Today's Providence Journal has an excellent rundown on all the money and resources the National Republican Senatorial Committee is sinking into its efforts to rescue GOP incumbent Senator Lincoln Chafee from conservative challenger Steve Laffey:

[W]ith polls indicating that Chafee has a much better chance than Laffey at beating the likely Democratic nominee, the final tally will no doubt far exceed the $1.1 million the NRSC spent on its failed 1996 effort to foil Democratic Sen. Jack Reed.

You can be certain that a GOP primary is the last place the NRSC would like to be spending over $1 million. The whole spending rundown is eye-opening indeed.