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Originally posted by Jim Richards
Rick, are you sure you have the time line right? I thought they were giving him support, including cameos by Clinton and others, up through the primary. When Lieberman lost the primary, then they threw him under the bus. Of course, maybe I'm not recalling it correctly.
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No, you are recalling it correctly. Lamont won the primary on an anti-war platform while Lieberman remained an Iraq supporter. Lieberman announced his intentions to run as an independent hours after the primary results were known. THAT'S when the Democrats threw him under the bus. Several Democrats who said they considered Lieberman "a close friend" came out in support of Lamont's campaign and said Lieberman should withdraw in the interest of the party.
I guess Lieberman gave em the old one finger salute on that one.
Either way, if Lieberman wins, you have a pretty conservative former Democrat occupying that seat instead of a pretty conservative current Democrat. Senate seats are becoming pretty important these days...