You are viewing an obsolete version of the DU website which is no longer supported by the Administrators. Visit The New DU.
Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

Doomsday scenario in the Connecticut race? [View All]

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread		 This topic is archived.
Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion: Presidential (Through Nov 2009) Donate to DU
EarlG ADMIN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-21-06 12:15 PM
Original message
Doomsday scenario in the Connecticut race?
Advertisements [?]
Edited on Tue Aug-22-06 08:36 AM by EarlG
Okay, I'm going to preface this by saying that I think this scenario is unlikely, and that it is pure speculation on my part. But while unlikely it is nonetheless a possible scenario so I thought I'd throw it out there for you to chew on.

Consider...

Joe Lieberman beats Ned Lamont and wins the Senate seat in Connecticut.

Early in 2007, Don Rumsfeld quits as Secretary of Defense.

George W. Bush offers the job to Lieberman, who accepts.

Connecticut's Gov. Jodi Rell (R) appoints a Republican to fill Joe's vacated Senate seat until 2008.

Result: George W. Bush gets a "bipartisan" Secretary of Defense, and the Republican party gets a free Senate seat in Connecticut - a seat which they didn't even contest in the 2006 elections.

Just a thought. Should I go get my tinfoil hat now? :)

(On edit: I was just informed that pabsungenis already beat me to this theory with his post yesterday.)

