Hillary cuts $5000 check for Lamont and Bayh endorses Ned

[WI_DEM]

With his loss in the primary--Sore Loserman is losing his support base in the Senate. Hillary Clinton is cutting a $5000 check to support Ned Lamont and fellow moderate Indiana Senator Evan Bayh said the people have spoken and he is supporting Lamont in the general.

According to KOS Sen. Dodd is going to try and talk Loserman out of the Indie bid--and tomorrow (or today) Schumer and Reid will both speak out on the race. What will they say?

www.dailykos.com

[oasis]

1. Hill comes through. What will her detractors (on the left) say now?

[JeffR]

3. As a leftist detractor of Senator Clinton, I say:

Good for her.

[oasis]

7. That's the spirit.

:thumbsup:

[EFerrari]

10. Me, too.

:applause:

[oasis]

13. There ya go.

:thumbsup:

[ronnykmarshall]

22. smooches!

[EFerrari]

33. Hey, you! What are you doing out here in the wild Blue Yonder?

lol

:)

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

17. I second that, as another one!

[helderheid]

47. Same here.

[Erika]

4. Get your butt over to the left or get out

is what they are saying.

[oasis]

9. Maybe Hill's saying "Let's meet in the middle".

Do ya think?

[Skidmore]

41. I thought she was in the middle already.

No, she needs to move left and we'll stand here and wait for her to do so before making any moves.

[oasis]

42. She's there. And the middle is where the American people are. Your move.

;-)

[Skidmore]

43. Yeah, the squishy middle. The problem with slopping around

in all that squish is you get sucked into the goo. Save us from the squishy middle. The squishy middle is the reason we keep on keepin' on in this hellacious combination of bad foreign and domestic policy.

[BuyingThyme]

6. Why do you think she did this?

Hint: She didn't have 5k burning a hole in her pocket.

[oasis]

12. She's registering her early support for Lamont. An "up and comer."

It's time for Dems to unite, get busy and retake congress.

[AlGore-08.com]

14. F.Y.I. earlier HillPAC gave Lieberman 10,000

She's just supporting the CT Dem candidate. That's all.

[oasis]

23. And "supporting the CT Dem candidate" is a good thing.:-)

:-)

[BuyingThyme]

15. I think of it more like protection money.

[oasis]

18. Then Lamont should stand on principle and refuse to take it. Right?

:shrug:

[BuyingThyme]

28. What principle is that?

[oasis]

32. Not taking "protection money". Did you forget what you wrote?

[BuyingThyme]

34. Never mind. If you don't know what PRINCIPLE is, this is just silly.

[oasis]

35. 1) fundamental truth, law 2) rule of conduct.

Now we both know. :-)

[BuyingThyme]

36. So where's the fundamental truth that requires a candidate

to return donations stemming from a donor's desire to establish political cover?

[oasis]

39. I see, in this case, "protection money" isn't tainted. Maybe Lamont

will continue to overlook Hillary's faults and continue to take her "protection" money without asking questions.

[BuyingThyme]

45. Okay then, run to a new topic. What questions?

Are you asking Ned Lamont to babysit Hillary Clinton?

[oasis]

46. Lamont's got to denounce Hillary if he wants to establish himself as the

hero of the left.According to many here at DU, Hillary represents all the wickedness that the Democratic party has become. Ned is the knight in shining armor who will lead the fight to undo all of that backward compromising, triangulating stuff.

After all of the hooplah about his anti-war position, I'm just hoping Ned doesn't sell out the left and become a politician like Hillary.Tossing that five grand back in her face will be a good indicator that Ned's his own guy.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

51. No, it would be a good indicator that he's a stupid guy.

A newcomer hoping to get into the senate shouldn't be making enemies with Democratic senators to "prove he's his own guy."

[oasis]

53. So what, we DUers are so tired of "finger in the wind" type politicians.

We need a Dem in the senate to counterbalance the influence of Hillary and her gang of compromisers.

Ugh, compromise. :puke:

[NoPasaran]

55. Some of us DUers

Some of us DUers are tired of holding politicians up to ridiculous purity tests are are overjoyed to find candidates who can win!

:woohoo:Compromise:woohoo:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

58. Some of us DUers thinks that we should worry about that

counterbalance once the senator is actually in office, but in the meantime accept the support of compromisers.

[BuyingThyme]

60. Hillary's the wind. You got that right.

[ronnykmarshall]

25. Oh Jesus!

[Neshanic]

2. "DLC Internets Center, Hillary? Line one someone, Hillary needs advice".

