I totally disagree with Rove and the GOP giving $$ to any Democrat Party organizations. I don't think Joe needed help from them or anyone else to win this election. I was pretty confident he would win all along, with moderate Democrat, Republican and swing voters.
Thanks to you guys and Rove, GOP donors have supported not just Joe Lieberman, but the entire Democrat Party from Dean to Pelosi.
Don't give me the snarky "thanks to you guys..." I didn't give a dime to Joe's campaign, nor to the RNC. I supported some individual GOP candidates in other - redder - states whom I really thought had a fighting chance to win their races.
How would you be feeling today if enough of us voted for Alan Schlesinger, split the Lieberman vote, and we would now be welcoming "Senator Ned Lamont"?
Actually I would have felt better.
Karl Rove had a number of prominent Bush fundraisers, like Tony Kuhn, raise insane amounts of money on behalf of Lieberman. Take a minute and imagine what could have happened if they had been raising money for Talent, Allen or Burns --- or even Lincoln Chafee.
If Republicans had ABANDONED Loserman and INSTEAD worked their butts off to elect JIM TALENT, CONRAD BURNS, GEORGE ALLEN, and MICHAEL STEELE, I'd feel pretty damn good about a 53-47 Senate with Senators Talent, Burns, Allen, Steele, and yes, Senator Lamont. Those races were won or lost with 1% of the vote, votes that could have easily been gained if the GOP had not wasted so much time and effort to prop up Loserman.