# Lincoln Chaffee Presidential campaign **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 3, 2015, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lincoln-chaffee-presidential-campaign/721584 "2015-06-03T23:17:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lincoln-chaffee-presidential-campaign/721584/41 "2015-10-16T00:16:01Z")
Has Chaffee started the process for ending his campaign yet? His showing in the debate was dismal even compared to his poll numbers. He’s running dead last in every poll and doesn’t seem to ever rise above 1% and rarely above .5%. His performance in the debate was among the worst I have ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lincoln-chaffee-presidential-campaign/721584/42 "2015-10-16T14:19:19Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Has Chaffee started the process for ending his campaign yet? No, but the voters have. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lincoln-chaffee-presidential-campaign/721584/43 "2015-10-16T14:28:17Z")
He raised $15,000 since the debate. Almost enough to survive another few hours. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lincoln-chaffee-presidential-campaign/721584/44 "2015-10-23T13:21:46Z")
Chaffee has just dropped out of the race. > **[Lincoln Chafee drops out of Democratic primary race | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2015/10/23/politics/lincoln-chafee-2016-election-dnc-meeting/)** > > Former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee ended his long-shot bid for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, he announced Friday. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lincoln-chaffee-presidential-campaign/721584/45 "2015-10-23T13:33:30Z")
He was brought down in a display of illuminati power. His campaign ended in Fnord’s theatre. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lincoln-chaffee-presidential-campaign/721584/46 "2015-10-23T13:36:16Z")
Only 3 left and Biden officially not running too. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lincoln-chaffee-presidential-campaign/721584/47 "2015-10-23T14:13:38Z")
Looks like nobody Felt The Chafe. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lincoln-chaffee-presidential-campaign/721584/48 "2015-10-23T14:15:41Z")
I kind of like Chaffee, but I don’t care if he’s gone. “Prosperity through peace” is a good slogan and a good philosophy, but he’s not up to the task of carrying a presidential campaign. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lincoln-chaffee-presidential-campaign/721584/49 "2015-10-23T14:19:16Z")
He realized it was time to get out when he answered a telephone poll and when they asked him about Lincoln Chafee he said “Who?”. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lincoln-chaffee-presidential-campaign/721584/50 "2015-10-23T15:18:43Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Looks like nobody Felt The Chafe. I did, but then my doctor prescribed an ointment that really made a difference. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lincoln-chaffee-presidential-campaign/721584/51 "2015-10-23T15:28:09Z")
He had to drop out. He was rubbing people the wrong way. ---
**Author:** ![DerekMichaels00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@DerekMichaels00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DerekMichaels00)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lincoln-chaffee-presidential-campaign/721584/52 "2015-10-23T16:12:27Z")
Lincoln is what I call a little bitch. I hope the door didn’t hit his ass on the way out. ---
**Author:** ![emcee2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emcee2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emcee2k)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lincoln-chaffee-presidential-campaign/721584/53 "2015-10-23T20:15:04Z")
Oh well, guess I won’t be voting for [del]Hubert Hoag[/del] Lincoln Chafee. I think I’ll just sit the primary season out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lincoln-chaffee-presidential-campaign/721584.md?page=2)