Upset of the decade

[xmatt]

Ned Lamont beat Joe Lieberman in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate. For those who don't know, Joe Lieberman is one of the most pro-war, pro-corporate Democrats there is. I am so proud of Connecticut, even though I'm not really from there. I am proud that someone has the guts to stand up to people like Lieberman who are afraid to stand up to

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[mad4u689]

I respect Lamont for taking a political stand towards a more progressive Democratic party...

I respect Lieberman for taking a stand that he does not have to remain closed within the two party system. If he thinks he can actually win as an Independent because he has cross-party appeal, then sweet - down with partisanship. See what the majority of Connecticutians (what the heck is the word for that... ? :P) really want in the final elections. Sure, there arises the complex issue of drawing votes away from one party, etc...

To be honest, Lieberman would probably be a better actual senator. However, if Lamont lost now, it would look terrible for the future of a more progressive Democratic party - it would show that when we tried to be progressive, we failed. And then we'd go back to the boring old Kerry-and-Gore strategy. Woo.

[xmatt]

Well, if he wanted to run as an independent because he was fed up with the Democratic Party, he should have done it while the doing was good. It's not unheard of for independents to be elected in CT. Lowell Weicker ran as an independent and was elected governor after he became fed up with the Republicans (and after he lost his senate reelection bid as a Republican to Lieberman in 1988

[mystikplum]

amen. i find lieberman's assertions that he can both run as an independent and not betray the Democractic Party an impossible logical fallacy...i mean if the voters of your party have told you they don't want you, you don't go around trying to find ways to get around it. A better man would accept the decision with dignity. Now to make sure i'm registered for november...

[molofan]

ehhh, you know, I'm not so happy with Lamont. The man hasn't done much to convince me he's more than a run-of-the-mill democrat who tries to make himself look exciting. Let's be clear--Lamont didn't win, Lieberman lost. What gets to me is that, more than anything, this was a victory for the same old bullshit from the Democratic party. Let's make a big deal over which puppet to put in. I'll be shocked if Lamont provides any kind of real change. Real change cannot come from a lame party obsessed with satisfying "moderates."

[xmatt]

I disagree. Lamont really isn't a run-of-the-null Democrat. He's never held any office other than Greenwich Town Selectman before, and he's part of the nascent class of candidates supported mostly by a loose network of volunteers and small-money individual donors (much like Howard Dean's '04 presidential campaign before it was torpedoed by his "scream"). And that's important when you consider Joe Lieberman's long-time affiliation with corporate lobbyists in DC. There's where his $12 million in campaign money came from -- and he still lost.

And hey, this election was definitely not about satisfying moderates. In fact, the "lame party" you speak of is the same D.C. establishment that wanted Lieberman to win because they were afraid of rocking the boat. If you're fed up with that (and I know I am) then this is big news. It's the beginning of actual people taking the Democratic Party back from the misguided party officials who've lost us elections for the past 10 years.

[jiritsu]

sweet.

[slackwards]

Joe Lieberman more like Sore Loserman.

[motomato1]

I guess he lost some of that Joementum, eh?