by Nicholas Beaudrot of Electoral Math
August J. Pollak thinks the Sierra Club made the right call in endorsing Lincoln Chafee, pointing out that he has a high-quality record on the environment, and that it's not the job of the Sierra Club to join Markos and his band of merry activists in their quest to build a long-term Democratic coalition, of which the environmental movement is only a part. Pollak's evidence rests on Chafee's generally solid voting record on the environment, as befits a Northeast Republican. The problem with this analysis is that Chafee's voting record doesn't matter as much as one would think.
