Lieberman to remain in Conn. primary

[sabra]

http://www.politicalgateway.com/news/read/19965




Lieberman to remain in Conn. primary



HARTFORD, Conn., June 19 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., announced Monday he will not withdraw from the Aug. 8 Democratic primary in which he's being challenged.

The 64-year-old three-term senator, who was the Democratic Party vice presidential nominee in 2000, is being challenged by businessman Ned Lamont, and said he would leave his options open "if the unexpected" happened, and he lost the primary.

Lamont has made Lieberman's support for the war in Iraq a main issue.

If that were to happen, Lieberman could run in November's election as a petitioning candidate, but in that case, he would have only one day -- until 4 p.m. Aug. 9 -- to gather 7,500 signatures from registered voters, the Hartford (Conn.) Courant reported.

[MADem]

1. Ya gotta wonder who is running his campaign

That was a stupid story to put out in the first place. Now JoeMentum looks like he's retreating from a position by staying IN. Between this imbroglio, and that awful cartoon ad, he should be VERY worried.

But who knows, maybe he called his pals at Diebold.

[Junkdrawer]

2. "Are you SURE you can rig those machines undecteded"...

"I mean, in Ohio it was a slam dunk with Ken Blackwell"...

"Well, OK. But it's your ass if you fuck this up."...

[CTLawGuy]

16. CT does not have Diebold

we have the antique lever machines.

[Junkdrawer]

18. Thanks. I see CT fought the SOS's determination to get DRE's with...

no paper trail and now has a 2 yr. extension. Good for CT.

[infogirl]

3. they will fix it for him....

he is one of them....remember the "kiss" on a bad night for Bush..he wrecked it for the dems...
they will flip the vote for him..

[Larkspur]

4. This is a definitive non-answer from Lieberman

He has not ruled out an Independent run should he lose the election, but he will stay in the primary battle.

So the bloggers need to keep tabs on the Sec. of State office to find out if/when Lieberman files for a petition.

[toska]

12. Before that

I'm sure the Lamont campaign would know the instant he started asking for signatures. They'll be ready for it.

[Benhurst]

5. Can he start gathering signatures in advance of the primary?

If so and he does, this should be jumped upon with both feet.

[GodlessBiker]

6. In other words, he will use the party for as long as it suits him.

[VegasWolf]

7. Exactly. He proved he was a traitor long ago. nt

[saigon68]

8. HE'S PRETTY WHINNY TOO

[DoYouEverWonder]

9. What a weasle

n/t

[xchrom]

10. blech.

[movonne]

11. What kine of voting machines do they have in Ct.?

[monarch]

14. We'll still have the lever machines for the primary. n/t

[skipos]

17. Yeah, republicans loan us the control of Diebold and then take it back

for the general election. :eyes:

[AlamoDemoc]

13. hhmmmm! I wonder what Sen. Schumer & the DSCC are now thinking!

[CTLawGuy]

15. good

I'm glad he is choosing wisely. However, I think he's losing his marbles over his new threat to run a write-in general election candidacy.

Or is it that he's not ruling out trying to win as a dem while petitioning to get on as an Indy?

[BigDDem]

19. Is Bush

going into CT to campaign for him?