(On edit again: Now it appears that KnaveRupe beat us by almost a week. Nice going :) )
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
  -Doomsday scenario in the Connecticut race? EarlG  Aug-21-06 12:15 PM   #0 
  - in this bizarro world, that actually seems plausible.  Lerkfish   Aug-21-06 12:17 PM   #1 
  - i guess if Liberman became secretary of defense  focusfan   Aug-21-06 02:59 PM   #34 
  - I disagree  DirtyJersey   Aug-22-06 09:23 AM   #68 
     - I'm sure you would vote for a republican, but I however, would not.  Lerkfish   Aug-22-06 02:19 PM   #70 
        - You didn't read my whole post, did you...  DirtyJersey   Aug-22-06 02:52 PM   #71 
           - I read it.  Lerkfish   Aug-22-06 02:55 PM   #72 
           - Um.... Reasonable Republican is an Oxymoran.  Higans   Aug-22-06 08:13 PM   #73 
  - THAT THOUGHT SHOULD BE EXPOSED TO CT. dems!!  flyarm   Aug-21-06 12:20 PM   #2 
  - Thats just great  really-looney   Aug-21-06 12:23 PM   #5 
  - All set.  MaryRN   Aug-22-06 12:08 AM   #61 
  - NEVER underestimate Rove's strategy techniques. This sounds blood-  patricia92243   Aug-21-06 12:21 PM   #3 
  - How about this one. Lieberman get elected, screws the Dem's and  wisteria   Aug-21-06 12:23 PM   #4 
  - That scenario would not surprise me  hvn_nbr_2   Aug-21-06 01:46 PM   #19 
  - I don't know if this is a compliment or what, but I thought of that  Totally Committed   Aug-21-06 12:25 PM   #6 
  - Not Impossible, Sir  The Magistrate   Aug-21-06 12:26 PM   #7 
  - Hear Hear! Ultimately we want the guy who'll be . . .  MrModerate   Aug-21-06 12:37 PM   #10 
  - It's possible, and certainly something voters should be warned about.  The Sower   Aug-21-06 12:29 PM   #8 
  - Here, I'll do it for you, Sower.  Lasher   Aug-21-06 01:11 PM   # 
  - Republicans get Super Majority = doomsday unqualified  pazuzu   Aug-21-06 12:33 PM   #9 
  - Does the CT state law allow the governor to fill the vacancy...  D__S   Aug-21-06 12:38 PM   #11 
  - If my memory serves me correctly  buddhamama   Aug-21-06 01:15 PM   #15 
  - stranger things have happened. n/t  hijinx87   Aug-21-06 12:38 PM   #12 
  - NOT to far off the mark..methinks....  windbreeze   Aug-21-06 01:06 PM   #13 
  - If the people of CT choose that path....it is their choice.  madfloridian   Aug-21-06 01:11 PM   #14 
  - That makes a lot of sense and sounds just like Rove & Co.  Lasher   Aug-21-06 01:18 PM   #16 
  - I'd save that for Halloween.  trogdor   Aug-21-06 01:18 PM   #17 
  - Your scenario would explain Lieberman's call for Rumsfeld to step down.  madfloridian   Aug-21-06 01:39 PM   #18 
  - Spot on.  dpbrown   Aug-21-06 01:51 PM   #20 
  - OK, so I'll ask. Why would Lieberman give up a 6 year job for  Recovered Repug   Aug-21-06 02:00 PM   #21 
  - Huffpost blogger has the same theory.  yebrent   Aug-21-06 02:00 PM   #22 
  - Let the record show that EarlG beat Eric Alterman by half an hour.  Skinner   Aug-21-06 02:10 PM   #24 
     - Duly noted!  Canuckistanian   Aug-21-06 02:28 PM   #28 
     - The "G" in EarlG stands for ...Genius!  farmbo   Aug-21-06 02:43 PM   #32 
     - methinks Eric is reading DU and getting his "scoops" from us! LOL n/t  AZDemDist6   Aug-21-06 02:45 PM   #33 
     - Let the Record show that "pabsungenis " beat EarlG by  bahrbearian   Aug-21-06 03:03 PM   #35 
        - Nice!  Skinner   Aug-21-06 03:27 PM   #40 
        - Thank you.  pabsungenis   Aug-21-06 03:31 PM   #41 
  - NOT LIKELY  mucho macho   Aug-21-06 02:06 PM   #23 
  - is that right? I thought this was the current CT law:  onenote   Aug-21-06 02:15 PM   #25 
  - Lieberman's already a republican  Jacobin   Aug-21-06 02:15 PM   #26 
  - So what was  The Wizard   Aug-21-06 02:26 PM   #27 
  - Possibly...but obviously Joe hates to give up a job. He would be  9119495   Aug-21-06 02:28 PM   #29 
  - I trust the people of CT to throw the bum LIEberman out on his bum.  oc2002   Aug-21-06 02:35 PM   #30 
  - Unless we can use PR to convince people that LIEberman is a PUPPET  symbolman   Aug-21-06 02:41 PM   #31 
  - Unfortunately, I'm afraid that  Lindacooks   Aug-21-06 03:11 PM   #36 
  - I'm not so sure about that:  madinmaryland   Aug-21-06 03:23 PM   #37 
  - Great minds think alike. :)  pabsungenis   Aug-21-06 03:25 PM   #38 
  - EarlG, why do you think that scenario is unlikely?  asthmaticeog   Aug-21-06 03:25 PM   #39 
  - Because of the question raised in post 21  EarlG   Aug-21-06 03:35 PM   #42 
     - But as SecDef he would preside over a disaster  CTyankee   Aug-21-06 03:55 PM   #45 
     - Does the SecDef get a higher pension than a Senator, I wonder?  asthmaticeog   Aug-21-06 03:55 PM   #46 
        - It depends  Hippo_Tron   Aug-22-06 09:16 PM   #75 
  - I put nothing past Joe at this point.  Jim4Wes   Aug-21-06 03:41 PM   #43 
  - You must have been reading my mind...  Independent_Liberal   Aug-21-06 03:44 PM   #44 
  - why would he give up six more years in the Senate  paulk   Aug-21-06 04:11 PM   #47 
  - Based on absolutely nothing...  larryepke   Aug-21-06 04:21 PM   #48 
  - no, it doesn't make sense...  theanarch   Aug-21-06 10:21 PM   #56 
  - I think it's more likely that if Lieberman wins  Time for change   Aug-21-06 04:31 PM   #49 
  - Who in their right mind would want to be Sec'y of Defense?  mnhtnbb   Aug-21-06 05:00 PM   #50 
  - Joe would....and his big fat wallet, AIPAC,  femrap   Aug-21-06 05:05 PM   #51 
  - Earl Earl Earl  nevergiveup   Aug-21-06 05:46 PM   #52 
  - Ahem. check the date on THIS prediction - Aug 15!!  KnaveRupe   Aug-21-06 06:24 PM   #53 
  - Very nice  EarlG   Aug-21-06 06:36 PM   #54 
  - A plausible and unsettling scenario  benfranklin1776   Aug-21-06 09:54 PM   #55 
  - Er.... There's also that whole "Ensure Lieberman is not re-elected" thing.  KnaveRupe   Aug-21-06 10:41 PM   #58 
  - We should work doubly hard to beat Rell in November  Autumn Colors   Aug-21-06 10:39 PM   #57 
  - That's going to be hard to do with DeStefano as the candidate.  MaryRN   Aug-22-06 12:14 AM   #63 
  - Doubt Joe would take the job  DemFromMem   Aug-21-06 10:49 PM   #59 
  - will Democrats have a majority if Lieberman wins?  flaminbats   Aug-21-06 11:20 PM   #60 
  - If Lieberman loses, his usefulness to BushCo drops to near zero.  KnaveRupe   Aug-22-06 05:52 AM   #64 
  - We need Ground Troops here in CT - the division is unprecedented.  MaryRN   Aug-22-06 12:12 AM   #62 
  - I see one main reason why this will never happen.  yibbehobba   Aug-22-06 07:19 AM   #65 
  - I will give you the tin foil myself. Frankly, your scenario makes sense  mom cat   Aug-22-06 07:35 AM   #66 
  - I think this highly unlikely, albeit not completely impossible.  Donald Ian Rankin   Aug-22-06 07:46 AM   #67 
  - I've felt that Lieberman was a plant by the Right Wing to  FighttheFuture   Aug-22-06 11:25 AM   #69 
  - Oh Boy  childslibrarian   Aug-22-06 08:26 PM   #74 
     - Well at least you have a job,"Tin Foil Hat Maker:. It's quite  FighttheFuture   Aug-23-06 11:34 AM   #77 
  - that's actually very plausible  samsingh   Aug-23-06 12:46 AM   #76 
 

Home » Discuss » Archives » General Discussion: Presidential (Through Nov 2009) Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC