Antiwar Republican enters U.S. Senate race (hopes to unseat Lieberman)

[sabra]

http://www.journalinquirer.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16912946&BRD=985&PAG=461&dept_id=161556&rfi=6

Antiwar Republican enters U.S. Senate race

Rep. Diana S. Urban, R-North Stonington, says she's begun collecting 7,500 signatures in a bid to become a petitioning candidate for U.S. Senate in the November election.

The three-term representative, who has taught economics and political science at several colleges, said today that should she be certified as an official candidate, she would campaign against the war in Iraq and advocate government policies that favor "low- and moderate-income people" and small businesses.

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Urban also said she favors reinstituting the draft, saying that children of the privileged generally have avoided serving in the nation's "all-volunteer" armed forces and that changes were likely if that were not the case.

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Urban said she thinks the three-term incumbent she hopes to unseat, U.S. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, is "out of touch" with the voters in "a very blue state who do not support this war in Iraq."

[RCinBrooklyn]

1. Hmmm. Does this create any new twists?

[Smarmie Doofus]

11. Well, the obvious one: that there will be two antiwar....

candidates on the general election ballot, assuming Lamont plasters Lieberman in the primary.

Perhaps the CT pols are just making sure that there are sufficient choices for the citizenry of that state. They are always looking out for the welfare of the citizenry up there.

Is that a note of suspicion I detect in your tone?

[Time for change]

2. Why is she a Republican?

[geomon666]

22. That's what I'm saying.

She might be lying just to get the anti-war vote if Leiberman wins the primary.

[cantstandbush]

24. It may be smart for some "would-be-Dems" to run as Rethugs.

Then once in office vote with the Dems on everything. The southern and western Rethugs have been doing this for a long time, especially at the state and local levels. Shhhhhh. It's a secret.

[Cha]

3. And just how "blue" is

the republican Urban?

[jobycom]

4. Okay my head hurts.

Pro-invasion Dems against anti-invasion Repubs... Glad I live in Texas, where the conservatives are real right wing nutjobs, instead of pretend rightwing nutjobs.

[yellowcanine]

5. I hope Connecticut Democrats don't fall for that. Lieberman is still a

Democrat which means his seat is important to gaining the majority. We can't do squat to check Bush as long as the Republicans control Congress.

[frylock]

8. dinos like palpatine have no intention of keeping bush in check

[yellowcanine]

14. Would you rather have Harry Reid or son of Frist as Majority Leader ?

Trent Lott, anyone?

[Tom Joad]

10. What if the goal is ending the war? Voting for Lieberman is voting

to support war, occupation, and the idiocy of King George.
LIEberman said it was wrong to criticize the President.
Goodbye Joe.

[yellowcanine]

13. Voting for a Republican is voting to support war, occupation, and the

idiocy of King George. Is this anti-war Republican going to vote for Harry Reid as Majority Leader or is she going to vote for son of Frist?

[Terran1212]

20. She has to make a statement on that if she wants support

[Tom Joad]

23. Never suggested voting for a republican.

[calico1]

12. Why is that not reassuring to me? n/t

[still_one]

15. that depends if he runs as an independent or not

if he loses the primary, and runs as an independent, HE IS NO LONGER A DEMOCRAT, and its NED LAMONT!!!

on the other hand if he wins the DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY, then there is no problem

[Terran1212]

19. Lieberman never checks Bush

And Diane looks like she wants to.

[Vidar]

6. Clever move by the republicans. Ouch.

[IA_Seth]

7. Blah Blah....

When it comes down to it, she is still a vote to keep the likes of Frist in charge of the Senate.

[monarch]

9. Listening to Colin right now (WTIC AM 1080)

talking about topic in OP and rumors that Republicans are looking for a way to replace Schlesinger if Lamont wins the primary.

[Terran1212]

16. So if Lamont loses will CT progressives vote for the Republican?

If what this article says is true, she's more Democratic than the Democrat Lieberman.

[still_one]

17. No, but if lieberman runs as an independent because he loses

the primary, NED LAMONT ALL THE WAY

[still_one]

18. No, but if lieberman runs as an independent because he loses

the primary, NED LAMONT ALL THE WAY

[UTUSN]

21. That's the scenario that defeated Lib Ralph YARBOROUGH & elected JohnTOWER

[PoiBoy]

25. So she's against the war, but wants..

..to reinstitute the draft? :wtf:

[BushOut06]

26. Isn't anti-war Republican an oxymoron?

You know, like compassionate conservatism?

[Lithos]

27. Old school Republican

More than a few were against the war. Jeannette Rankin of Montana was a pacifist who managed to vote against the US declaring war in both WWI and WWII. She was a progressive Republican (think Bull Moose, LaFollette type), course of the type very rarely seen these days.

L-

[nevergiveup]

28. Re-instituting the draft would certainly

end the war in a timely fashion. Maybe she is the real deal. :shrug:

[goforit]

29. We all knew this was gonna happen.

[TheVirginian]

31. We all knew that an anti-war Republican-turned-Independent would enter?

God damn, whatever pyschic you're going to sure earned their $20 that day, didn't they?

[Just Me]

30. Ewwwww! A paleo is running. I wish her the best because,...

,...frankly, she'd be a better addition to the progressive movement than LIEberman.

:rofl:

[othermeans]

32. Couldn't agree more n/t

[Warren Stupidity]

33. A stalking horse.

Urban soaks up some independent antiwar republican leaning votes that would otherwise go to Lamont in a three way race, helping Lieberman (Asshat, Corporate America) win.

[monarch]

34. For all of you who think that we should vote for

Lieberman, in spite of his position on Iraq, just because he's a Democrat, I give you this meme: Strom Thurmond was a good Democrat except for his position on civil rights