Jim Dean/DFA visits Senator Lieberman, CT. & Pressures Joe

[FogerRox]

Jim Dean met with Lieberman last week and tried to get Fuddy to pledge to oppose any move toward building permanent military bases in Iraq. True to form, Lieberman said he'd have to study the issue and would get back to DFA. The group also asked Lieberman to promise, in the event that the party gets behind him, that he wouldn't leave the Senate for any job in a Republican administration. That would put a Republican governor (failing a miracle, Jodi Rell will be re-electedsorry, Johnny) in the enviable position of naming a successor to the Senate. That'll likely be an easy pledge for Fud to make, but so far he has not.

Fuddy Duddy reached out to DFA for the meeting, says Dean, who added that the organization also pleaded with the senator to cease lending his good name to the president and his Iraq policy.

As for what the Democratic Party ought to do about the electoral opportunity presented by Lamont, Dean pleaded for time. He said DFA would wait until the crowd of possible challengers winnowed down to one name, mentioning Lowell Weicker and secretary of the state Susan Bysiewiscz as among the maybe-runs (almost-definitely-not-rans is a more accurate description, but whatever).

"I think a primary is an excellent vehicle to further this debate about the Iraq war," says Dean, "and I happen to like primaries, but until it's pretty clear who's running, we're going to wait to take a position on who we are supporting."

http://newhavenadvocate.com/gbase/News/content?oid=oid:140711

[NanceGreggs]

1. I wish Joementum would run again in 2008 ...

... we could all use a good laugh!

[patrice]

2. I'm glad to know that DFA is out there working on the issues at

the national level in addition to organizing locally.

[Tom Joad]

3. "Study the issue". The point person for Iraq does not about this issue?

If he doesn't have an understanding of this, then he has no credibility to addressing the issue at all.

[IndianaGreen]

10. Jim Dean punted the football

There is nothing to study when it comes to Holy Joe!

[RDANGELO]

4. He needs to study the issue of permanent bases???

What planet has he been on? He is in the same delusional world as most of the republicans in congress.

[RDANGELO]

7. on second thought

I'll bet he knows all about it. He knows that most people know nothing about it because the MSM never talks about it. This would be a great subject to bring up in the campaign.

[Larkspur]

5. Bysiewiscz is running to retain her Sec. of State office

She won't run for senate. She also has not shown any desire to move to Washington DC. She prefers to stay in CT. Also she recently rescinded her run for governor, so she won't gamble on the senate seat. She's running to retain her Sec. of State office and most likely will.

Blumenthal is the one who would be prime for a move to Washington, but he attended a fundraiser for Joe last year and is running to retain his AG office. He won't run against Lieberman.

Right now Ned Lamont is the only Dem primary challenger to Lieberman. Most likely he's busy putting an organization together, getting a crash course on campaigning and issues and on what he needs to do to win enough delegates at the May conventions to force a primary. He's looking at the end of March - early April to formally announce his candidacy. Tom Swan, Exec Director of CCAG, is his campaign manager and Tom has helped another Democrat upset a Republican incumbant at at state level office.

[FogerRox]

6. Ned Lamont is the name Ive been hearing before Weickers name

I like that Joe is being made to feel a little unwanted.

[Larkspur]

8. Weicker said that he'd only run as an Indy in the GE against Lieberman if

no Democrat challenged Joe in the Dem primary. Keep tabs on My Left Nutmeg blog http://www.myleftnutmeg.com/ for more info on the Battle against Lieberman & other CT political news and gossip.

[cali]

9. I read that Weicker is backing

Ned Lamont. I also read that joementum is shaken and angry about the challenge from his left. I get the feeling that things may be changing in the dem party in CT. My mother, active in dem politics there for 40 years, and once a big supporter of Lieberman's is supporting Lamont. She says that she believes Lieberman may be in for a surprise.

[FogerRox]

11. Joe better wake up- or get out

DEMs like me wont tolerate him any more.

[IndianaGreen]

12. I expect Lieberman to play the anti-Semitic card pretty soon

Holy Joe will say that the Left is against him because he is a Jew, and many suckers will fall for that line of bullshit.

In case you are reading this, Joe, we hate you because you love Bush!