This is WHY He Could Win,

Hey folks,

There is an interesting article at the Hartford Courant / Courant.com site. It is an "Evaluation" of Lieberman’s true party affiliation. It questions if he is a true Democrat. The whole bases of the article seems to "prove" that he is not. It is extremely negative toward Sen. Lieberman. At least in the point of view of the LWL. But what would you expect from the Mass Media Drones. But it is the two comments by Sen. Lieberman himself and the reaction of the LWL that may very well get him the win.

According to the article,

"He votes with Democratic colleagues almost all the time. His record gets him high marks from interest groups close to the party, from the AFL-CIO to the NAACP."

and,

"On paper, Lieberman's voting record would seem to end any suggestion that he's not true to the party. Pick almost any ranking, and he's in the same league as most of his Democratic colleagues in the Senate.

The liberal Americans for Democratic Action found him voting its way 80 percent of the time last year. The NAACP gave him an 85 percent mark, the Children's Defense Fund 89 percent, the AFL-CIO 92 percent.

Overall, Lieberman voted with Democrats 90 percent of the time last year, close to Connecticut Sen. Christopher J. Dodd's 94 percent, according to Congressional Quarterly's study of key votes."

but, peppered throughout the article, is the underlining negativity and true reason for the article itself, to discredit him and stir up a negative view of him by voters.

The article points out what it thinks is proof that he is NOT a Democrat. It highlights what the Left Wing Looneys think will rile up the voters. Along with the fact that they do not like the fact that he "just this week the senator launched his own political party so he can still run in November even if Democratic voters rebuff him in the Aug. 8 primary." so he doesn’t care about you. He doesn’t care what you poor Democratic voters think. It says,

"But dig beneath the votes and there's plenty of ammunition for critics - including primary challenger Ned Lamont - who say Lieberman has a habit of straying from the party when it suits him.

He broke with the region's Democratic senators on a key energy vote last year. He has embraced a position on Iraq that few Democrats share. He has questioned bedrock Democrat-backed programs such as affirmative action and Social Security. He voted against a filibuster that could have blocked the nomination of Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr."

It goes on for two pages. But truth is, not all see this as fact. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill said "A lot of people disagree with Joe on Iraq. But the notion that, that view doesn't make him a true Democrat is a mistake."

John Hibbing, professor of political science and congressional expert at the University of Nebraska said,

"To me, Lieberman is a Democrat. Perhaps a little less so than most of his colleagues, but he is definitely a Democrat"

So what did Lieberman say?

"When I disagree with my colleagues, I have the courage of my convictions to say so," he said in an interview Wednesday. And, he added, "If you wait to get 100 percent of what you want around here, you'll never get anything."

and,

"I'm a Democrat, and I will remain a Democrat until death do us part,"

In this new world of absolutes and win at any cost political games, you have a guy that is NOT Bush, NOT Republican, and NOT LWL. This could very well be a winning combination.
Peter