Posted on 08/10/2006 1:47:10 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
WASHINGTON // Former Sen. John Edwards was the first national Democrat to congratulate anti-war candidate Ned Lamont on his primary victory over Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, but the phone call wasn't really about Connecticut.
Edwards is aggressively pursuing his party's presidential nomination, and his call was a reflection of Lamont's emergence as a liberal hero and nod to the new reality of this election year.
Anti-war fever is raging. Democrats, especially those on the left, are angry and aroused, and candidates ignore them at their peril.
"People want change," said Connecticut Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, a recent entrant in the 2008 presidential chase. "That's really what voters, I think, were saying more than anything else."
Dodd, who campaigned for Lieberman, warmly endorsed Lamont yesterday. He cautioned against reading too much into Tuesday's vote, then added: "Obviously, the Iraq war is a major issue and the ignition behind all of this."
...... Attempting to drive the wedge deeper in the Democratic split, Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman said Lamont's victory was evidence that Democrats have become the party of "retreat and defeat." Lamont might have aided his critics' efforts to portray him as an extremist by letting the Rev. Al Sharpton and the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson - two of his party's most polarizing figures - stand shoulder-to-shoulder with him at his primary night victory celebration.
....Democrats and some independent analysts questioned whether the vote in Connecticut, one of the most liberal states in the nation, would have significant spillover effect on other contests this year. But they said the Lieberman-Lamont race had put a national spotlight on the pressures that Democratic presidential candidates are facing and on the party's continuing struggle to deal with the war.
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".....Anti-war fever is fueling resurgence of liberal wing"
"Resurgence of the liberal wing"? The rat has no other wing and has not had a ring wing since Sam Nunn and a few Dixiecrats left office.
This is silly ratspeak.
When I lived in CT (most of my life)I voted for one Dem. Joe, just to get rid of Lowell the Wackie Lib. Unfortunately Lowell gave us the state income tax. One reason I moved to NH.
If the newest terrorist plot had been exposed a few days earlier, would Lieberman have pulled it off?
I imagine CT voters of all stripes will vote for Joe.
Welcome to FR.
It's a line-up of pro-UN, anti-US groups all cobbled together.
It certainly has.
Calling all democrats,Calling all democrats,right this way for your trip over the cliff, again.what idiots.
Maybe he can grow.
**smile**
I'm not from CT, but I echo the sentiments of others.
Vote for Joe.
Support his election however you are able.
BTW, welcome to FR.
It's not that I'm sympathetic of Lieberman. I just want the far-out-kook-liberal (Lamont in this case) to lose.
With such a twisted stance, time and events will alwasy look bad.
PS - This is going to look even worse when Karl Rove frog marches out OBL right before election day.
I'm from a deep red state, and I say -- stick it to the psychos and vote for Joe.
Good choice of artwork.
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