Conservative takes on Liberal in Rhode Island
August 17th, 2006 by Brendan SteinhauserOpinion Journal has a good write-up on the Senate race in Rhode Island.
They write about the incumbent liberal Republican Lincoln Chafee,ÂÂ
“The Rhode Islander set the standard, using his crucial vote to help stymie an extension of the Bush tax cuts, death-tax repeal and budget reform–not to mention protest a partial-birth abortion ban and Supreme Court Justice Sam Alito. When this crew isn’t blocking, it’s pushing left, as evidenced by the recent House capitulation on a higher minimum wage.”
As for the conservative challenger Steve Laffey,
“On tax and spending issues, the former investment banker tracks Milton Friedman, wild about marginal rate cuts, an extension of the dividend and capital gains cuts, and torpedoing a few Alaskan bridges to nowhere. He backs the president in Iraq, supports free trade and is passionate about school choice.”
