Posted on 11/24/2010 5:42:12 PM PST by Vigilanteman
Joe Lieberman essentially has two options for 2012: Retire or become a Republican.
The Connecticut senator and Democratic exile hasn't made up his mind whether to seek a fifth term, Lieberman and those close to him say. But if he does, the GOP ticket appears to offer his best shot at reelection.
"That's his only hope," said John Olsen, president of the Connecticut AFL-CIO and a former state Democratic chairman.
Even that, Olsen and others involved in Connecticut politics say, looks like a long shot. But no other avenue appears to be open to the 68-year-old Lieberman, who won a three-way contest in 2006 after losing the Democratic primary to a challenger from the left, Ned Lamont.
One reason is that the ballot line for the Connecticut for Lieberman party, the vehicle he used in 2006, is no longer available to him.
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No CommieCrate retreads! No RINO Maximus please!
Joe can retire, or go ??? err...
Joe can retire, pure and simple
I will be sorry to lose one of the few remaining national democrats who are not reflexively anti-American.
That said, I would not like to see him as a Republican. He would end up giving too much bipartisan cover to really bad laws.
What is to stop him from running as a Democrat again, and winning the Democrat primary? All he would have to do is switch parties.
He is the Professor; stranded with the Skipper and his Little Buddy.
Just what we don’t need: another RINO to vote with the Democrats on most issues.
“I’m wondering if Linda McMahon would have a viable shot against Lieberman in 2012?”
No.
No.
No.
No more wrestling witches or zombies, please.
He is whatever it takes to get reelected...Dem, Indi, Repub...whatever it takes.
Agree that Lieberman should stay off the GOP ticket.however with all those moron voters in that state the GOP is a longshot for 2012. Lieberman should take his chances on the Indy ticket.
And if he loses then no big deal anyway.
That would be ridiculous. Lieberman is a total Liberal. He hasn’t got one conservative vote in him. No Republican would vote for him. He’s a decent guy for a Lib but he has no place in the GOP.
I would not be surprised if he ran in a Republican primary and won. Apart from McMahon the GOP here has not had a serious candidate run for the Senate in a long time. If some very weak underfunded candidate goes up against Lieberman it is possible the incumbent could win the primary.
One good bit of news is that if Rep Chris Murphy is the Demo candidate and gives up his House seat, they might have a shot at that. But despite his vote for health care and supporting Pelosi 95% of the time, he won anyway so just maybe this state is too far gone already.
Joe cannot get the DEM nomination, and can only get the GOP nomination if something odd happened and nobody wanted. Which ain’t gonna happen. Simmons and McMahon both are still in campaign mode.
And in a 3-way race, the DEM wins easy. Cuz the INDY voters are the base in CT for any GOP candidate and Joe would ciphon them off. The DEM frontrunner is Congressman Chris Murphy D-5. A true-believer progressive scum=bag.
No conservatives that I know would want anything to do with Lieberman and he would finish 3rd in the 3-way. ( 42 to 34 to 24 )
What GOP primary voter in their right mind is going to vote for ‘Sore Loserman’?
Could he possibly get elected as a Republican?
Probably, but do we need another 20% conservative Republican Senator?
Lieberman will be offered a suitable job by President Palin.
Lieberman chose to caucus with the Dems even when he was screwed by them. Putting any hope or faith in Lieberman is nonsense.
The GOP did pretty well in NY in the midterms.
If Chris Murphy were to run, is there any chance at winning his House seat?
I have no chance at winning Murphy’s house seat. (but a vacant CT-5 should go GOP.)
if upstate NY is ever made a part of New England, it will become solid DEM territory.
“Lieberman chose to caucus with the Dems even when he was screwed by them. Putting any hope or faith in Lieberman is nonsense.”
I have next to no hope in him...but I’m just advising what his best path is (and what helps the Republicans, and thus the country the most).
He’s been in the Senate a LONG time, it will be very hard for him to convince CT Republicans that he’s instantly changed stripes.
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