Rhode Island Senate Primary official thread

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May this be the offical discussion thread for Laffey/Chafee.  Personally, I'm pumped.  I'll try to get info on when polls close and an updating results page now.

EDIT: "Eyewitness News" says polls close at 8 PM link

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May this be the offical discussion thread for Laffey/Chafee.  Personally, I'm pumped.  I'll try to get info on when polls close and an updating results page now.

EDIT: "Eyewitness News" says polls close at 8 PM link

It looks like results will start coming in at 9 and not 8.

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This is taking forever!

Yeah.  This is gay.  I'm gonna end up going to bed before i know who won.

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LINCOLN CHAFEE    18,216    54%
STEPHEN LAFFEY    15,769    46%

Laffey probably can't win.

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53% in, results holding 54-46%.

It's over

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Stupid RI site can't handle bandwith

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I am watching Laffey's concession speech on C-SPAN.org and it is pretty sad. He starts off by thanking his mom and saying that he didn't know how he'd tell his dad about the loss in the morning (his dad suffers from Alzheimer's). That was depressing. Anyway, the main point of this is how Laffey came right out and said that he'd be backing Chafee. How many here think Chafee would have done the same thing if the situation was flipped? I honestly don't think he would. Stephen Laffey is a good man. I don't think I can say the same for Linc and that's after putting my ideological differences aside.

So, party loyalty makes you a good man? I'm not so sure.

Being respectful of his opponent makes him a good man. Chafee would have probably whined, bashed Laffey, complained about the GOP and said that he's not voting for Laffey.

So I take it you dislike the actions taken by Joseph Lieberman in the aftermath of his Aug. 8 primary loss?