AUGUST 8th PRIMARY ELECTION [LIVE THREAD]

[HHKrepublican_2]

List all Elections FReepers are interested in here! I'll be following the Connecticut Senate battle closely.

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HARTFORD, Conn. — As Democratic Sen. Joe Lieberman fights for his political life, his campaign on Tuesday accused his opponent's backers of hacking into the senator's campaign Web site and shutting it down just in time for Connecticut's primary Election Day.

[Windcatcher]

I guarantee every moderate Dem is now wondering if they will be the next target -- will Soros, moveon, et. al. pour millions into a Marxist opponent? Any Dem who wants to be a voice of reason had better think long and hard at what we saw this year. I have no doubt the Marxists are far from done. They define ruthlessness.

[hoosiermama]

Joe didn't leave the party......The party left him.....SO he'll have his own party!

[nopardons]

Yes and YES!

[nutmeg]

Wow... watch the Lamont camp now giving speeches... these people are insane...

Heeeeere comes NED! *barf*

[Reverend Bob]

Agreed. Oddest "Concession" speech I've ever heard.

[kabar]

Joe called himself an independent DEMOCRAT. He still considers himself a member of the party. It looks like a victory celebration at the Lieberman campaign hdqtrs.

[Faith-Hope]

Where will his money come from to finish what could be a very costly three months?

[Musket]

Lamont, Jesse Jackass, Al Sharpy Sharp. Oh yeah, that's the ticket!

[MJY1288]

Jackson and Sharpton at Lamont's rally.... WHAT A FRIGGIN LOSER

[JLS]

Right Lieberman should have read the tea leaves and done what Ben Campbell did and switch to the GOP.

[onyx]

What did he call it? The party of unity and purpose?

[demlosers]

Does that mean the DUmmies already LOSE a seat since Joe flips to Independent?

That's a good question. He is changing his party status.

[Quix]

So glad to read this though it's a hideous fact of American life and has increasingly been so the last 50+ years.

But I'm glad that more people are waking up to the facts of the shadow globalist "government" by the oligarch's for the oligarchs and over the dead bodies of masses of the people.

[nopardons]

How many times have I had to post to FR that he IS vile and have non-Conn. people tell me how GREAT old Joe is?

Thanks for finally waking up. :-)

[Founding Father]

They say Lamont will speak in 20 mins.

But Fred gets to speak first.

[kabar]

U.S. Senate - - Dem Primary
733 of 748 Precincts Reporting - 97.99%
Name Party Votes Pct
Lamont, Ned Dem 143,363 51.81
Lieberman, Joe (i) Dem 133,323 48.19

[DelaWhere]

Georgia, U.S. House Democratic District 4
Precincts Reporting: 153 of 167 (92%)
Hank Johnson (winner) 36853 59%
Cynthia McKinney (I) 25683 41%

[Musket]

Oh yeah, this COULDN'T be better!

[CedarDave]

I don't know if this has already been pointed out in the thread (way too big to read it all), but it seems to me that the upcoming Lamont-Lieberman rematch in November bodes badly for the 3 CT House Republicans, as turnout among Dems and particularly anti-war Dems will likely be quite high. This applies to Chris Shays in particular, who I suspect is going down in flames come November.

Yeah, that has been pointed out. Maybe the law of unintended consequences.

[nopardons]

He isn't honest and NEVER has been!