Lincoln Chafee explores Democratic presidential bid

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Former Rhode Island administrator Lincoln Chafee announced Thursday he is exploring a bid for a Democratic presidential nomination.

Chafee, a crony of President Obama who did not find a new tenure in 2014, pronounced in a video posted on his campaign website

He also touted his record, going behind to his days as a mayor of Warwick, R.I., and including his 8 years in a U.S. Senate.

“I don’t like where this is going,” Chafee said. “Americans wish safety, fortitude and sustainability. We will need uninformed ideas and a many sublime tact in this ever changing world.”

Chafee faces an ascending climb, as Hillary Clinton prepares to burst into a race. The former secretary of State is widely deliberate a heading Democratic contender, even as Martin O’Malley, Jim Webb and Bernie Sanders have trafficked to early presidential nominating states contrast their messages.

In an interview with CNN

“Considering a grounds for invading Iraq was formed on falsehoods and deliberation a ramifications we live with now from that mistake, we would disagree that anybody who voted for a Iraq War should not be boss and positively should not be heading a Democratic Party,” he told CNN.

Chafee progressing told Rhode Island Public Radio

As a Republican, Chafee was an early believer of Obama for boss in 2008. He mislaid his Senate re-election bid in 2006 and became an eccentric for his successful 2010 competition for governor.

Faced with low job-approval ratings, Chafee switched parties again and became a Democrat in May 2013. He abandoned his re-election bid

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