RI-Sen: Laffey of too a strong start.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

And to totally destroy your argument about anyone more conservative than Chafee getting creamed, have you have taken a look at their Governor?

Does that mean reasonably liberal Democrats can get elected to the Senate in Wyoming and Kansas?

Laffey has no chance, the reason Chaffee gets elected isn't even really his moderateness, it's his family name. No Republican that isn't named Chaffee can win a Senate seat in Rhode Island.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

It doesn't matter how conservative he is. What matters is he is not named Chafee.

Imagine if Ben Nelson had a liberal challenger in the primaries and some Democrats argued he had a chance in the general.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Brett Schundler got elected in heavily Dem Jersey City. And he was such a great and succesful candidate.

The fact that local and governor races are completely different from statewide legislative races is one of the most basic facts about politics, yet it's lost on so many here. Even William Weld couldn't win a Senate seat in Massachusetts, yet some people seem to think some no-name guy can win one in even more heavily Democratic Rhode Island.