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William C. Altreuter
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Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Gosh, there sure seems like a lot of hyperventilating over Lieberman's going down in flames. Most of it seems like silly-season stuff: "The Democrats are going to regret this"-- that sort of thing. I don't see it. Lieberman, it's true, does not have a lot of lefty credibility, but that's really not the same thing as being a moderate. By Connecticut standards-- really by any Blue State standards-- Lieberman is a conservative. Maybe he's not Zell Miller, but I really can't think of any public stand he's taken that I am down with. I suspect that a lot of what this primary turned on was the war, but Lieberman voted for cloture to forward Samuel Alito's confirmation to the floor (he voted against Alito on the floor-- big deal). He voted for Roberts. He favors capital punishment, even for minors. He favors a lot of the bogus tort reform stuff that would punish people injured by negligence. He supported the "No Child Left Behind" act-- an appalling piece of legislation. The list goes on. The fact that he favors stem cell research (so does Orin Hatch, and Hatch is the Devil), and opposes flag desecration amendments to the Constitution really doesn't make up for much, in my book.

And what's the damage? If he runs as an Independent, he might win, although I'm thinking he probably won't. Will he split the Lamont vote? It seems more likely that he'll split the Republican vote, doesn't it? And even if he did win, don't you think he'd caucus with the Democrats? If the issue is control of the Senate, Connecticut Democrats have behaved quite rationally, I'd say. If Lamont wins the seat, they will have a Democratic senator. If Lieberman pulls it off, they will have an Independent senator who will caucus with the Democrats, and sleep with the Republicans-- just like they've had since 1989.

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