Shunned Candidate Goes to Washington

[Judi Lynn]

Shunned Candidate Goes to Washington

By ANDREW MIGA
The Associated Press
Monday, August 21, 2006; 8:03 PM

WASHINGTON -- The Republican candidate shunned by President Bush, the GOP establishment and many in his party is hoping conservative groups will get behind his longshot bid for the Connecticut Senate seat.

Alan Schlesinger, who has ignored calls from some Republicans to abandon his candidacy, planned a two-day trip to Washington to test his call for fiscal conservatism with outside organizations.

"I've been caught up in a tornado of other agendas that have nothing to do with me," he said in an interview with The Associated Press on Monday. "I've been a good Republican. ... I'm not going to let anyone stick a fork in me in this race."

The Connecticut Senate race shapes up as a two-man contest between three-term Sen. Joe Lieberman, who is running as an independent after his party's rebuff in the Aug. 8 primary, and anti-war candidate Ned Lamont, the Democratic nominee.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/21/AR2006082100981.html



Alan Schlesinger

[bluestateguy]

1. I think Lamont should offer to debate him, and pointedly exclude LIeberman

nt

[acmavm]

2. This is so bizarre. The repubs want the repub candidate to withdraw

because they're backing a senile old geez who thinks he's entitled and calls himself a dem.

We've entered some kind a horrible parallel universe where crooked politicians are the norm, Americans don't care about their rights and freedoms, and the rich are collecting welfare.

[TechBear_Seattle]

3. Has there ever before been a situation...

Where one of the major parties was actually ordering their candidate to step down from a US Senate race? And in favor of someone from the other party who jumped ship to run as an independent?

This whole set-up between Lieberman and the GOP stinks worse than the pile of shit in the Republican Caucus Room.

[magellan]

4. Is Schlesinger a neocon or of the old conservative school?

If he's a real Repub this is a shame. They're a dying species thanks to BushCo.

[zbdent]

5. He should run as "an independent Republican"

and emphasize how his own party kept attacking Lieberman in 2000 ...

:rofl:

[mcscajun]

6. They want him to go away because he'll be the poster boy for LOSING

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., has endorsed Lieberman, saying Schlesinger has no chance of winning. The National Republican Senatorial Committee said last week it had no plans to help Schlesinger because it was not a competitive race.

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While his two foes have already collected and spent millions, Schlesinger has raised just $113,581, including a $50,000 loan to his campaign, as of June 30, according to his latest campaign finance report.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/21/AR2006082100981.html

And while he's busy losing, he might pull votes away from their chosen candidate, former DINO LIEberman.

[Nickster]

7. They didn't have any problems getting on board with Alan Keyes

and he got smashed by Obama.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

9. Then again, there wasn't any DINO available then.

It was Keyes or nothing.

[Nickster]

10. True. n/t

[Ohio Joe]

8. "I've been a good Republican"

ummm, I did not think there was any such thing

[leesa]

11. Good. I was hoping this guy would make a little noise.