Whitehouse knows why Chafee left the GOP
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Democratic U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse says he can understand why former Sen. Lincoln D. Chafee decided to leave the Republican Party. Whitehouse -- who beat Chafee last year, running on the theme that a Democratic majority was needed in Congress to counter President Bush -- was asked about Chafee’s decision prior to giving a speech last week at the Roger Williams University School of Law. “I can understand why he did it,” Whitehouse said. “They don’t have much to offer to people who are moderate and sensible. Republicans in New England are becoming an increasingly scarce breed as the party itself moves to a more doctrinaire, right-wing ideological posture.” 
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