September 12, 2006
RMSP Celebrates Chafee Victory
Here's a statement from the Republican Main Street Partnership
Rhode Island Voters Reject Campaign of Division and Deceipt
(Washington, DC) - The Republican Main Street Partnership PAC hails tonight’s victory by Senator Lincoln Chafee (R-RI) over Club for Growth endorsed challenger Steve Laffey. “Today voters in Rhode Island chose results and integrity over division and deceipt,” said Sarah Chamberlain Resnick, head of the RMSP PAC. “Senator Chafee’s win tonight is a win for Republicans all across this great country of ours.”
Steve Laffey, a former stock broker and Mayor of Cranston, ran a vicious campaign, financed by the ultra-right wing Club for Growth, against Senator Chafee. The Laffey campaign received national support from radical extremists like Ann Coulter and Michelle Malkin. “Today common sense, centrist values won out over the radical politics of division,” continued Resnick. “At the end of the day Rhode Island voters wanted a Senator in Washington who would represent their values, not the values of a handful of right-wing extremists.
The Club for Growth poured more than a million dollars into Laffey’s challenge to Senator Chafee, forcing the national GOP to divert limited money and resources into defending the Rhode Island seat. “The Club for Growth ought to be working to protect the GOP majority, not working to undermine it. Working to insure Harry Reid ends up as the Senate Majority Leader doesn’t seem like, ‘working to promote pro-growth economic policies,” continued Resnick. “The reality is that the Club for Growth doesn’t really care about promoting pro-growth economic policies, instead they are obsessed with collecting political scalps.”
Rhode Island voters were subjected to months of divisive and deceptive campaigning by Laffey and his backers at the Club for Growth. Respected non-partisan groups, like Annenberg’s factcheck.org, called the Club to task for its misleading ads attacking Senator Chafee. “Sadly, deception and division are the hallmarks of a Club for Growth campaign,” said Resnick.
“Main Street is proud of its support for Senator Chafee and of our tireless work to protect and expand Republican majorities in both the House and Senate. We will continue to fight the Club for Growth and other extremists committed to destroying our party,” concluded Resnick.
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