[PAA-Discuss] Fwd: Lieberman leaving the Party?

[Randy Scott]

Great! Now, let's get rid of Zell Miller and Hillary C.



--- "Jim Dean, Democracy for America" <info at democracyforamerica.com> wrote:

> Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:18:25 GMT
> From: "Jim Dean, Democracy for America" <info at democracyforamerica.com>
> To: "" <rscott77070 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Lieberman leaving the Party?
> 
> Dear Supporter,
> 
> Have you seen the news in Connecticut? Hot off a DFA-List
> endorsement, Ned Lamont is surging. Two recent polls show him
> within striking distance of Joe Lieberman in the Connecticut
> Senate primary.(1) He also recently won key endorsements from
> teachers' unions -- both AFT Connecticut and the Connecticut
> Education Association announced their support for Lamont this
> week.(2)
> 
> Senator Lieberman knows that Ned Lamont is for real. A few days
> ago, Lieberman told reporters that he is refusing to rule out
> leaving the Democratic Party to continue his run for re-election
> as an Independent. In fact, he told reporters that he is not
> "going to close out any options."(3) While that's his
> prerogative, it's still outrageous. Joe Lieberman seems to
> believe that he is entitled to keep his Senate seat, and he's
> open to leaving the party to do so.
> 
> Like the vast majority of other Connecticut Democrats, myself
> included, Ned Lamont has promised to support the winner of the
> Democratic Primary, even if he doesn't emerge victorious. Please
> join me and urge Senator Lieberman do the same: 
> 
> http://www.democracyforamerica.com/standtogether
> 
> Joe hasn't confirmed that he's planning to run as an
> Independent. But his campaign seems to be laying the groundwork,
> courting important Beltway insiders from both sides of the
> aisle. Amazingly, Senator Chuck Schumer, Chair of the Democratic
> Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), has said that the DSCC
> will not rule out supporting Lieberman if he runs as an
> Independent.(4) The DSCC's mission is to elect Democrats to the
> Senate. Yet in this case, they would prefer to back an incumbent
> who leaves the party instead of a principled progressive who's
> proud to be a Democrat.
> 
> Primaries are healthy for the party, and Democrats in
> Connecticut will decide their nominee on August 8. The winner
> should receive the full support of all Democrats. We need to
> stand together in November. Please join me and ask the Beltway
> Democrats, including Joe Lieberman and Chuck Schumer, to do the
> same:
> 
> http://www.democracyforamerica.com/standtogether
> 
> Last week, over 400 Connecticut DFA and MoveOn members came out
> from around the state to attend our Ned Lamont endorsement rally
> in New Haven. After the rally, State Representative John
> Geragosian said, "I've been in politics 20 years, and I don't
> know anyone in this room." This is how we start a movement.
> Together, we're taking our country back. 
> 
> Jim Dean
> Chair
> 
> P.S. You can support DFA's member-driven efforts in Connecticut
> and hundreds of other races around the country by contributing
> today: 
> 
> http://www.democracyforamerica.com/contribute
> 
> 1 Political Wire, 6/14/06, 6/08/06:
> http://politicalwire.com/archives/2006/06/14/in_connecticut_lamont_closes_the_gap.html
>
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2006/06/08/in_connecticut_lamont_closes_gap_with_lieberman.html
> 2 Lamont Blog, 6/14/06:
> http://nedlamont.com/blog/337/connecticut-education-association-endorses-lamont
> 3 Hartford Courant, 6/10/06:
>
http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-senpoll0610.artjun10,0,1145390.story?coll=hc-headlines-politics-state
> 4 Hotline Blog, 6/14/06:
> http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2006/06/post_14.html
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