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Joe Lieberman has an unintentionally funny/pathetic new campaign ad.

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Calling him a ‘turncoat’ just isn’t enough:

A prominent Republican who chairs I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby’s legal defense fund co-hosted a fundraiser Wednesday for Sen. Joe Lieberman, who is running for re-election as an independent after losing the Democratic primary.
Mel Sembler, a former
Republican National Committee finance chairman, helped organize a reception that raised about a “couple […]

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There’s an old saying about which candidate voters will choose. The one they’d like to sit down and have a beer with. And that’s exactly what’s wrong with American politics. President Bush was that type of candidate in 2000, and we all know how far that’s gotten us. Politics shouldn’t be about which candidate looks […]

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Another Republican campaigns for Lieberman. Minimum donation at that event was 1,000 dollars.

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Anti-labor, anti-worker, anti-union, and quite possibly racist Republican Mayor Michael Bloomberg will be campaigning for his sellout buddy Joe Lieberman. Associated Press reports:

Dan Gerstein, a spokesman for Lieberman’s campaign, said the fundraiser will be held Nov. 1 and will be co-chaired another New York Republican, former Sen. Alfonse D’Amato, and former Democratic New York Mayor […]

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Well that didn’t take long. Joe Lieberman’s campaign blog shut off their comments section. Because apparently they couldn’t stand free political discourse. They sent out a bunch of examples of rude statements made by people they classify as “Lamonsters” as a justification for their action. However, the NYT blog The Empire Zone notes the following:

The […]

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Boy, this is ironic. Joe Lieberman’s campaign is whining on their blog about how voters (Lamont supporters) held up signs while he was talking to voters, which obscured the view of a Lieberman camera man. They have a YouTube video that they link to.
What they don’t mention however, is that the Lieberman campaign itself […]

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Check it:

Digging through someone’s bank account is wrong in campaigns – release your taxes, Ned.
The Senate needs fresh perspectives, like those successful in busines – Ned has no experience.

The excellent official Ned Lamont blog (run by Netroots veteran blogger Tim Tagaris) has a great post up comparing Joe Lieberman’s rhetoric and attacks on Ned Lamont […]

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Check out the latest Connecticut Senate poll, this time from American Research Group:

Joe Lieberman and Ned Lamont are in a statistical tie in the race for United States Senate in Connecticut according to the latest survey from the American Research Group. Among likely voters in November, 44% say they would vote for Lieberman, 42% say […]

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Ned Lamont had a great appearance on MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews last night. Topic discussed were his Republican opponent, John Edwards, who is going to campaign for Ned, Bill Clinton, Dick Cheney, campaign financing, the split of the Democratic and Republican votes, and Iraq (of course).
At one point Matthews mentions an interview he did […]

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For those of you who haven’t heard already and were wondering what Bill Clinton was going to do after he campaigned briefly for Lieberman before he lost the Connecticut Senate primary, the former President answered questions about that very subject the other day on Good Morning America.
ThinkProgress has the video (Flash format). Here’s the transcript […]

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Democratic National Committee Chairman and former Vermont Governor Howard Dean appears on NBC’s Meet The Press to explain Joe Lieberman’s big problem and that Ned Lamont is a moderate Democrat.

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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.
[…]
Lieberman called on people across […]

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Hahaha oh man check out this blog, it’s called UN-Endorsed. No that’s not United Nations endorsed, that’s UN-Endorsed as in unendorsed. It’s about all the support Joe Lieberman just lost in the past 48 hours (has it been that long?). Things change fast. Yes sir.
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In other Lieberman-related news, his official website, which is […]

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Washington Post wrote what we want to hear:

At a minimum, the Connecticut primary is likely to ensure that Democrats of all stripes — those who initially supported the war and those who have opposed it — take a more aggressive posture in combating the president and his policies at home and abroad.
WaPo also has a […]

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