Senator Joseph Lieberman - I Conn.

Has a nice ring to it!

Yesterday leaders from the Democratic Party threatened to strip Lieberman of his Dem Status should he continue on his current path and defeat Ned Lamont in November. This is from an article titled "Dems angst escalates"...

“I think there’s a lot of concern,” said a senior Democratic aide who has discussed the subject with colleagues. “I think the first step is if the Lieberman thing turns into a side show and hurts our message and ability to take back the Senate, and the White House and the [National Republican Senatorial Committee] manipulate him, there are going to be a lot of unhappy people in our caucus.”

At issue in this race is Lieberman's support for the Iraq war and President Bush's war on terrorism. The Senator is strongly against a timetable for Iraq withdrawl and advocates many of the same techniques for apprehending members or terror organizations that have drawn sharp critisizm from many on the far left of the Democratic party. He does have some support from moderates who state that a win for Lieberman is still a win for Democrats. This includes also asking other senators and the DNC to spend their campaign dollars elsewhere, the article said. As of 8/16 Lieberman had a 12 point lead over Lamont and advocates on both sides of the aisle believe this is due to a groundswell of support from republicans in order to thwart what would be an agressive anti-war Senator in Lamont.

Here at Uncle Tim's we say "Lieberman in 06", and get a big kick out of this statement:

“Lieberman’s tone and message has shocked a lot of people,” said a second senior Democratic aide who has discussed the issue with other Senate Democrats. “He’s way off message for us and right in line with the White House.”

I know he has a very liberal record on other issues, butwhat's that they say about the enemy of my enemy? Go, Go Joe!!