BREAKING! Republican NRSC Takes Lieberman (OH NO)

[BigBearJohn]

http://thepoliticker.observer.com/2006/08/nrsc-takes-lieberman.html

NRSC Takes Lieberman

It's no coincidence that a purposeful silence has replaced the well-publicized calls from Republicans last month for no-hope GOP Senate candidate Alan Schlesinger to make way for someone more credible.

The state and national party, it seems, have concluded that they can't succeed in Connecticut this year under any circumstance, and would rather see Joe Lieberman win -- which polls show he's likely to do, absent a credible Republican candidate -- than risk handing the election to Democrat Ned Lamont.

This morning, a source at the National Republican Senatorial Committee confirmed in a phone interview that the party will not help Schlesinger or any other potential Republican candidate in Connecticut, and it now favors a Lieberman victory in November.

"We did a poll and there is no way any Republican we put out there can win, so we are just going to leave that one alone," said the NRSC source.

Instead, the NRSC is pulling for Lieberman over Ned Lamont, who rode an anti-war message to a victory in the Aug 8 primary.

"Most Republicans would agree that he'd clearly be a better choice than Lamont," said the source.
--Jason Horowitz

[MrModerate]

1. Will Connecticut put up with this?

Will dem voters stay with a man now officially annointed as the Republican candidate?

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[EstimatedProphet]

2. Dirty tricks are their stock in trade

They don't even back their own candidate so that they can bring Holy Joe back in to kiss Bush's ass.

[yourout]

3. Joe is a "credible Republican candidate "

[happydreams]

9. OHhhhhh. ROFLMAO!

:rofl: :rofl:

It doesn't get any clearer than that. Joe the liarman is..."a credible Republican candidate".

At least that has been cleared up. :rofl:

[MrCoffee]

4. DUH!

[helderheid]

5. It's official! Joe, you can take the mask off now.

[GeorgeGist]

7. The Kiss of Death...

for Joe? I certainly hope so. Figuratively speaking of course.

[JohMunich99]

8. This should rip out any Democratic support Lieberman had

In addition, Lamont should hammer away at this with Independents.

[Qutzupalotl]

10. Exactly right.

Lamont should use this support to drive Democrats away from Lieberman. "The only Democrat endorsed by Republicans."

And, as you said, Independents would be as reluctant to support a candidate endorsed by the RSCC as they are to support Republicans.

[happydreams]

11. It should. It also shows that the Repugs are very stupid to

get involved in this for that reason. :crazy:

[BigBearJohn]

14. Puh-leeeze DEMS -- PLEASE use this against Lieberman! PLEASE

[fujiyama]

12. Smart on their part

Why bother throwing money away on a guy polling at 4% with a history of gambling problems?

Instead, they may as well take the guy that mouths their talking points for them and favors their own loony foreign policy as well.

[opihimoimoi]

13. Joe has confirmed he was a PUB Mole in the DEM Party and he

needs to be defeated as such. What a no Class LOSER....Posing as one of us when he is one of THEM. Sinful and decietful...HE IS EVIL.