On 18 Aug 2006 10:59:45 GMT,

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You like wars in which you don't have to fight yourself.

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Watching the shills scramble in panicked desperation by posting
curiously unlinked articles, makes it even funnier.
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Gee, it only says REUTERS in the article cited. Why should i be surprised
that liberals cant read it. After all they cant read paper ballot
instructions either.

Hairy Hopelessly Brain dead wrote:

BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman (news, bio, voting record),
a
three-term Democrat now running as an independent candidate, leads the
man
who beat him in last week's primary vote by 12 points in a three-way
race, a
poll released on Thursday shows

more panicked liberals that see LIeberman winning and the KOOK's losing.


Dem angst escalates
By Alexander Bolton

A group of Senate Democrats is growing increasingly angry about Sen.
Joe Lieberman's (D-Conn.) campaign tactics since he lost the Democratic
primary last week.

If he continues to alienate his colleagues, Lieberman could be
stripped of his seniority within the Democratic caucus should he defeat
Democrat Ned Lamont in the general election this November, according to some
senior Democratic aides.

In recent days, Lieberman has rankled Democrats in the upper chamber
by suggesting that those who support bringing U.S. troops home from Iraq by
a certain date would bolster terrorists' planning attacks against the U.S.
and its allies. He also sparked resentment by saying last week on NBC's
Today show that the Democratic Party was out of the political mainstream.

Democrats are worried that Lieberman may be giving Republicans a
golden opportunity to undermine their message.

"I think there's a lot of concern," said a senior Democratic aide who
has discussed the subject with colleagues. "I think the first step is if the
Lieberman thing turns into a side show and hurts our message and ability to
take back the Senate, and the White House and the [National Republican
Senatorial Committee] manipulate him, there are going to be a lot of unhappy
people in our caucus."

Michael Lewan, Lieberman's former chief of staff, has worked to quell
Democratic discontent with Lieberman and to steer them away from campaigning
against his former boss, said Democratic aides familiar with Lewan's
activities.

Lewan, a lobbyist with Brown Rudnick, said that he has had
conversations with Democrats from between eight and 12 Senate offices. He
said he understands that many Democrats have endorsed Lamont because he is
the Democratic primary winner.

He added, "It would be terrific from my point of view that during the
time in September, October, and early November, if they campaign, they spend
their time in places other than Connecticut."

Lewan said that the issue of stripping Lieberman's seniority did not
come up in any of his conversations. He also said he has offered to share
Democrats' concerns with the Lieberman campaign.

The issue of Lieberman's seniority would arise most dramatically if
Lieberman wins re-election and Democrats recapture control of the chamber.
That would slot Lieberman to take over as chairman of the Homeland Security
and Governmental Affairs Committee, the panel primarily responsible for
investigating the executive branch.

Democrats think their chances of taking back the Senate are growing
more and more likely. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) last week
said he was more confident that Democrats would pick up at least five Senate
seats.

Allowing Lieberman to retain his seniority could put the senator now
running as an independent in charge of the Senate's chief investigative
committee. If Democrats took control of either chamber they would likely
launch investigations of the White House's handling of the war in Iraq and
homeland security.

"Lieberman's tone and message has shocked a lot of people," said a
second senior Democratic aide who has discussed the issue with other Senate
Democrats. "He's way off message for us and right in line with the White
House."

"At this point Lieberman cannot expect to just keep his seniority,"
said the aide. "He can't run against a Democrat and expect to waltz back to
the caucus with the same seniority as before. It would give the view that
the Senate is a country club rather than representative of a political party
and political movement."

The aide said that it would make no sense to keep Lieberman in a
position where he might take over the Governmental Affairs Committee.

Ironically, a lawmaker with a good shot of replacing Lieberman atop
the Governmental Affairs panel, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), is spearheading
the effort within the Senate to preserve Democratic support for Lieberman.
Carper is the third most senior Democrat on the panel after Lieberman. But
the two Democrats who outrank him, Sens. Carl Levin (Mich.) and Daniel Akaka
(Hawaii) are likely to keep their perches as the most senior Democrats on
the Armed Services Committee and Veterans Affairs Committee, respectively.

Carper's chief of staff, Jonathan Jones, has contacted Democratic
aides recently and urged them that the Democratic Senatorial Campaign
Committee should not spend money in the race between Lieberman and Lamont,
said two Democratic aides familiar with the conversations. Jones said the
money would be better spent elsewhere since the seat will remain in
Democratic hands, said the sources.

Carper, who like Lieberman often works across the aisle with
Republicans, is one of a handful of Democratic centrists who have continued
to support Lieberman since his primary defeat. The others include Sen. Ken
Salazar (Colo.), Mark Pryor (Ark.), Ben Nelson (Neb.) and Daniel Inouye
(D-Hawaii).

Bill Ghent, Carper's spokesman, said that Jones "has been on vacation
the last week and a half and has not been out there advocating what anyone
should do regarding the Connecticut election."

The view that Lieberman should lose his seniority is likely to become
more ingrained among Democrats if Lieberman continues to align himself with
Republicans, as he has in the last few days. Lieberman took a call from
senior White House political strategist Karl Rove on the day of his primary
election. And since losing, he has adopted rhetoric echoing Republican
talking points.

"If we pick up like Ned Lamont wants us to do, get out by a date
certain, it will be taken as a tremendous victory by the same people who
wanted to blow up these planes in this plot hatched in England," Lieberman
said about U.S. troops in Iraq and the recently foiled terrorism scheme. "It
will strengthen them, and they will strike again."

In June, 38 Democrats and Sen. James Jeffords (I-Vt.) voted for a
resolution sponsored by Sen. Levin that called for Bush to take several
steps to change the "open ended commitment" of U.S. forces.

On the same day, 12 Democrats and Jeffords voted for another
resolution requiring the redeployment of U.S. forces from Iraq.

Sen. Russ Feingold (Wis.), a Democrat who voted for both resolutions,
called Lieberman's statement "regrettable" and said Lieberman "doesn't get
it."

Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean has likened
Lieberman's recent statements to the rhetoric coming from Vice President
***** Cheney and Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman.

Asked yesterday about the race, Dean said, "Ned will win," adding that
Democratic turnout for Lamont will help the party in other Connecticut
races.

Lieberman is expected to make a hard sell to Republican voters. Sean
Smith, who stepped down as Lieberman's campaign manager after the primary,
told Lieberman as he was resigning that the candidate would have to pursue
Republican voters in order to win the general election, said sources
familiar with the conversation.

Lieberman said he agreed with the analysis, according to the sources.

So far, at least 26 Democratic senators have said they are supporting
Lamont, including Reid, according to a survey conducted by The Hill. Reid
spokesman Jim Manley said Democratic leaders would make no decisions about
committees until after the election.



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