Lieberman backs Dodd, three years after bitter election rift

[populistdriven]

Source: CNN.COM

Connecticut’s senators are back on the same team: Independent Sen. Joe Lieberman will back Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd’s upcoming battle for re-election, three years after Dodd threw his weight behind Ned Lamont’s successful challenge to the former Democratic vice presidential candidate.

“They’ve been good friends for a long time, so it hurt him personally,” Lieberman spokesman Scott Overland said Thursday. “But their friendship has overcome it, and they’re as good of friends as they’ve ever been.”

When anti-war candidate Lamont challenged Lieberman in Connecticut’s Democratic primary 2006, Dodd backed the incumbent in the primary, but endorsed and actively campaigned for his friend’s opponent in the general election. Lieberman edged his Democratic challenger out in the final contest, and won as an Independent.

Lieberman’s support should be welcome news for Dodd, who seems headed for a tight race. The latest Quinnipiac University poll shows the possible Republican challenger, former Rep. Rob Simmons, getting 43 percent of the vote and Dodd with 42 percent.

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/

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:puke:

[Jackpine Radical]

1. Does Lieberman's support actually mean anything

to ANYBODY at this point?

[burythehatchet]

4. Hadassah. Without his paycheck she would be hurting, I imagine.

I hope he will disappear when his term expires.

[Jackpine Radical]

7. BRTAJPTW Award.

Best Response to a Jackpine Post This Week!
:rofl:

[Gman]

9. It means a lot in CT

Lieberman won his election. He was elected. CT is the only place in the country that anyone's opinion about Lieberman matters.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

2. Aww, christ, that's the kiss of death.

We better find someone to run in the primary, STAT!

[Demeter]

3. Unclean! Unclean!

Get away from that leper! By all that's holy, DO NOT kiss and make up!

[sellitman]

5. Dodd just received the kiss of death.

I wonder if this is the plan?

:tinfoilhat:

[wtmusic]

6. Lieberman's a Democrat again?

[Lost in CT]

8. Dodds in trouble up here... I'm not sure if this helps at all

I expect an interesting primary season.

[Owlet]

11. I'd like to see Blumenthal primary him...

..or, maybe not. Whoever gets the Dem. nomination in 2010 will most likely be running against Republican Chris Shays who is not all that unpopular.

[Lost in CT]

12. Shays would be a very tough opponent... nt

[iamthebandfanman]

10. yeah, darn you sen. dodd! how dare you put the country

before your personal friendship!