Times, Conn. Papers Split Endorsements

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The New York Times on Sunday endorsed Democrat Ned Lamont for Senate while The Hartford Courant and New Haven Register backed Sen.Joe Lieberman's independent bid for a fourth term.

"Ned Lamont has run a far less polished campaign than Mr. Lieberman, but the more we see of him, the more impressed we are by his intelligence and his growing sophistication about the issues facing the nation," the Times wrote.

"He is very much in the Connecticut mold of basically moderate, principled politicians, and his willingness to take on Mr. Lieberman when no one else dared to do it showed real courage and conviction. He would make a good senator. More important, he has the capacity to continually become a better one," the endorsement said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061029/ap_on_el_se/connecticut_senate_24

Courant vs. Courant
Yes, they had to go back to 2002 to find a single lukewarm instance of Lieberman not giving Bush a "free pass."

http://lamontblog.blogspot.com/2006/10/courant-vs-courant.html

[krispos42]

1. Oh, I hope the Dems get at least 50 seats

50 Dems, 48 Repubs, 2 independents. Then Lieberman can simply have not a single committee seat. Not one. He can just yammer on C-SPAN2 until his jaw cramps up.

At the most critical time, when Democrats need both an image boost and party loyalty, he's doing his best to do neither.

[Cha]

2. Well, do they want someone who

resembles the silverware or do they want a "David" who will confront the Giant?

[JerseygirlCT]

3. Did you happen to see the commentary article praising

Lieberman's integrity?

The author (can't remember the name) made a big point of talking about the Clinton impeachment, and Lieberman's behavior then -- how much time he spent studying the facts, how bravely he stepped forward... you know the usual. But what struck me again, was that all that only makes the anti-Lieberman point.

Because if he was willing to step up to speak against Clinton, where the hell has he been the past 6 years?