Lieberman's party chairman calls for probe of Lieberman [View All]

I hope this guy gets somewhere!

Critic calls for probe of Lieberman's party

By Brian Lockhart
Staff Writer

Published July 11 2007


The chairman of Joseph Lieberman's minor political party has asked state officials to determine whether the U.S. senator founded it last year under false pretenses and broke election laws.

"I think he took unfair advantage of his many years of incumbency," said John Orman, a Fairfield University political science professor who took over the party Lieberman formed after losing last year's Democratic primary to Greenwich businessman Ned Lamont. "He decided to run as a minor party candidate without actually joining that party, knowing there would be protection from the various officials in Hartford he's been friends with for 30 years or so."

Orman, a longtime Lieberman critic, joined the party to bring attention to Lieberman's abandonment of it.

Lieberman and 29 friends and relatives established Connecticut for Lieberman in August after he lost to Lamont - 25 people are necessary to form a new minor party.

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