Joe Lieberman had a $12 million warchest and outspent Lamont.

[kentuck]

Contrary to all the crap on the M$M about Lamont being a millionaire and spending his own money, according to David Sirota on Huffingpost.com, Joe Lieberman outspent Ned Lamont. On top of that, he had 100% name recognition and 18 years experience in the Senate.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-sirota/lamonts-victory-lieber_b_26829.html

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Understand how insulting this is - Connecticut taxpayers just spent a large sum of money to hold a democratic primary election in a country founded on small-d democratic principles. An 18-year incumbent who had 100 percent name ID and a $12 million warchest (thanks to, among others, Joe's good friends in the pharmaceutical and financial services industry) was unable to win that election. Now, instead of respecting small-d democracy or the party he has spent the last week pledging his devotion to, he's behaving like a Third World autocrat that ignores democracy, and running to hard-core GOP voters and fundraisers in Connecticut and begging them to help him hold onto his job in the Senate club. This undemocratic chicanery from a man who has long justified his support for the Iraq War by saying he has a supposedly heartfelt devotion to spreading democracy.

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But voters do see what's going on - and that's why Lieberman, an 18-year incumbent who outspent his opponent, was handed a crushing defeat tonight: because ordinary people realize that Joe Lieberman and the Washington Establishment he represents has for too long been allowed to sellout their constituents and this country as a whole. Ned Lamont is the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Connecticut. Every single Democratic officeholder in this country (that means YOU Kerry, Feingold, Clinton, Edwards, Warner, et al.) has an obligation to respect the Democratic Party primary election that took place tonight, lest they too go on record as saying they see Democratic Party voters and America's democratic as an afterthought in comparison to their own personal political ambitions (Good news: Lieberman's DLC colleague Sen. Evan Bayh immediately announced after the primary his endorsement of Lamont). Likewise, Democratic leaders in Congress now have an obligation to remove Lieberman from his committee assignments, and cut off Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee resources, now that he has officially left the Democratic Party.

This is an incredible victory tonight. Ordinary people showed that no politician - even a snake like Lieberman with every single advantage - is above American democracy. Though Lieberman and the lobbyists who are backing him would like everyone to forget about democracy, Ned Lamont tonight showed that ordinary people in this country still have power and that no Senate seat is the exclusive property of any one individual.

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[hedgehog]

1. Everyone who thinks Tasini can't win or even make a showing

in New York should read this! Regardless of what you think of Hillary, if you want a choice in the 2008 Presidential Primaries, support Tasini now!

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

2. Let's Stay Sane Here Please....

I think that telling New Yorker's to vote Hillary out of office is a bit nuts. No, I'm not in favor of her in 2008, but that's no reason she's a Senator who deserves what was given to Lieberman.

[Cha]

5. Hillary's already stepped up

for Lamont..

"In a C&L exclusive,

A check from Hillary Clinton’s HILLPAC is being cut to Ned Lamont for five thousand dollars. She’s the first one to be counted on and make good on her promise to support the winner of the Connecticut primary. We can only hope that the rest of the Democratic Party stands behind Ned in his bid to win the Senate seat."


Scroll down.. http://www.crooksandliars.com/

[imouttahere]

6. But Hilary can contribute to LIEberman's campaign too....

and probably will, or worse, pull strings behind the scenes.

[LincolnMcGrath]

3. Front Page with this!

:thumbsup:

[Little Star]

4. Don't forget that joe had the support of

the "Republicans for Joe" also. Wonder just how many of them there were? Carl Cameron was asked how many by Greta last night and he seemed to admit to many. That was very telling to me.