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Lieberman Fights For A Fourth Term
Kate King
Issue date: 8/7/06 Section: News
After serving in Congress for eighteen years, Joe Lieberman is struggling to keep his seat as Connecticut senator in what many are describing as the "fight of his life."
In the congressional primaries on August 8, Connecticut democrats will decide if they want six more years of Lieberman or a new face. Over the past few months Ned Lamont has risen as a formidable challenge to the incumbent senator, relying mainly on his anti-war stance to garner support from Connecticut citizens.
In the 2000 presidential race, Al Gore's decision to pick Lieberman as his running mate was considered "brilliant political strategy" since Lieberman was widely viewed as a moral, social progressive with tough foreign policy views, according to an article published in New York magazine.
But Lieberman's unwavering support for the war in Iraq appears to have cost him an easy primary. Ned Lamont, who is described on his web site as the founder of Lamont Digital Systems and a Bridgeport High School teacher, possesses strong anti-war, anti-George Bush policies which have made him an attractive candidate in Connecticut
"The tens of thousands of people who have died and been wounded, the hundreds of billions of dollars that have been spent and wasted and the values, the values about this country and our moral authority ... it's destabilized the Middle East, it was a mistake, and we should admit it," Lamont said about the Iraq War during the July 6 Connecticut primary debate.
Although he was once considered a long-shot in unseating a popular incumbent, Lamont's strong anti-war stance appears to be working. A recently released poll from Quinnipiac University shows Lamont pulling ahead of Lieberman in the race.
Lieberman isn't ready to give up his spot on Capitol Hill yet, however. He's pulled out the big guns, rallying support from notable democratic senators such as Hillary Clinton, D-NY, Barbra Boxer D-CA and fellow Conn. Senator Chris Dodd, according to an article published in the New York Times. Most notably, former President Bill Clinton appeared at a Lieberman rally in Waterbury on July 24.
In the congressional primaries on August 8, Connecticut democrats will decide if they want six more years of Lieberman or a new face. Over the past few months Ned Lamont has risen as a formidable challenge to the incumbent senator, relying mainly on his anti-war stance to garner support from Connecticut citizens.
In the 2000 presidential race, Al Gore's decision to pick Lieberman as his running mate was considered "brilliant political strategy" since Lieberman was widely viewed as a moral, social progressive with tough foreign policy views, according to an article published in New York magazine.
But Lieberman's unwavering support for the war in Iraq appears to have cost him an easy primary. Ned Lamont, who is described on his web site as the founder of Lamont Digital Systems and a Bridgeport High School teacher, possesses strong anti-war, anti-George Bush policies which have made him an attractive candidate in Connecticut
"The tens of thousands of people who have died and been wounded, the hundreds of billions of dollars that have been spent and wasted and the values, the values about this country and our moral authority ... it's destabilized the Middle East, it was a mistake, and we should admit it," Lamont said about the Iraq War during the July 6 Connecticut primary debate.
Although he was once considered a long-shot in unseating a popular incumbent, Lamont's strong anti-war stance appears to be working. A recently released poll from Quinnipiac University shows Lamont pulling ahead of Lieberman in the race.
Lieberman isn't ready to give up his spot on Capitol Hill yet, however. He's pulled out the big guns, rallying support from notable democratic senators such as Hillary Clinton, D-NY, Barbra Boxer D-CA and fellow Conn. Senator Chris Dodd, according to an article published in the New York Times. Most notably, former President Bill Clinton appeared at a Lieberman rally in Waterbury on July 24.
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Vinnie Vin
posted 8/09/06 @ 3:42 PM EST
This is a message that Political Whores and Warmongers are not wanted in the Constitution State.
Loserman has a great deal of chutzpah to keep spiting in the face of Connecticut. (Continued…)
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