No need to speculate. Chafee endorsed Obama in the election, Caprio did not. Caprio is more conservative than the GOP candidate (Robitaille), nevermind the Independent (Chafee - who is a lib). Caprio attends the RNC. Caprio openly plans to take on the public unions (private unions support him). Caprio is an R in D's clothing. Not hard to imagine why he didn't get the endorsement - he's just not a D and everyone in RI knows it.
Not sure why he felt compelled to stay a D, we've elected R governors more often than not.
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