ENVIRONMENTALISTS' SUPPORT FOR GOP MODERATES DRAWS GRASSROOTS IRE

Environmentalists' recent endorsement of Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R-RI), a key swing vote on environmental issues, reflects a broader push by some activist groups to support GOP moderates sympathetic to their cause, but the strategy is also prompting harsh backlash from some grassroots activists. The Sierra Club and the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) have both endorsed Chafee in his reelection bid, claiming in part that if Republicans maintain control of the Senate after the midterm elections, they would rather have...