Lieberman Plans for Loss Next Week

[kpete]

Lieberman Plans for Loss Next Week

Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) will shake up his campaign staff if he loses Tuesday’s Democratic primary to challenger Ned Lamont. Lieberman supporters have watched with growing dismay since the spring as the three term senator’s campaign has gone from oblivious to defensive. They expect to reap a bitter harvest in 6 days.

Expect Lieberman to can anyone who was associated with 2004 Kerry campaign and replace them with a team of pungent veterans who will take the fight to Lamont. As Lieberman tours the broiling state, you can almost hear the gloves coming off in preparation for a fight to the finish in November.

Lieberman will face pressure to abandon his independent run if he gets clocked on August 8th. But on August 9th he will be able to capture the spotlight by filing his petitions for his independent run.

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-- Guest contributor Kevin Rennie is a columnist for the Hartford Courant.
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2006/08/02/lieberman_plans_for_loss_next_week.html

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. What are the polls showing?

I haven't heard a thing in a couple of weeks.

[hang a left]

9. The last I saw had Lamont leading by 10 points nt

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

10. 10?!

Right on!

[neverforget]

2. God I hope that war loving turd gets his ass kicked next week!

[Norquist Nemesis]

3. I'll bet Karl Rove's on his speed dial along with Ben Ginsburg. n/t

[Skidmore]

4. Someone must have put the coffee pot on.

Wafting, wafting, wafting....

May I have two lumps of sugar and some cream?

[SoCalDem]

5. Poor Joe-no-mentum.. Too bad he doesn't just salvage

what's left of his dignity and just hang it up.. He's a so-called democrat..and if they don;t want him, that speaks volumes.. Listen to the people, Joe

[longship]

6. He's done just about everything to insure it.

Not even Big Dawg and Boxer could help him. I disagree with Lieberman on many issues, but I don't dislike the man. However, he's been arrogant and stupid. The electorate has totally abandoned him because of this. Now, everything he says and does pisses them all off more.

The Young Republicans are backing him, which is going to achieve exactly the opposite of what they desire. It will drive even more Democrats into Lamont's camp.

Ned Lamont is going to be Connecticutt's next Senator. If Lamont wins the primary, which is looking very likely, he'll be swept into office in November.

[julialnyc]

8. But the young republicans can't help in on Aug. 8

Unless they changed parties to vote for him (it's a closed primary)

[calico1]

13. Too late.

They would have had to no later than May 8...at which time the Lieberman camp was still not worrying.

[longship]

18. That's correct.

But what great love Connecticut Democrats will heap on Lieberman knowing that the Republicans are actively supporting him. What an opportunity this affords Lamont. If I were Ned, I'd be saying publically that the Repugs want Lieberman reelected.

[KurtNYC]

34. They are trying....

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/8/2/14247/70377

!

[otohara]

7. Won't Party Dems Try To

reason with him to drop out? or...force him

[hang a left]

12. Someone said that is probably the deal that BC made with Joe

That he would try to help him but if he lost he must slink away. Will probably get a cabinet position if there is ever a Dem Executive again.

[otohara]

14. Love Your Atvar

says a lot

[movonne]

26. If the repugs get it again, he will also get a cabinet...I'm sure if

he loses they have already picked the position..

[RufusEarl]

11. It was my understanding,

That Joe made a deal with Clinton. The deal was this, if Bill would come to Conn and campaign for Joe, Joe promised not to run as an indie if he lost the primary.

I obviously have no idea if this deal actually took place, but i read this somewhere and it makes sense. Why else would Clinton put himself in a position of campaigning for Joe, if he didn't have a deal on the side.

[calico1]

16. I heard that too on the news.

I suspect several prominent Democrats, including Clinton will put the pressure on him to not run an Indy campaign. Of course, that doesn't mean he will pay attention to them. By the way he's been acting lately it wouldn't surprise me if he told them all to go to hell and ran as an Indy.

[Lerkfish]

19. but then joe could run as a republican, right?

besides, if he changed to independent, what would he owe Clinton anyways?
seems like another one sided deal, like the gang of 14, to me.

I don't see him fading away, not with that large of a sense of entitlement.

[hang a left]

22. Oh he is going to be bitter alright.

I just don't think that the Dem leadership is going to allow Joe to make November all about Conneticut. Too many other important races.

[calico1]

25. He's NOT making it about CT...

He's making it about Joe Lieberman...as he always has!

[hang a left]

30. you are right

I should have replaced Conneticut with Loserman

[oberliner]

15. What the hell is a "pungent veteran" ?

What a weird choice of phrase.

[Deb]

29. A "stinky old-timer" ?

I'd never heard it before either. Joe did always come up with odd phrases.

[charlie]

35. Cigars and suspenders

Old-school tough guys with whiskey breath and racing forms.

Or something like that. I dunno.

[KamaAina]

17. This Lamont thing reminds me of another insurgent campaign in CT

in which Sen. Lowell Weicker (R-But Walked Upright) was up against the underdog Attorney General of CT. Starting from far behind, the AG drew even in the polls, and his supporters started wearing "Dead Heat" buttons all over the place. Eventually he prevailed, and was elected to the Senate --

-- where he remains today, for the time being, as that underdog insurgent was none other than Joe Lieberman himself. My, how time flies...

[hang a left]

20. "R-But Walked Upright"

Oh you are killing me. :rofl:

[oberliner]

36. Weicker has been campaigning for Lamont

For what that's worth.

http://www.greenwichtime.com/news/local/scn-gt-weicker4jul27,0,5559248.story?coll=green-news-local-headlines

Weicker comes back to stump for Lamont

By Neil Vigdor
Staff Writer
July 27 2006

Lowell Weicker Jr. will return to Greenwich, the town where the political maverick began his life in public service, next Friday for a campaign rally supporting Senate hopeful Ned Lamont.

[hang a left]

21. Oh I get it now

kpete wants to talk about HoJo and now everyone wants to talk about it with HIM!

*arms crossed and tapping foot*

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1799710&mesg_id=1799710

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

23. "pungent veterans". aka DLC shitheels.

[KurtNYC]

32. Or more republicans -- like the ones he is using this week!

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/8/2/14247/70377

From an email to Princeton Republicans shown at link above:

Republicans interested in campaigning for Lieberman in the Democratic Primary will have lodging accommodations paid for (by his campaign), as well as food and transportation.

Edit to add: This is absolutely outrageous and begs the question of what Lieberman would owe the Republicans (beyond bus fare, food and lodging) if he wins (as unlikely as that seems now).

[GeorgeGist]

24. Sounds like something...

written by a sports writer or high schooler.

[wicket]

27. K & R

:kick:

[Generator]

28. For the good of real Democracy, real Dems oh Holy Joemomentum, one word:

Retire.

[YDogg]

31. The campaign staff is not the problem.

[warrens]

33. Either way, we win

But it is right that the Dems hold Joe's feet to the fire for his sucking up to fascism. On the whole, he's a pretty good senator and on most issues is pretty mainstream liberal.