Where? I don't know. What I do know is that there is a shortage of good people willing to run for office.
When asked whether he felt that his loss may have helped the country by switching control of power in Congress, he replied: "To be honest, yes."
A lifelong Republican who succeeded his father, the late John Chafee, in the U.S. Senate, Chafee said he waged a lonely campaign to try to bring the party to the middle. He described attending weekly Thursday lunches with fellow Republican senators and standing up to argue his point of view, often alone.
"There were times walking into my caucus room where it wasn't fun," he said.
I am so glad he is gone, but ONLY because I wanted control of the Senate. Really, he was fighting deep into enemy territory. He is more liberal on the war and environment than many of the centrist Dems (ahem....Joe) and he didn't give up on his ideals OR his party. He is a good man, and what an admission for him to make: that his loss was better for the country.
In my opinion, he should be welcomed and encouraged to join the Democratic Party.
He voted against the war, when many Dems did not. We should not forget that, and we would do well to have another person of integrity.
Tip o' the hat to kos for pointing us to this story:
http://www.boston.com/news/local/rhode_island/articles/2006/11/09/chafee_unsure_of_staying_with_gop_
after_losing_election/