Top Democrats throw support to Lamont

[sabra]

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14263517/

Top Democrats throw support to Lamont
Blame for Lieberman loss laid on Bush connection


Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., threw their support behind Connecticut upset winner Ned Lamont this morning.

Both senators issued a joint statement this morning on the Connecticut Senate race, saying, in part, "The Democratic voters of Connecticut have spoken and chosen Ned Lamont as their nominee. Both we and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) fully support Mr. Lamont's candidacy. Congratulations to Ned on his victory and on a race well run."

They laid the blame for incumbent Senator Joe Lieberman's loss on his connection to President George W. Bush, saying, "Joe Lieberman has been an effective Democratic Senator for Connecticut and for America. But the perception was that he was too close to George Bush and this election was, in many respects, a referendum on the President more than anything else. The results bode well for Democratic victories in November and our efforts to take the country in a new direction."

[AlamoDemoc]

1. Sen. Chuck Schumer with all do respect STFU...

[w4rma]

11. Calm down and and support them when they are right. (nt)

[MrCoffee]

2. Screw respect...STFU Chuck!

[David Dunham]

3. Lamont will not win the general. Having Sharpton on stage hurt him a lot.

Sharpton is very unpopular with independents and moderate Democrats in CT.

[Caution]

6. sheesh even in defeat eh?

give it a rest already.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

8. Mr. Dunham:

With all due respect, you have become woefully transparent.

[Occulus]

24. Become? n/t

[AlamoDemoc]

12. Why because he's black?

[brentspeak]

18. No, because he's a race-baiting con artist

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[JoFerret]

34. OTT. But...

...he does need to make amends for the Tawana Brawley debacle. Real people got hurt by that.

[Kittycat]

13. Sore Loser... Go cry in the corner with Wienerman

[cc488is]

14. Yes he will!

He's the change we need!

[saigon68]

17. Yes having a Negro there is the kiss of death

After all the racists in Conn who would have voted for Limpmann think Negroes smell.

[KaptBunnyPants]

25. Your side lost the primary.

If you want there to continue to be a Democratic Party, you had best get behind the winner. All those times where we were told to hold our nose and pick the lesser of two evils, and yet you guys still think that you owe no loyalty to the party that has stood by you.

[readmoreoften]

36. You hit it on the nose. Stop shilling for Lieberman and suck it up. nt

[mhatrw]

35. Exactly. And Joe only lost because of Lamont's racist attacks on him.

Right?

[TommyO]

39. I thought it was the website hacking that did it?

[TommyO]

38. The Democrats of CT have spoken

and Lieberman is no Democrat.

[fjc]

4. With all due respect...

Lamont is gonna need the support of those Democrats. Lamont is gonna force some unanimity of the Party on war, and that is good news.

[warrens]

5. Dunno where the hate for Chuckie is coming from

Unlike the idiots that think this was only an anti-war vote, they called it right. It was an anti-Bush, anti-GOP vote. Anyone who cooperates with these monsters cannot be a good Democrat. It's just not possible. I can even ALMOST understand supporting the war, although it leaves me shaking my head, but to cooperate with these fucking THUGS is not in any way understandable. They have no intention of ever compromising about anything, unless you force them to do it. Theirs is an agenda of hate.

[JoFerret]

7. Agreed

...the man is a politician. He HAS to be politic. Time to put a lid on the griping and adolesecent acting out and get behine the victory for November.

[cmkramer]

10. But that was part of the rovian tactics the Lamont campaign used

Lieberman's always been a good loyal moderate to liberal Democrat. You cannot ever find a time when he ever threatened to leave the party or even find any sensible Democrat -- who thought that was ever anything to worry about.

The truth is, Lieberman -- like the DLC -- opposed Bush much much much more often than they supported him.

I expect Joe to do a much better job of defending his progressive votes and pointing out how his words were twisted by Lamont and his cronies. He learned the hard way that ignoring lies and smears never works.

[Torgo Johnson]

20. ....zzzzzzzzzzz...

:boring:

:boring:

:boring:

[John Q. Citizen]

26. Dream on, little dreamer dream on.....n/t

[TankLV]

27. Yeah, I guess the PICTURE of him KISSING BUSH and HEARING

him DISS OTHER DEMS who "dared" to criticize this war pretzledent, while failing to do so himself, for LYING US INTO A WAR OF CHOICE BASED ON LIES has nothing to the truth.

We know your number...

It's stale and very tiring already.

NOT ONE THING WE'VE SAID ABOUT LIEberman is a "lie".

NOT.
ONE.
THING.

[KaptBunnyPants]

28. I will assume that this is satire

Especially with "You cannot ever find a time when he ever threatened to leave the party", since he is right now in the process of leaving the Party. If so, then bravo sir. The hallmark of great satire is the difficulty in noticing it's satirical nature.

[Bretttido]

29. Ya, Lamont and his powerful cronies were behind his loss

Lamont's "cronies" were the little people; the bloggers; anti-war activists; anyone that was not already part of the DC establishment. You need to get on board with who the DEMOCRATIC voters of CT voted for. Unless of course, you just don't give a shit who they voted for and you believe there is no point in having a primary?

[cwhig]

33. Long time no see

Clayton, is that you? Your pal Rob here.

[bitchkitty]

42. If he's such a loyal Dem, why did I hear

that he intends to run as an Independent?

[cyberpj]

9. Meanwhile... DLC Vice chair says Lieberman should run as Independent:

This is from a recent article in our local paper.
Tom Carper is one of our senators (Biden, the other) and the vice-chairman of the DLC.

"If Lieberman loses, Carper said he should follow through on his promise to run as an independent and rejoin the Democratic fold if he wins a three-way race in November."

http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060807/NEWS/608070343/1006

I'm writing to him today. Here's contact info if you want it:

Democratic Leadership Council
600 Pennsylvania Ave., SE
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20003
DLC Phone: [phone]

or

SENATOR TOM CARPER
513 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
[phone]

[rodeodance]

15. drats, I hope the VP Re-thinks his position! What a damper!

[katty]

16. If Loserman runs as Indie he'll screw the Dems

[saigon68]

19. No the scum will do more "Servicing and Arousal" of his Chimp

[MODemocrat]

40. He lost because of his closeness to Bush

and now, he's going to be even closer than ever; Carl Rove has already called George Stepanopolus, and offered their backing/support; so apparently,Joe still doesn't get it.He's turning into a Zell Miller.
I've seen his voting record, which was not overly shabby in years past, but, for some reason, when Bush
was "given" the presidency, Joe changed and became a puppet for Bush.

He's NOT doing this for the Democratic Party, he's doing it for himself and George Bush..
:+ :+ :puke: :puke: :spray: :spray:

[shanti]

22. what about barbara boxer?

now that loserman isn't a dem anymore, will she maintain her support of him? :shrug:

[AlamoDemoc]

23. Speaking of Barbara...she's no longer in my "incoming email list"

Barbara Boxer

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[Freddie Stubbs]

30. I call bullshit on this!

If Reid really wants to help Lamont, he needs to take away Lamont's opponent's committee assignments. One of the things that Lieberman is running on is how effective he is in bringing federal dollars to CT. It will be very hard for him to do that if he has no committee assignments.

[mvd]

31. Well, that's good to know

I expected it from them, though. Still, I don't take anything for granted anymore.

[semillama]

32. If they really want to support him

they should be having an intervention with Lieberman to get him to give up his independent candidacy.

[happydreams]

37. Looks like they know which way the political wind is blowing.

Lamont is a hot item because he took an unequivocal stand on Iraq. Let's hope others follow.

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