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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[jwmo]

i'm with some other people on this. good for the connecticut democrats to go against incumbency in favor of chasing down their platform ideals. but, it is lieberman's right to run as an independent in the general election, regardless of whether he participated in a democratic primary. in the end, the purpose of a senator is to represent the general population of his or her state. thus, if lieberman garners the majority (or sufficient plurality) among connecticut state voters, he was the right choice among the candidates regardless of whether the democratic party majority supported him. in any event, it seems as though the race will be between Lamont and Lieberman in the general election, since there doesn't appear to be a strong Republican candidate (the current nominee is wracked with a gambling scandal involving fraud and is likely to drop out). the end result is that connecticut will still likely sway to the left as the result of either candidate being elected, with the only major policy difference being support of the iraq

[ironore]

Yes, we need even more radical politicians. It's time to wipe out anybody that might even THINK of being a moderate in Washington DC. We must make politics even more divisive and really split this country up.

[xmatt]

Lamont is really not a radical. Any serious investigation of his policy positions would show that, but most people outside CT only know about Ned from what they've seen on TV. And the cable news people from some reason continue to believe that only "radical leftists" oppose the war; ergo, Ned Lamont must be one of those because he also opposes the war.

The truth is most of Connecticut (and the U.S. in general) wants the war to end. That much is not a radical view, in my opinion. Joe Lieberman did not share this view, and that is his right, but it is also the right of the people of Connecticut to elect someone else if they want to. What happened was not a move to the left. It was a move to politicians being brought to account for doing things their constituents don't want. It was a move towards politicians who put all their chips on Bush seeing the bill come due. Bush is the one who divides this country, and Lieberman enabled him every step of the way. What happened in Connecticut wasn't radicalism, it was common sense.