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| New Poll Shows Lieberman Losing Ground - Bad for country & Donks |
| 2006-08-03 |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #5 Pardon me guys, this is a poll. So where's President Kerry? |
| Posted by: Thung Snunter7363 2006-08-03 21:37 |
| #4 On the other hand, I've got to believe that there are some liberal votes during which Lieberman voted party line just out of party solidarity and the fear of primary challenges (like the one Lamont has mounted). Once Lieberman starts running as an independent, he won't have to toe the line any more. And the Democrats will gnash their teeth every time he votes against their bills. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2006-08-03 21:02 |
| #3 A: Elected as an independent, Lieberman will probably become a republican, welcomed in with open arms, and this will really hurt the democrats. Lieberman is no Zell Miller, whose voting record put him at the rightmost end of the *Republican* party. Lieberman's voting record (ADA rating) is further left than any sitting Republican senator by about 20 points (on a scale of 100). That's pretty left-wing. If Lieberman runs and wins as an independent, expect him to vote like a left-wing Jim Jeffords, the Vermont Republican who became an independent, but a Democrat in all but name. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2006-08-03 20:45 |
| #2 This is a win-win possibility. If Lieberman loses in the primary, he stops being a democrat. Then he still can run again as an independent. At that point, the republican candidate becomes superfluous, and republicans can probably overcome the double-digit deficit he has among democrats. Elected as an independent, Lieberman will probably become a republican, welcomed in with open arms, and this will really hurt the democrats. Not only do they lose a democrat seat, but it becomes a republican seat, and they have to face the ignomy of having a vice-presidential candidate jump parties. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-08-03 17:23 |
| #1 Lieberman recently called on President Clinton to visit the state on his behalf Now there's an act of total desperation. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-08-03 17:19 |