Joe Lieberman May Back Republican in ‘08

Joe Lieberman continues to tweak Democrats at every opportunity. U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, an independent who supports Democrats in Congress despite his backing of the Iraq war, said on Thursday he was not ruling out endorsing a Republican in the White House race. The 2000 Democratic vice presidential candidate said he also wants to see if an independent enters the crowded ...

CPAC – Rudy McRomney

A gentleman is going around trying to give away stickers with a slash through the name "Rudy McRomney." He's not having much luck. Asked by your intrepid reporter why he should want such a sticker, it was explained that good conservatives should be opposed to all the current frontrunners for the GOP nomination (Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, and ...

Democrats Support Troops, Screw Over Bloggers

Matt Stoler has given up on Congressional Democrats, deciding that, "It's pretty obvious at this point that the Democratic leadership isn't serious about ending the war in Iraq. They won't defund the war, and keep repeating the meme that cutting off funding for the war means cutting off funding for the troops." As a result, "they are ...

Explaining Boltonmania

Sean Hackbarth does a pretty good job of explaining the basic appeal of Bolton. Although, I have to wonder how True Believers will react to being compared to Ned Lamont boosters! :)

Democrats Run to the Right in Key House Races

The NYT gives prominent attention to news that Democrats run relatively conservative candidates in key House seats they are trying to keep or snatch from the Republicans. In their push to win back control of the House, Democrats have turned to conservative and moderate candidates who fit the profiles of their districts more closely than the profile of the national party. One ...

Lieberman Opens 10 Point Lead over Lamont

Joe Lieberman is once again running away with the Connecticut Senate race. Senator Joseph Lieberman (I) has increased his margin over Democrat Ned Lamont by eight points. He now leads the antiwar candidate 50% to 40% (see crosstabs [$]). Thirty-nine percent (39%) are certain of their Lieberman vote, while 30% definitely expect to pull the lever for Lamont. GOP nominee Alan ...

Lieberman Says Democrats Promised He Can Keep Seniority

The Senate Democrats are hedging their bets, apparently promising Joe Lieberman he will retain his seniority if he's re-elected as an Independent and joins their caucus. Sen. Joe Lieberman, the longtime Democratic senator from Connecticut running for re-election as an independent, says the party leadership has assured him he would keep his seniority if he returns to Congress. Local Democrats are ...

Lieberman Says Lamont Not Really a Teacher

Ned Lamont touts himself as a teacher of inner city kids. The Lieberman camp says that's stretching the truth. On the campaign stump, Democratic Senate candidate Ned Lamont often tells audiences that he teaches at Harding High School in Bridgeport. On his Web page, Lamont states, "I teach in a 50-year-old inner-city public school," referring to Harding. In a July ...

Snakes on a Blog

Writing for USA Today, Bruce Kluger uses some rather strained logic to argue that the power of the blogosphere is largely mythological. His evidence? Bloggers failed to kill of Joe Lieberman's independent campaign for the Senate and "Snakes on a Plane" had only modest success at the box office. On Aug. 8, Connecticut businessman Ned Lamont defeated U.S. Sen. ...

Lieberman Could Save House for Republicans

An article in today's NYT discusses the concerns of Democratic leaders that Joe Lieberman's "independent" senate campaign will bring more Republicans to the polls, hurting the Democrats' chances of winning a couple of key House races. As Senator Joseph I. Lieberman begins to mount a vigorous and well-financed re-election campaign as an independent, many Connecticut Democrats say they are worried that ...

Lieberman Won’t Back Democratic Candidates

Joe Lieberman willnot endorse Conneticut's Democratic candidates for Congress, he announced yesterday. Declaring himself a "non-combatant," U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, in remarks at a New Haven press event Friday, raised anew the question of whether his "independent" candidacy will help Republicans hold onto three Congressional seats in Connecticut -- and control of the U.S. House of Representatives. Lieberman -- who after losing ...

Lieberman Calls on Rumsfeld to Resign

Democrat/Connecticut for Lieberman/Republican backed Joe Lieberman called for Donald Rumsfeld's resignation on yesterday's "Face the Nation." Sen. Joe Lieberman, attacked by fellow Democrats as being too close to the White House on the Iraq War, on Sunday called on Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to resign but said the United States cannot "walk away" from the Iraqis. Lieberman, the one-time Democratic vice ...

NRSC Tacitly Backing Lieberman

Jason Horowitz reports that, a source at the National Republican Senatorial Committee confirmed in a phone interview that the party will not help Schlesinger or any other potential Republican candidate in Connecticut, and it now favors a Lieberman victory in November. "We did a poll and there is no way any Republican we put out there can win, so we ...

Beating a Dead Horse

Political Wire's Quote of the Day: "Even if Joe Lieberman leaves the race, it will still be a three-way race, me, Schlesinger and Gold. So it's going to be crowded." -- Connecticut U.S. Senate candidate Ned Lamont (D), on Hardball, referring to GOP rival Alan Schlesinger's (R) gambling name, "Alan Gold." Great line. There's something just a little unsporting going after ...

Lieberman Holds Double Digit Lead

"Independent" Joe Lieberman holds a twelve point lead over Democrat Ned Lamont in the latest Quinnipiac poll, Taegan Goddard reports, thanks to support of 3/4 of Republicans. In Connecticut's U.S. Senate race, a new Quinnipiac poll finds Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I) leading Ned Lamont (D) among likely voters, 53% to 41%, with Alan Schlesinger (R) getting 4%. Lieberman leads 75%-13%-10% among ...