Chafee “not decided” on Bolton.
By on Jul 28th, 2006 at 12:12 pm
Chafee “not decided” on Bolton.
Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R-RI), who last year voted in favor of confirming John Bolton as U.N. ambassador in committee, says he “has not decided how he would vote in committee” this time around. Steve Clemons details Chafee’s aggressive questioning of Bolton yesterday.
View Most Popular
Advertisement
What We're About
What We're Fighting For
What We're Fighting Against
Featured
Subscribe to the Progress Report
Topic CloudView topics sorted by popularity
Afghanistan
Bachmann
Beck
Boehner
Business
Cheney
Civil Rights
Congress
Corporate Ethics
Dobbs
Economy
Education
Election
Energy
Environment
Ethics
Fox News
Gingrich
Glenn Beck
Global Warming
Health Care
Immigration
International Relations
Justice
LGBT
Lieberman
Limbaugh
Media
Military
O'Reilly
Obama
Palin
Pelosi
Politics
Race
Radical Right
Religion
Sports
Steele
Stimulus
Tea Parties
Tea Party
Terrorism
Veterans
Women's Rights
Visit Our Affiliated Sites
Reports
In-depth studies on select topics
Got a hot tip?
Have a hot news tip? We'd love to hear from you. Use the form below to send us the latest.
ArchivesBlog Roll
Must be there isn’t enough wind blowing in RI these days, so he can’t stick his finger in the air and figure out how to vote.
July 28th, 2006 at 12:24 pmDoes anyone know if Chaffee is up for re-election this year? I think he is posturing, to proclaim his “independance” from the White House. When Push comes to shove he will cast an aye vote, and Bolton will go to the UN.
July 28th, 2006 at 12:30 pmMaybe he is playing some sort of ‘Let’s Make A Deal’ game. Trade a ‘yes’ vote for something he wants. It’s not unheard of.
July 28th, 2006 at 12:41 pmwell, i sent along the TP thread below, it may help him…
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/27/bolton-failure/
couldn’t hurt…
July 28th, 2006 at 12:58 pmJust a chicken in hawk’s clothing. We’ll see what happens.
July 28th, 2006 at 1:00 pmActually, Chafee is a very “liberal” Republican and frequently votes in opposition to his party. If Limbaugh wants him “gone,” you know he doesn’t fall in line with what the neocons and far-right extremists want. He’s not my Senator, but I’ve found him interesting in his independence and quite principled. I think we should be cautious about demonizing ALL Republicans. Here’s his voting record.
http://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/Lincoln_Chafee.htm
July 28th, 2006 at 1:50 pm#6 – So his breaking with his party is “principled” but Sen Lieberman’s break with his party makes him a “TRAITOR!!!”?
Seems likes you’ve established quite a double-standard here.
July 28th, 2006 at 1:59 pm#7
July 28th, 2006 at 2:37 pmOne man’s pricipled colleague is another man’s traitor. I made that up myself. Do you like it?
Ha, interesting perspective.
It just seems that if one is “principled” then the other probably is as well.
July 28th, 2006 at 2:47 pmChafee “not decided†on Bolton.
Soooo, that would be a yes vote?
July 28th, 2006 at 3:17 pmDon’t count on it. Repugs are good at news bytes, grandstanding, blurbs, and otherwise making a show of themselves and their “honorable” stand, but when it comes down to voting they rarely stray from the RNC.
July 28th, 2006 at 5:03 pmHe’s in a no-win situation. If he votes “No”, he’ll pay for it in the primary. If he votes “Yes”, he’ll pay for it in the general. His only hope is to play both sides by being aggressive in his questioning and then ending up voting “Yes”.
July 28th, 2006 at 7:14 pm#
#6 – So his breaking with his party is “principled†but Sen Lieberman’s break with his party makes him a “TRAITOR!!!â€?
Seems likes you’ve established quite a double-standard here.
Comment by Chase — July 28, 2006 @ 1:59 pm
Interesting how Republicans are SO gung-ho about Joe. I, personally, have never called Lieberman a “traitor,” (ridiculous thing to say anyway), but I do agree that he would make a fine moderate Republican. He’s simply too far to the right to “fit” within a Democratic platform anymore. And as a very liberal and progressive Democrat, I wish he would just switch and be done with it. He’s depending on the Republican vote to keep him in Congress anyway…hence his second bite at the apple if he doesn’t win the Dem primary.
July 28th, 2006 at 9:47 pm99% of the Repubs will probably vote for Bolton, so Chaffee can do whatever > LOL. I hope the Democrats all vote no, but with Lieberman the turncoat around, even that is in doubt!
July 28th, 2006 at 10:43 pmChafee is just worried that he might lose his seat this November; he wants to try to keep his more left-ish votes in Rhode Island from Whitehouse.
July 29th, 2006 at 12:27 pm