Come join our party, not just anyone will do (Part 18)...

So today, to the surprise of absolutely no one, Lincoln Chafee dropped out of the race for the Democratic nomination.  Well I guess it was something of a surprise to those who didn't realize he had ever really dropped in it.

He was never a serious candidate and never had even the longest shot at getting the nomination and had absolutely zero chance of becoming president.  And no one took him seriously.  I mean, come on, when you make your announcement that you're running, your main campaign issue is the metric system?  *SIGH*

Anyway, here's the standing now:

Democrats
Hillary Clinton: April 12, 2015 - 181 days
Bernie Sanders: April 30, 2015 - 168 days (even though he's really an Independent)
Martin O'Malley: May 30, 2015 - 142 days
Lincoln Chafee: June 3, 2015 - October 23, 2015 136 days
Jim Webb: July 2, 2015 - October 20- 105 day campaign
Joe Biden: 0 day campaign


And the clown car bus that IS the Republican candidates
Ted Cruz: March 23, 2015 - 207 days
Rand Paul: April 7, 2015 - 197 days
Marco Rubio: April 13, 2015 - 180 days
Ben Carson: May 4, 2015 - 166 days
Carly Fiorina: May 4, 2015 - 166 days
Mike Huckabee: May 5, 2015 - 165 days
Rick Santorum: May 27, 2015 - 142 days
George Pataki: May 28, 2015 - 141 days
Lindsay Graham: June 1, 2015 - 138 days
Rick Perry: June 4 - Sep 11, 2015 - 95 day campaign
Jeb Bush: June 15, 2015 - 124 days
Donald Trump: June 16, 2015 - 122 days
Bobby Jindal: June 24, 2015 - 115 days
Chris Christie: June 30, 2015 - 97 days
Scott Walker: July 13 - Sep 18, 2015 - 64 day campaign
John Kasich: July 21, 2015 - 88 days
Jim Gilmore: July 29, 2015 - 87 days

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