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Ned Lamont's bid to capture Joe Lieberman's Connecticut Senate seat took a quantum leap this week when Lamont captured enough convention votes to force a primary against Lieberman. Jane at FDL has a great roundup of what the establishment is saying about Ned.Ned Lamont’s bid to capture Joe Lieberman’s Connecticut Senate seat took a quantum leap last week when Lamont captured enough votes to force a primary against Lieberman. Jane at FDL has a great roundup of what the establishment is saying about Ned.
WAIT, BEFORE YOU GO…FireDogLake:
Because it occurs to me that there must be many people rethinking their positions. And I wonder what they?re doing tonight:
* Chuck Schumer and the DEMOCRATIC Senatorial Campaign Committee, who has so far refused to commit to support the DEMOCRATIC nominee in the Connecticut race?. * Harry Reid, who cut a bad deal with Holy Joe to support him if he?d agree to run as a Democrat (Joe promptly punk?d him)?. * Hillary Clinton, who issued a bunch of bullshit claims about Joe?s fictional opposition to Social Security privatization in support of him?
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