Posted on 08/08/2006 9:03:13 PM PDT by kennedy
Sen. Joe Lieberman has conceded the U.S. Senate primary to challenger Ned Lamont but vowed to petition his way onto the November ballot as an independent.
I'm actually sorry to see Joe lose. He was better than most Democrats. He's not a Republican or even a moderate. Lieberman is a hard core democRat liberal, but at least he recognizes that we are at war and wars are either won or lost.
Unlike most of the DemcRats, Joe isn't on the sidelines cheering on every American defeat.
And yet he runs "for the sake of my (democrat)party.
But he's still a Dem. And Lamont is much more beatable.
Senator Lieberman just lost the right to run as the Dem in November. He can still run, but he must switch parties (e.g. Independent) to be allowed on the November ballot.
Well, if you've just **switched** Parties away from the Dems, then you aren't a Dem any longer.
This means that there is one less Democrat in the Senate, now down to 43. You'd have to go back a bit in History to find that few Dems in the Senate.
Did he switch to Independent or not?!
Not by the GOP in Connecticut.
Any Republican who votes for the Rep in the fall will be helping elect Lamont.
What a schmendrick!
He finishes his term as a democrat, right?
Recall when Senator Shelby was elected as a democrat, but switched to the GOP in '94 after he was reelected as a democrat?
God Bless him. He gave the good fight.
We'll see what happens next.
Nope. He announced that he switched parties tonight.
Nor can he run for election as a Democrat in November; he lost that right today by losing the Democratic Party primary.
He can only legally run in November by switching Parties, which he did today...well, once you've switched from Dem, you aren't a Dem any longer (technically).
This leaves only 43 official Senate Democrats left in Congress, their lowest total in many, many years.
Could be short lived. How about this scenario:
Lieberman switches to Independent and wins the Senate seat. A few months into his new term he switches BACK to the Democratic party.
Do not put this scenario past those pols that plan things months and years in advance.
That's true, but irrelevant.
The point that I'm making is what the MSM will want to avoid admitting: that the Democratic Party lost a sitting Senator tonight to a Party switch.
Senator Lieberman switched away from the Democratic Party to become an Independent of some various flavor. Party switches count, for the moment.
A non-biased news media would run the headline tomorrow: Democrats lose Senator to Party switch.
Instead, they will act as though no such thing happened.
If he wins as an Independent, expect him to switch back to Democrat if it means shifting the majority balance of the Senate.
If I had anything good to say about a Dem, it would be about Joe.
So you'd prefer to elect Lieberman, the slightly less liberal Democrat over a real Republican?
Good for him. He's too good for the dims anyhow.
I don't think so. IF he won, the GOP would woo him big time and he has every reason to go along. He's like zell miller. His party has left him.
Of course, assuming he is re-elected as a Demonrat, it is up to the Demonrat caucus and Joe Lieberman whether he will be seated in the Demonrat Caucus and retain his seniority in it. I am betting that he will agree and so will they. I am also betting that Connecticut's electorate is a lot more more sensible than its Demonrats (which is not saying much).
Although the CT Demonrats have just disgraced themselves by supporting Communist Corliss Lamont's grand nephew over Joe Lieberman, Connecticut Republicans should not similarly disgrace themselves by voting for a putz like Alan Schlesinger. America will be best served by another term for Joe Lieberman, a principled man who deserved better than he got tonight. Yes, he is 90% liberal but he defeated Lowell Weicker in 1988 with the support of most Republicans and he can defeat Weicker's puppet in 2006 with the support of most Republicans. Schlesinger is not getting elected now or ever. The only choice is Lieberman or Lamont. For Americans, that means Lieberman.
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