obama is the best candidate to restore American credibility, to restore our confidence to be moral and to bring people together to solve the complex ...

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Sister Toldjah:  CT Democrats consider “censuring” Sen. Lieberman

The Moderate Voice:  Going There: Politics and Friends

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Chafee Joins NARAL Board
News — ... Three days after headlining the Obama campaign's roll-out of GOP supporters, former Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R-R.I.) announced today that he will join the board of directors for NARAL Pro-Choice America this fall. Chafee, now an independent, said abortion rights provide a stark difference between Barack Obama and John McCain, blasting the Arizona Republican for not supporting them at a federal level. Chafee endorsed Obama in February. "I have always said that being pro-choice is a mainstream conservative value," Chafee said. "It is unfortunate that Sen. McCain does not share the ...

Rep. Jim Leach, a Republican, stands up for America in Denver and endorses Barack Obama
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash — ... East, quietly integrated the Washington, D.C., school system and not so quietly sent the 101st Airborne to Little Rock to squash segregation in public schools throughout the country.""In Congress, Democratic senators like Pat Moynihan and Mike Mansfield served in Republican administrations. On the Republican side, Arthur Vandenberg helped President Truman launch the Marshall Plan, and Everett Dirksen backed Lyndon Johnson's landmark civil rights legislation."The DNC could have had Lincoln Chaffee , the former Republican Senator from Rhode Island, also speak for Obama last ...

CT Democrats consider “censuring” Sen. Lieberman
Sister Toldjah — ... I can understand the frustration in having a member of your party who doesn’t always “act like” a member of it. But in the case of Lieberman, he’s a solid liberal on domestic issues. It’s his foreign policy views that get him in trouble with Democrats. On the other hand, you’ve got Republican turned Independent (former) Senator Lincoln Chafee (RI) who endorsed Obama back in February, who co-founded the “ ...

Going There: Politics and Friends
The Moderate Voice — ... “Yes, I’ve Lost My Mind” Abel PARTIAL LIST OF REPUBLICANS/CONSERVATIVES SUPPORTING OBAMA Susan Eisenhower Christopher Buckley Alison Goldwater Ross C.C. Goldwater Francis Fukuyama Larry Hunter William Weld David Friedman Charles Fried Arne Carlson Ken Adelman Doug Kmiec Wayne Gilchrest Jim Leach Lincoln Chafee Lowell Weicker Linwood Holton Jim Whitaker ...

R’s for O: Not Alone
The Moderate Voice — ... this list as/if it expands between now and election day. —————— THE LIST Susan Eisenhower, Christopher Buckley, Alison Goldwater Ross, C.C. Goldwater, Francis Fukuyama, Larry Hunter, William Weld, David Friedman, Charles Fried, Arne Carlson, Ken Adelman, Doug Kmiec, Wayne Gilchrest, Jim Leach, Lincoln Chafee, Lowell Weicker, Linwood Holton, Jim Whitaker, Bill ...

Welcoming Ken Duberstein to the Traitor’s List
The Moderate Voice — ... — as Mr. Vonnegut (were he still alive) might conclude. —————— THE LIST Susan Eisenhower, Christopher Buckley, Alison Goldwater Ross, C.C. Goldwater, Francis Fukuyama, Larry Hunter, William Weld, David Friedman, Charles Fried, Arne Carlson, Ken Adelman, Doug Kmiec, Wayne Gilchrest, Jim Leach, Lincoln Chafee, Lowell Weicker, Linwood Holton, Jim Whitaker, Bill ...

Welcoming Ken Duberstein to the Traitors’ List
The Moderate Voice — ... … as Mr. Vonnegut (were he still alive) might conclude. —————— THE LIST Susan Eisenhower, Christopher Buckley, Alison Goldwater Ross, C.C. Goldwater, Francis Fukuyama, Larry Hunter, William Weld, David Friedman, Charles Fried, Arne Carlson, Ken Adelman, Doug Kmiec, Wayne Gilchrest, Jim Leach, Lincoln Chafee, Lowell Weicker, Linwood Holton, Jim Whitaker, Bill ...

Traitors
N/A — The list of Republican Traitors grows longer: Susan Eisenhower, Christopher Buckley, Alison Goldwater Ross, C.C. Goldwater, Francis Fukuyama, Larry Hunter, William Weld, David Friedman, Charles Fried, Arne Carlson, Ken Adelman, Doug Kmiec, Wayne Gilchrest, Jim Leach, Lincoln Chafee, Lowell Weicker, Linwood Holton, Jim Whitaker, Bill Ruckelshaus, Dennis Sanders, Larry ...

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