The Daily Background
| Lieberman and DeLay in 2006
by Arlen Parsa
Two races of note that we’ll be following closely throughout this midterm election year are those of Republican House Representative and Former Majority Leader Tom DeLay of Texas (who of course will be facing corruption charges in a Texas court soon), and Democratic Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut (a favorite Democrat of the White House, whom many in the party would like to “kick out” for being too conservative and fawning of the Administration).
The two have actually got a great deal in common. Beginning our election coverage of these two, comes news that both of them are going to be facing own-party challengers who don’t see them as representative of the majority of their party. First, Lieberman:
… help is on the way in the form of Ned Lamont. He has not formally announced yet, but he is laying the groundwork to run against Lieberman in the Democratic primary. I know you’ve never heard of Ned Lamont; but you are going to hear a lot about him in the coming months. He is a businessman from Greenwich, Connecticut.; a progressive Democrat who is anti-war, pro-privacy and civil liberties; with the moxie and the money to go head to head with holy Joe for the Democratic nomination for Senate in Connecticut.
More on that here.
Then DeLay:
U.S. Rep.
Tom DeLay, who lost his leadership post because of his ties to a disgraced lobbyist and faces felony charges in his home state, now has another worry: an unprecedented four-way primary for the seat he’s held comfortably for 22 years.While two of DeLay’s challengers in the March 7 primary aren’t considered to have much credibility — one is making his fourth attempt to unseat DeLay and the other has lived overseas much of her adult life — lawyer Tom Campbell of Sugar Land holds an impressive Republican resume.
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“I don’t believe in the any-means-necessary brand of politics,” Campbell said Wednesday at a reception held for him at a Houston law firm. “That leads to cutting corners to win, which leads to ethical lapses.”
AP has more on that here. Interesting news indeed. We’ll have more on these respective races which are sure to be interesting in the upcoming weeks and months.
