Lest we forget, Connecticut gets representation too, and this is their Senate race. If they had voted for Lieberman in greater numbers, we wouldn't even be having this discussion. The Democratic Party couldn't take him out if the people of Connecticut wanted him in.
Joe Lieberman is a national figure by virtue of his run for VP in 2000. That was almost 6 years ago. He's been the Senator from CT for longer than that, and since then as well. The Democratic Party hasn't divorced him. The Democratic voters of CT fired him.
When the voters fire a candidate, even an incumbent, in a primary, party discipline requires that all members close ranks behind the winner in the upcoming general election. Where's Lieberman's party discipline? Does he only believe in it when it benefits him, as when people who don't agree with him campaign for him anyway?
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The Democratic voters of Connecticut have chosen the candidate they want to represent them.
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- Reply to "John McCain"
- What hath Fox wrought? (n/t)
- Loserman and McCraven, and the Democratic Quest for Spines
- the view from over here
- LOL
- Well done. And here's the short form of the betrayal.
- This is one I can't resist.
- Sinking ship
- The Democratic voters of Connecticut have chosen the candidate they want to represent them.
- Current polls of ALL voters: Lieberman 46%, Lamont 41% (n/t)
- Where's the Republican candidate?
- Six percent. Down from 13.
- You're calling an erstwhile Democratic Senator "the pro-Bush candidate".
- Funny about that...
- Six percent. Down from 13.
- Where's the Republican candidate?
- Current polls of ALL voters: Lieberman 46%, Lamont 41% (n/t)
- "Oh no, we wont give in, we'll keep living in the past." -- Jethro Tull (n/t)
- I wouldn't dwell on the sinking ship analogy if I were in your political shoes (n/t)
- The Democratic voters of Connecticut have chosen the candidate they want to represent them.