Endangered Republicans Play Down Party Label

Connecticut - Republican Rep. Christopher Shays cites his differences with President George W. Bush, produces a chart outlining his moderate voting record and pledges his independence from party leaders in Congress.

His Connecticut colleague, Republican Rep. Rob Simmons, says working with Democrats comes naturally in a district where voters favored Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry over Bush by 10 percentage points in 2004.

For Shays, Simmons and other Republicans running for Congress in Democratic-leaning or swing districts in November, playing down their party label and playing up their independence has become a matter of political survival in a year when ``Bush'' can be a dirty word.

``This would not be a close election if George Bush was popular. This would not be a close election if there wasn't a war in Iraq,'' said Shays, who is embroiled in a tight race with Democrat Dianne Farrell.

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/washington/politics-connecticut.html

Yet Another Ann Coulter Republican™

He's a cosponsor on this:

Bill would limit consumers' credit rights.

http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/credit/2006-06-14-credit-freeze-usat_x.htm

much in the same way that Ann Coulter is. They are all "Ann Coulter Repubicans".

just because 99 44/100% are corrupt.