Will Lieberman support the Democratic candidate in CT?

So far, out of the two major contenders for the Democratic primary in Connecticut for the Senate, only one candidate has pledged to back the nominee -- whoever it turns out to be.

Ned Lamont has said that he will support Joe Lieberman if Lieberman wins the Democratic primary on August 8. Lieberman has not only not made a reciprocal statement of support for Lamont, but has instead indicated that he might run an independent candidacy should he fail to win the Democratic nomination. This would split the Democratic vote in Connecticut, paving the way for yet another Republican pick-up in the Senate.

Who's side is Joe Lieberman on if he's going to play politics with Connecticut's Senate seat???

http://www.nedlamont.com/page/petition/radioad

Strangely enough, for all the pro-Lieberman posts at DU, I have yet to see any of Lieberman's supporters promise to ask their candidate about this. Is Joe that scary that you don't want to cross him?

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of a Senate run against Allen rather than go for the personal ambition and make a run for the presidency.

A little party loyalty never hurt anyone .... except for the overly ambitious.

that's a real leader for you

:puke:

I just read this after the poll dealing with the hypothetical of Hillary v McCain v Sanders with Sanders voters kicking butt so I had to laugh for a little while about calls for party unity.

Its a good political play though.

and I can't think that anyone else, repub. or indep., would respect Joe doing that and running as an Independent. He would be Joe the Turncoat in the minds and hearts of many, many Democrats in this state, even among some of Joe's supporters.

Unfortunately, there would be the clueless ones who would vote name recognition without more information. That is, of course, what Joe is cynically depending on.

I am getting even madder at this guy than I have been since the rape victim quote.

him..he votes for war and with bush, but he votes fairly good on social programs...

I would think that if Lieberman felt comfortable, he'd go ahead and just make the pledge; he's going to win the primary anyway. But by not making a public statement, he fuels suspicion in his own party, hands Lamont a club with which to beat him over the head, and maybe just ruins his political career.

Is it worth all that for Joe, just because he's missin' that Dubya kissin'?

According to Daily Kos polls show Lieberman's lead over Lamont has plummeted by 21 points in just over a month. He now only leads by 15 percentage points. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/6/10/194732/208

When numbers move that rapidly it is a very bad sign for Lieberman, as the momentum is still most likely moving in Lamont's direction.

I am from Minnesota, just a couple weeks before the 1998 Governor's race Jesse Ventura had very little support. When people saw his poll numbers suddenly rise however, more and more people jumped on his bandwagon and suddenly a guy who everyone thought would lose won.

Sure Ventura had celebrity status and Lamont does not, but this kind of movement in the polls does not happen very often. Lamont has a very good chance of winning this thing.

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I have no love for Joe, but let's be realistic here. Joe is safe, he knows it, and he'll be back in the Senate for another 6 years.

he doesn't know. He definitely does not act confident of victory: running attack ads against an unknown challenger; refusing to unequivocally support the nominee.

Maybe you should give his campaign HQ a pep talk.

It would show party loyalty, but Lieberman is reluctant to show loyalty to any one other than Lieberman (and Bush of course).