I don't know the demo of her district. Maybe this is their cup of tea, but even as an introduction it lacks the energy that would accompany a mention of the issues you cited. Seeing the way they are highlighted on her web site, it's almost as though she has one message for people who are seeking out info online, and another for the general population. Not good, that.

That's Mark Pryor, opponent of the will of Democratic voters in CT.

It doesn't seem like an appropriate response for the party to have awarded him this exposure unless it's part of a deal to lure him back into the fold.

After his decision this week to continue to support Lieberman in an indy run, I was surprised to hear Mark say, "We need a new direction".

In fact, the whole speech is filled with those nasty partisan criticisms of the Repubican administration -very un-Joe-like.

link to text-
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetReleas e.asp?id=70647

Of course.

The account's been reinstated. From the article linked:

(Editor's note: MySpace reinstated Raff's account Thursday afternoon following publication of this story. The company claims Raff's account was deleted in error.)

Please give me the number of American troops we've lost in Iraq to date.

The Rueters lede is good, too:

HARTFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) - Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman, the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2000, took a hammering over his support for the Iraq war on Thursday in a debate with an antiwar rival whose race for the Senate is seen as a battle for the heart of the Democratic Party.

Lieberman, who announced on Monday he would run for re-election as an independent if he loses his party's August primary, appeared on the defensive for much of the debate against Democratic rival Ned Lamont, a self-financed neophyte.

``Senator Lieberman if you won't challenge President Bush and his failed agenda, I will,'' said Lamont, who has been embraced by antiwar Democrats and leftist bloggers for criticizing Lieberman's willingness to support President George W. Bush on the war and other issues.

``Senator Lieberman cheered the President every step of the way when he stood have been asking the tough questions,'' said Lamont, who made millions in the cable TV business. ``It's time for us to change course. It's time for us to start bringing our troops home.''

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/washingto n/politics-lieberman.html

Hotline reports that the NRCC chair is making predictions "based on an analysis of absentee returns in CA 50". Do they already have absentee returns, or is he making guesses based on numbers from previous elections? Is it legal for them to have information on returns for this election?

http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/a rchives/2006/06/from_the_chairm.html

Jack, Regarding this statement:

"I never, ever have called bloggers rioters. The "riot" to which I referred was the pack of "commenters" who descended upon the Post Web site, stirred on by various blogs, to record ugly and obscene comments. I wasn't referring to what bloggers wrote about her on their sites."

I hope I'm not far off the mark in thinking that this sort of contempt directed broadly  toward "commenters" is as offensive to liberal bloggers as the more directed insult would have been.