• comment on a post New York Times feature on Ned Lamont over 6 years ago

    I'm not thrilled with Lieberman's stance on the war, but I don't think supporting Lamont will accomplish anything.  Last week's Q poll has Lieberman beating Lamont in a primary, 68% to 13%.  And, Friday's Rassmussen poll shows that even if Lieberman loses the primary, he still wins the general by fairly wide margins running as an Independent - against either Lamont and a Republican or Weicker and a Republican.  While I don't like all of Lieberman's stances, IMHO, we're better off as a state and a nation to have a Democrat in the Senate than an Independent.  The ultimate enemy here is Bush and the Republicans in Washington.  So, why do we want to waste resources and energy beating Joe in a primary (if he can be beaten, which right now doesn't look promising) when he will most likely cruise to victory in the general?  Shouldn't we be focusing our resources where they can do the best good - like trying to win back the House by electing Farrell, Courtney and Murphy - rather than frittering them away on a Senate primary?  It seems that these days we Dems always end up shooting ourselves in the foot at election time - hence, three terms for Rowland, a second term for Bush - perhaps it's time we stop "eating our young" and keep our eyes on the prize, which should be wresting control of the Congress from the Republicans.

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