Posted on 01/18/2011 3:07:03 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman (I) will not seek a fifth term in 2012, according two Democratic sources familiar with the decision.
Lieberman's office did not offer any comment on his plans, saying only that he would make an announcement tomorrow in Stamford, Connecticut. "The Senator's remarks tomorrow will stand on their own," said a Lieberman spokeswoman.
Lieberman will be the second Democratic senator to make public his plans to leave the chamber in the past 24 hours. On Tuesday morning, North Dakota Sen. Kent Conrad said he would not seek a a fifth term in 2012.
On the Republican side, Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison announced her retirement last week.
Lieberman's long awaited decision means an end to a political career that took from the 2000 Democratic vice presidential nominee and 2004 Democratic presidential candidate to a speaking role at the 2008 Republican National Convention in support of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).
Lieberman's increased alienation from the Democratic party -- primarily over his ardent support for the war in Iraq -- led to his defeat at the hands of cable television executive Ned Lamont in 2006. But, Lieberman formed his own independent party and beat Lamont in a general election to win a fourth term....
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Hope McCain joins them.
Finally!
This is HUGH and SERIES for those of us living in Connecticut - I didn't expect this, did you, CT FReepers?
Of course Susan Byce-a-WITCH has announced she's throwing her hat in the ring for Connecticut's US Senate seat in 2012 today.
2012 is gonna be an interesting campaign season...
PRO-ABORT FANATIC WAS NOT WANTED IN THE REPUB PARTY Lieberman cannot be trusted. During Clinton’s impeachment, this so-called "conscience of the Senate" went on and on condemning Clinton's behavior, but when the crucial vote came, he stood by Clinton. Lieberman is always plotting to get something for himself. He sucked up to McCain at the same time he wrote a huge check to Dems to keep his Dem bona fides.
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HERE'S HOW LIBERMAN LIED HIMSELF INTO OFFICE Lieberman is a staunch supporter of abortion rights, and even voted against banning partial-birth abortion six times in a row.
But pro-life leaders in Connecticut remember another Joe Lieberman. Lieberman made pro-life pledges about 20 years ago, when he was first a candidate for the US Senate. Lieberman sought pro-life votes in the final stretch of his 1988 Democratic bid to oust 18-year Sen. Lowell Weicker, a pro-abort Republican.
"Joe was very liberal, like Weicker, but we had a poll on abortion that showed which way the wind was blowing," says Daniel Cosgrove, then the Democratic town chairman in Branford, Mr. Lieberman's hometown. The poll showed anti-abortion sentiment outweighed pro-choice views in urban areas throughout Connecticut. "In the Waterbury area, it was more than any, 12,000 [more] against abortion," Mr. Cosgrove says.
Lieberman "expressed himself as coming from a tradition in support of life, not in favor of abortion on demand." "Lieberman expressed himself against abortion, all suicide, and euthanasia. His position on that definitely was well received by the Catholic hierarchy.
State Sen. Regina Smith, who conducted the pro-life poll for the archdiocese, arranged for Lieberman, then the state AG, to meet with Catholic prelates before the election to lay out his support for Catholic pro-life positions.
The strategy worked. Lieberman convinced the archbishop he favored pro-life positions and would vote differently than Mr. Weicker, thus winning Catholic support that pushed him to a narrow 10,000-vote victory — the only Democratic Senate upset of that year. Lieberman's winning margin was less than 1 percent of 1.4 million votes.
Written records of a meeting between Lieberman and top officials of the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) two months after the 1988 election quote Mr. Lieberman as saying he "thinks there are too many abortions," and promising he would not "apply a litmus test" against pro-life judicial nominees.
Liar Lieberman today, of course, denies any of this ever happened.
An Orthodox Jew, Lieberman defends his pro-abortion, pro-infanticide record, saying Jewish law is deeply divided and Orthodox Jewry construes abortion as "a personal matter."
So he’s the Democrat Linseed Grahamnesty?
During Clinton’s impeachment, this so-called "conscience of the Senate" went on and on condemning Clinton's behavior, but when the crucial vote came, he stood by Clinton.
Lieberman is always plotting to get something for himself.
Who can forget when Dem Lieberman sucked up to McCain at the same time he wrote a huge check to Dems to keep his bona fides.
The lowest point in US politics was when his (gag) adoring wife referred to Gore's running mate as "My Joey."
Yup. They know RATS will become the minority after the next elections, so they want out.
Thanks!
LOL! Sarcastic clap.
That be two.
Lieberman is not an Orthodox Jew and he is lying about Jewish LAw.
He got pretty far on a pack of lies.
As we’ve seen-——Lieberman will be anything in order to get ahead.
Lindsey is still listed as Repub.
Big Connecticut Freeper Ping!
Hope you all hop on this and work to elect a real conservative to take Lieberman’s seat!
From your Connecticut raised friend in Florida! :)
I hope we can - but there are a ton of delusional die-hard libs in this state who continue to vote against their own better interests...but we’ll do our best!!
Hopefully you can get a REAL conservative to run, not a RINO.
We here in CT blew it in the last election with Dodd's replacement. Well now we have another chance. The CT GOP needs to man up and run a REAL conservative, then get behind and support them. That's what needs to happen, but sadly, I don't have much hope.
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