Liberal Republicans

[HAnnA MArin County]

What exactly is your definition of a liberal Republican? I can only think of one: Lincoln Chafee. I think he was more liberal than most Democrats when he served in the U.S. Senate: he is pro-choice, supports the separation of church and state doctrine, opposes the death penalty, isn't exactly hard-line pro-War on Drugs, opposes charter schools, supports embryonic stem cell research, supports same-sex marriage, and was the only Republican in the U.S. Senate to vote against the Iraq War. He would probably get my vote over any generic Democrat any day.

I wouldn't call Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe "liberals." They are moderates, IMO.

How about posing the question of who is the most moderate-to-liberal elected Republican member of Congress from each state? I'd say from Missouri it'd be Jo Ann Emerson.