A Liberal Republican Is A Democrat

From the Washington Times, we get this:

A new Rhode Island College poll finds that Sen. Lincoln Chafee, a liberal Republican, is in real danger of losing the Sept. 12 primary to conservative challenger Stephen Laffey, the mayor of Cranston. The poll, conducted Aug. 28 to30 by the Bureau of Government Research and Services at Rhode Island College, shows Mr. Laffey with a wide advantage. The poll surveyed 363 likely Republican primary voters and found that 51 percent would vote for Mr. Laffey, 34 percent would vote for Mr. Chafee and 15 percent are undecided. Mr. Laffey's lead seems to be widening -- a poll conducted by the center in June showed Mr. Laffey at 39 percent and Mr. Chafee at 36 percent.

Maybe Ann Coulter had something to do with it.

After Chafee's family money got him into Andover and Brown, he made his living shoeing horses for seven years. In fact, I've often wondered if an errant kick to the head by one of his charges would account for Chafee's rudimentary cognitive abilities.