Comments on: Joe Lieberman Won’t Rule out Independent Run for Senate

By: Barry

Barry — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 22:02:39 +0000

People have said that the deadline has already passed for him to file as a candidate in another party.

By: charles austin

charles austin — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 21:05:41 +0000

Joe Lieberman is to the Democratic Party as Abdul Rahman is to _____________________.

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 19:34:18 +0000

Lieberman for the Democrats is very similar to John McCain for the Republicans (at least the McCain of 6 months ago). There are plenty of elected Democrats to the right of Lieberman. But the issue isn't that he occasionally disagrees. It's that he is so darn willing to trash his party for his own benefit. If any television debate program ever has a Democrat on trashing other Democrats, you know it will be Lieberman, just as McCain is the go-to Republican.

By: yetanotherjohn

yetanotherjohn — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:19:46 +0000

Except for the war on terrorism and not thinking Bush is the embodiment of all things evil, Lieberman is point on point in alignment with the democratic party. But because he acknowledges that the terrorists really do want to kill Americans, that we should stop the terrorists before they kill Americans and that Bush deserves some credit for trying to do that, he becomes anathema to the left wing of the democrats.

But of course it is the far right, theocratic, republicans that want to stifle debate in this country.

By: FredW

FredW — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:35:35 +0000

Its kind a kind of "have your cake and eat it too" thing that does bother people (of both parties). If Leiberman dropped his affilation today and ran as a independent (or Republican or started a new party) I'd have no problem. Or if we changed the system and got rid of partisan primaries (everybody ran in a open primary with no party labels and the two top vote getters ran in the general election) then the point would be moot. It also bothers me when candidates run for re-election and another office (as Lieberman did 6 years ago) Its a "me, me, me" kind of thing that leave a bad taste in my mouth. And didn't Weicker run as an independent from the beginning, not changing in mid campaign?

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By: The Real Ugly American.com

The Real Ugly American.com — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 13:31:31 +0000

Lieberman Does Not Rule Out Leaving Dems...

ConnecticutBlog has the story:
Joe Lalli: Ned Lamont has already stated that he would support you if you won the Democratic nomination and Zell Miller once stated that he would always be a member of the Democratic party. Can you make similar promises...