Lieberman: I’ve Been Hacked
Camp Lieberman says its computers have been support. Ned Lamont: Don’t look at me.
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CN Dems: We’ll Back Winner
If Senator Lieberman loses today’s primary against Ned Lamont, it looks like he’ll need to wage his third-party independent candidacy without the support of the state’s top Democrats. Top party members have planned a Wednesday press conference to announce their support for the primary winner.
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Last Minute Money Pours in For Joe
According to the watch-dog Sunlight Foundation. Between July 20 and August 3, the campaign received $26,000 from pro-Israel PACs, and about $200,000 in total PAC money, according to this blog entry.
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Attacking the Blogosphere
Lanny Davis, an ardent Lieberman supporter and President Clinton’s former special counsel, is complaining about “Liberal McCarthyism” and antisemitism in the liberal blogosphere. He cites several examples from comments posted to major blogs (DailyKos, HuffingtonPost), but also is honest enought to admit that Lieberman’s political troubles have little if anything to do with such remarks:…
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Lieberman Gaining, Still Behind
Apparently, the latest Quinnipiac University poll shows Lamont with the backing of 51% of tomorrow’s likely Democratic voters versus Lieberman’s 45%. Last week’s Quinnipiac poll showed Lamont leading 54% to 41%.
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An Independent Spoiler in Tennessee’s Ninth?
Observers in Tennesee are already wondering if the independent candidacy of Jake Ford in the ninth congressional district will take votes away from Democrat Steve Cohen and give Republican Mark White a boost in November’s general election. Ford is the brother of the current seatholder – Harold Ford Jr., a Democrat running for Bill Frist’s…
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Democratic Nettops
In another sign that internet organizing has become the strategy of the moment, the Democratic National Committee has launched an action-oriented, non-DNC seeming Web site.
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More Endorsements for Lieberman
Entering the home stretch of the Connecticut primary race, Lieberman’s camp was glowing over receiving endorsements from the state’s major newspapers, with campaign manager Sean Smith sending out an email titled, “We Shut Them Out!!.” If only the endorsements themselves were so exuberant. The Danbury News-Times, for example, made sure to mention that Lieberman “has…
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McKinney-Johnson Debate
Judging from this report in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Hank Johnson won his Saturday debate with Cynthia McKinney. McKinney appeared to duck a question about the current crisis in Lebanon: Asked three times whether the United States should take sides in the Israel-Hezbollah fight, McKinney would only say: “The United States should be an honest broker…
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What Would Rahm Do?
Down in Memphis, Steve Cohen says he has the support of Rep. Rahm Emanuel, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. An Emanuel quote in the Washington Post seems to suggest that he is not shedding any tears about Sen Joe Lieberman’s possible defeat in Connecticut’s Democratic primary: “What’s playing out here is that being…
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Confusion: WH, Israel, Neocons
Charles Krauthammersays Israel is letting down the U.S. by failing to fight an all-out war the way that the White Houe/Neocons would want. Former Israeli peace negotiator Daniel Levyargues that the problem is that his country’s leaders are acting like Neocons. Yossi Melman believes the Israelis are not fighting Neocon-style, but because the White House…
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