Spoiler
Joe Lieberman is about to out-Nader Ralph himself by running as an independent.
"This is nothing but a selfish, self-serving, spoiled-rotten attempt to undercut Ned Lamont's historic victory -- and, ultimately, Democrats' chances of retaking control of Congress in November. And don't buy into the Lieberman camp's spin that his narrow defeat was some kind of victory...."
Facing Senator Joseph I. Lieberman’s independent candidacy, Republican officials at the state and national level have made the extraordinary decision to abandon their official candidate, and some are actively working to help Mr. Lieberman win in November.
Comments
Wha Wha Wha Wha Wha....
Posted by: Ross Perot | August 10, 2006 9:32 AM
Amen I couldn't agree with you more.
Posted by: John Finn | August 10, 2006 11:51 AM
It's fun being a senator -- who'd want to give it up?
Posted by: nooch | August 11, 2006 1:29 PM
nooch is right. That's the bottom line. Besides, to play the devil's adovcate for a moment, there are openings for more conservative democrats, just as there are openings for liberal republicans. Not so very long ago, those breeds of cat did exist in Washington and made for some very well thought out and comprehensive politics and laws and unusual alliances. It makes me nervous to have the parties so black and white, right and left. And the proof is in the pudding. I can see where it leads to - too much of ... this and not enough of that. There are many times when I feel like there is no one representing me.
Posted by: h | August 11, 2006 2:00 PM
h,
Lieberman will win as an Independant and Caucsus with the Reppublicans.
Posted by: Sen. William Jeffords- I-Vermont | August 11, 2006 7:45 PM
Senator Jeffords,
What goes around, comes around. Right?
: )
Posted by: h | August 12, 2006 6:30 AM
I'm a Senator form Vermont, I don't have to acknowledge the little people of Massachusetts. You are of course from Massachusetts?
Posted by: Sen. William Jeffords- I-Vermont | August 12, 2006 9:35 PM
Power to the PEOPLE!!
Posted by: Danny | August 19, 2006 4:33 AM
Is Lieberman Germ-glish for "Loverman"? Jes askin...
Posted by: nooch | August 19, 2006 4:39 PM
Nooch,
Huh....I'm Jewish by Injection, and dame good at it (almost being Jewish that is:-) anyway what are you talking about??
Posted by: Danny | August 19, 2006 8:59 PM
Attn:
Ross Perot (sic) and Senator Jeffords (sic) and Danny- you have all reached your limit of 2 max.
Posted by: Charles Laquidara | August 20, 2006 12:17 AM
This is old hat, but I hadn't seen it before. Hendrik Hertzberg, in a piece in the 7/24/06 New Yorker, http://www.newyorker.com/talk/content/articles/060724ta_talk_hertzberg , writes about Lieberman's double-run in 2004.
"Lieberman’s seat was up that year, and he decided to run simultaneously for senator and Vice-President. Lyndon Johnson had taken out a similar insurance policy forty years earlier, but there was a difference. The governor of Texas in 1960 was a Democrat, so when Johnson resigned his Senate seat after the election a Democrat was appointed to replace him. The governor of Connecticut in 2000 was a Republican. If Lieberman had made way for the state’s popular Democratic attorney general, Richard Blumenthal, who would have won easily, and if the Supreme Court had allowed Gore to take office, then the new Senate would have split 50-50, with Vice-President Lieberman breaking the tie in favor of the Democrats. But, by insisting on having it both ways, Lieberman single-handedly guaranteed that the new Senate would be Republican—either by a 51-49 margin under a Gore Administration or (as it turned out) by the tie-breaking vote of Vice-President Dick Cheney. This was more than just routine political expediency. It was what was known that year as a character issue."
Posted by: f=man | August 21, 2006 8:04 AM