lincoln chafee vs. bush 2004

[WalterMitty]

in his memoir chafee admits to considering an anti-war challenge to bush in the 2004 nh primary.

how well would he have done in nh?

[Maxwell]

Bush would've won handily. Chaffee would be lucky to get Bush under 80 in NH.

[WalterMitty]

Bush would've won handily. Chaffee would be lucky to get Bush under 80 in NH.

disagree.  i think chafee could have easily gotten 25-30%

[MATTROSE94]

Chaffee probably would have gotten maybe 35% of the vote in the New Hampshire primary against Bush at the most.

[Darth Plagueis]

Chaffee probably would have gotten maybe 35% of the vote in the New Hampshire primary against Bush at the most.

[Maxwell]

Bush would've won handily. Chaffee would be lucky to get Bush under 80 in NH.

disagree.  i think chafee could have easily gotten 25-30%

Republicans were still very pro-war, and Bush hadn't really offended the moderate wing of the Republican party too much at that point.

[Brewer]

Bush would've won handily. Chaffee would be lucky to get Bush under 80 in NH.

disagree.  i think chafee could have easily gotten 25-30%

Republicans were still very pro-war, and Bush hadn't really offended the moderate wing of the Republican party too much at that point.

I agree with this. It'd be generous to give Chafee 15-20%, and if I had to bet money on it, I'd give him 12% of the vote.

[barfbag]

That would've been really funny. Chaffee is more of a mid-20th century Republican than a 21st century Republican.