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Who does Joe Lieberman respect more than Connecticut voters? People from out of state who are willing to give him money. Associated Press:

Sen. Joe Lieberman made an unusual pitch to people outside Connecticut when he conceded the state’s Democratic primary to Ned Lamont and announced plans to run as an independent.

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Lieberman called on people across America to visit his Web site and send ideas “on how we can build this new politics of unity and purpose.” He also hit them up for campaign contributions.

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Lieberman’s plea to voters beyond Connecticut comes as many Democratic Party leaders in and out of the state are abandoning the three-term incumbent and publicly endorsing Lamont. Several have urged Lieberman to withdraw from the race.

If Lieberman respected the wishes of the voters of Connecticut, he wouldn’t be engaging in this selfish stunt to get himself re-elected again. He’s given up on the Democratic voters of Connecticut and now is turning for help from those outside of the state. I also was glad that the AP writeup mentioned this fact about fundrasinging:

According to the Center for Responsive Politics, about 46 percent of Lamont’s campaign funds have come from inside Connecticut while 54 percent came from outside the state. That doesn’t include the more than $4 million the multimillionaire cable company founder has contributed himself, making up 61 percent of his campaign’s funds.

Seeking more cash from outside the state isn’t a stretch for Lieberman. About 80 percent of his campaign funds have come from outside Connecticut, according to the center. He has about $2 million left over from the primary, according to campaign spokesman Dan Gerstein.

Eighty-two percent of Lieberman’s contributions came from individuals and 16 percent from political action committees. Lamont is not accepting contributions from political action committees.

Hahaha, good. Well, Lamont’s campaign should take advantage of these statistics, especially the Lieberman campaign taking money from special interest PACs and Lamont refusing to. Lieberman took an insane amount of money from special interest lobbyiststs and lobbying organizations in the time before the election. DC lobbyists were literally pouring money into his campaign.

Now he’s even got a lobbyist working for him as a spokesman; Dan Gerstein. Lamont on the other hand was able to contribute some of his own money and didn’t take money from special interest groups. If Lieberman is re-elected to another term, he’ll have lots of promises to fullfil for his lobbyist friends; but Lamont will only have to answer to the people of Connecticut.

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