Screw Lieberman? (Updated and bumped) Contributed by Bill Faith
James Joyner:
rightfully gloats over last night’s victory by Ned Lamont over Joe Lieberman. While it has seemed inevitable for a few weeks now, it wasn’t long ago that it seemed unthinkable. Indeed, many of us were and when Lieberman won 1,004 of the 1,509 votes cast at the state convention, while Lamont won 505.
Kos says, “This is what people-power looks like, and it is changing the face of politics.” There can’t be much doubt about that at this point. While Lieberman’s popularity in the state is much lower than I could have fathomed until I visited last month, knocking off the guy who was the vice presidential nominee on a ticket that won the plurality of the national vote six years ago is a remarkable achievement. I continue to believe that it’s tactically stupid, but then my goals are different than Kos’.
I have similar thoughts about Kos’ response to Lieberman’s announcement he’ll now run as an independent:
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, the pack has no official viewpoint on this. I personally, however, will use my posting privileges to campaign against Ned Lamont. He's just taken his rightful prominent position on Bill's Shitlist, not terribly far below Jean Fraud Kerry, Mad Jack Murtha, Fat Mikey and "Screw 'em" Zúniga.
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Contributed by Bill Faith on August 9, 2006 at 12:36 PM in , , , , |