It is interesting that Dick Morris comapred this scenario to the 1980 NY Senate election when Al D'Amato ousted liberal Republican Jacob Javitz (his voting record was similar to Edward Brooke's who was to the left of Tsongas).
According to one Joey ad, Lamont was called Lowell Weicker's bear cub and presumed to be like Weicker in potential voting record (Weicker came to prominence as an anti-war, anti-LBJ Republican), but I doubt Kos would back a fiscally conservative dove.
In what I see as good news, but heavily unrelated, Cynthia McKinney is also out in Georgia, and surprisingly she didn't blame her favorite scapegoat.
What is kind of funny about the issue of Liberman is that Nebraksa's Senator Ben Nelson is much more conservative (aside from the issue of the Iraq war, Lieberman is pretty liberal), but I guess the Democrats know that Nelson is the best they can get in Nebraksa as some Republicans relaize Chafee is the best they can get in Rhode Island.
Also, the ghost of Tom Delay haunts his district as his name cannot be removed from the ballot.
The Connecticut Senate race will be a fun one, now. Joe Lieberman with all the excitement of Al Gore on valium vs Ned the WASP with a creepy stare vs Alan Gold/Schlesinger, the Gambling Man :)
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According to one Joey ad, Lamont was called Lowell Weicker's bear cub and presumed to be like Weicker in potential voting record (Weicker came to prominence as an anti-war, anti-LBJ Republican), but I doubt Kos would back a fiscally conservative dove.
In what I see as good news, but heavily unrelated, Cynthia McKinney is also out in Georgia, and surprisingly she didn't blame her favorite scapegoat.
What is kind of funny about the issue of Liberman is that Nebraksa's Senator Ben Nelson is much more conservative (aside from the issue of the Iraq war, Lieberman is pretty liberal), but I guess the Democrats know that Nelson is the best they can get in Nebraksa as some Republicans relaize Chafee is the best they can get in Rhode Island.
Also, the ghost of Tom Delay haunts his district as his name cannot be removed from the ballot.
The Connecticut Senate race will be a fun one, now. Joe Lieberman with all the excitement of Al Gore on valium vs Ned the WASP with a creepy stare vs Alan Gold/Schlesinger, the Gambling Man :)