[tridim]

5. Awesome! This is going to get very interesting tomorrow

:popcorn:

[alittlelark]

8. Hillary is cutting a check in a further attempt to distance herself

from the Iraq war vote (as well as other DLC votes). She appears to be a creature of the currents (polls, that is). She was once my fav. for '08 - now I am almost 'anyone but'. Gore, Feingold....Boxer would rock, but has no chance - sigh - I love my senator.

[BuyingThyme]

11. What's next? Is she gonna go after Rumsfeld about the policy she supports?

:rofl:

[alittlelark]

19. I actually feel somewhat sorry for her.

She had the right ideals for many years.... but the trying years in DC, Lobbyists, and ambition have warped her ideals.

It is sad.

[FrenchieCat]

16. Well, now.....

Good for Hillary Clinton! And good for Evan Bye!
They are both Democrats, right?
They should be supporting the Democrat who won the Democratic Primary, Right?

Glad they are doing what they should! :applause:

[longship]

20. Whoa!!!! They're lining up for Ned.

As Flounder says, "This is going to be great!!"

Watch Reid apply the pressure. He may outright announce that he's going to pull Loserman's committee assignments. Or, he may just make a quiet phone call to Loserman telling him that he has only until Congress reconvenes to withdraw his candidacy, or forfeit his committee assignments.

Oppose the Democratic Party nominee and you cannot call yourself a Democrat.
Don't like it, Loserman? Tough shit!

[Clarkie1]

38. Absolutely! I hadn't thought of that.

Lieberman has no business holding any committee assignments for the Democratic Party, ever again!

[ronnykmarshall]

21. Go Hillary!

Get Bill out there to support Ned too!

[FrenchieCat]

27. Self Delete.....

Edited message by poster whom I responded to rendered my post meaningless! :eyes:

[FrenchieCat]

31. Bill supported a loser....and Hillary wrote a check to the winner......

They've got it "covered"!

[longship]

24. I wouldn't put it past Schumer to support Sore Loserman.

But hopefully he'll be on the right side of things.

[IronLionZion]

50. Schumer and his DSCC is supporting Lamont, the Democrat nt

[Warren DeMontague]

26. Good for her! I will say, she knows which way the wind is blowing.

But I think she's got way too much ground to make up for in the next 2 years for where she thinks she's headed.

[Pepper32]

29. Hmm, is this a sign that she is finally getting the message?

I guess LIEberman's loss has tossed her back into reality. I sincerely hope so but I won't hold my breath.

[samsingh]

30. good for Hillary

[IChing]

37. Great, but I want a statment condemning Joe, $5000 dollars is

chicken feed to her on the pandering that this must cost the

.DEMOCRATIC PARTY

remember that


or is your loyalty just worth ??????

[NoPasaran]

56. A statement? Piffle!

I DEMAND that Hillary punch Joe in the nose!
:sarcasm:

[Vidar]

40. Good for Bayh & Hillary.

[depakid]

44. Put finger up- see which way the wind is blowing

cut check-

Now- let's see if it affects how they choose to vote.

[Freddie Stubbs]

48. But they are going to let him keep his DEMOCRATIC committee seats?

:shrug:

[mmonk]

49. the heat was getting warmer.

Sweat much?

[daydreamer]

52. Hillary lost me with her unconditional support for Israel.

[NoPasaran]

57. So where do you lost souls end up anyway?

[daydreamer]

59. I will vote for Chuck Hagel if he runs.

http://www.boomantribune.com/?op=displaystory;sid=2006/8/5/122335/1324

[JackNewtown]

63. Lamont, Lieberman, Bayh, Lott, Santorum, Brownback, et al.

all have the same position Hillary/Bush/Olmert/Netanyahu have. Only Leahy and Hagel dissent among Senators and serious Senate candidates. I don't think HC should be singled out for doing what virtually all politicians, including all major presidential contenders, are doing: blindly backing Israel on everything it does.

[daydreamer]

64. If she said she supports Israel, but urged restraint I would have been

OK with it.

[tulip]

54. Good for Bayh!

Hillary is a little late to the party but I think we can give her a kuodos on this too.

Bayh has been highly critical of Bush, Rove, the Iraq War and has demanded Rummy's resignation for 2 years now......he's one of the good moderates.

[cosmicdot]

61. endorsement and party support is nice

I'm not too keen on these individual politician PACs like HILLPac ...

money doled out in almost patronage fashion

is it IOU money ... a modern form of political machine politics?

couldn't she make a personal donation like the rest of us?

the current financing of campaigns is in need of reform

[JackNewtown]

62. Hillary was for Lieberman before she was against him

What principle!