Posted on 11/06/2006 12:43:07 PM PST by SmithL
Though Sen. Joe Lieberman expects to win a lot of Republican votes Tuesday, the Connecticut lawmaker said he won't feel especially beholden to the GOP if he is elected to a fourth term.
"I'll owe everybody and that's the point," Lieberman said Monday as he pressed for final votes at a senior center in Meriden.
Lieberman, whose Senate career was at risk just three months ago after he lost to anti-war challenger Ned Lamont in the Democratic primary, led Lamont by 12 percentage points in a statewide poll released Monday.
Lieberman is running as an independent and has enjoyed support from the GOP, including praise from the White House and fundraising help from prominent Republicans such as New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
But he said his comeback since the primary has convinced him that he needs to be a stronger independent voice.
"It's taken me as an independent-minded Democrat and really empowered me to be more independent," said Lieberman, the Democrats' 2000 vice presidential nominee. "Parties are important, but they're not as important as the public interest."
Potential gains by Democrats mean the Senate could end up in a 50-50 split, or something close to it. Republicans, who have already helped Lieberman's campaign, would likely court him in hopes of persuading him to switch parties.
Lieberman has pledged to remain a Democrat.
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Gee, I am so surprised.
Looks to me Lieberman is just trying to position himself for a win. He can't very well show his cards at this point in the game.
He did say that the experince has been "enlightening." That's another way is that of saying that he looks at things differently. If he wins, he owes his party nothing.
>>Looks to me Lieberman is just trying to position himself for a win. He can't very well show his cards at this point in the game.<<
Yep. In his position he may have quite a long list of people he's pissed at but he needs to get reelected for another 6 year term first.
I've heard some stories (from Liz, I think) of how he was pretty duplicitous to get elected in the first place so who knows what he may be thinking.
He's not very smart. He disses the Republicans BEFORE the election. I knew he would do this, though. Connetticutt Republicans, there ya go. Even if the Repub candidate doesn't have a prayer, maybe you all ought to vote for him.
LIEberman is a hypocrite of the first order! He would have turned in other Jews, to the SS, if it meant that HE would get special treatment!
That would be a REALLY dumb move on the GOP's part!
Joe is a Liberal first and foremost.
He is steadfastly loyal to the Liberal agenda and that means Democrats, if Republicans become a liberal party somehow Joe would support them too. Too him, principles and character does'nt count only Liberal agenda does.
Interestingly people here are willing to give Joe a pass while being hard on Chafee who is loyal to Republicans and helps them in blocking Judicial filibusters.
I suspect in this case you mean "preferential treatment," since in the Nazi lexicon, "special treatment" (sonderbehandlung) meant immediate execution in the gas chambers.
It's because Sean Hannity and other blithering idiots have been pushing Joe down Conservatives throats since he lost the primary and many here, who gush over him, either never knew ( GOD only knows WHY that might be ) or have forgotten what this louse has done and said in the past. *shrugs*
Besides which, there is another I in the Senate, so when LIEberman wins, it will make TWO Indies, with the Dems having NO chance of getting to 50. And they won't anyway, since they are NOT going to win in Maryland, Tenn., nor Missouri!
No, but he *is* substantially less despicable than his D opponent.
No, they are worse than Chafee's.
He won't; he has never done so in the past and is NOT about to do so now.
You appear to have absolutely NO idea who and what LIEberman is.
There are more Independents and GOPers in Conn. than there are Dems. Joe has only somewhat sided with the GOPers/the president on the WOT. He is thoroughly Dem through and through and will NOT change; not now, not EVER!
And he is SO unprincipled, that the head Rabbis of Orthodox Jewry, threw him out, when he was running for Veep! And no, he has NOT been reinstated.
I AM voting for Schlesinger and so is my husband. I will NEVER vote for that damned LIEberman and never planned to.
Yes, I meant preferential treatment.
Thank you for correcting and enlightening me. :-)
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