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May 22, 2006
Krugman: Darling of the Netkooks
Found a fairly complete transcript of Paul Krugman's column today at a big liberal blog. It's about Joe Lieberman and Ned Lamont:
Friday was a bad day for Senator Joseph Lieberman. The Connecticut Democratic Party’s nominating convention endorsed him, but that was a given for an incumbent with a lot of political chips to cash in. The real news was that Ned Lamont, an almost unknown challenger, received a third of the votes. This gave Mr. Lamont the right to run against Mr. Lieberman in a primary, and suggests that Mr. Lamont may even win.
Delusional. Krugman is letting his wishes get the better of him. Ned Lamont may be an almost unknown character among the general public, but he's very well known among the political cognoscenti. His loss by 66%-34% can only be construed as a win by those who are used to "moral victories".
What happened to Mr. Lieberman? Some news reports may lead you to believe that he is in trouble solely because of his support for the Iraq war. But there’s much more to it than that. Mr. Lieberman has consistently supported Republican talking points. This has made him a lion of the Sunday talk shows, but has put him out of touch with his constituents and with reality.
And some news reports may lead you to believe he's not in trouble at all.
However, Lieberman faces a stiff challenge from within his own party. Ned Lamont has raised the banner for those disaffected with Lieberman and mounted a more serious challenge than initially expected. Lieberman has not ruled out an Independent bid for the Senate if Lamont were to win the nomination.
In that case, Lieberman would win 47% of the vote, Lamont 20%, and Streitz 17%. Those numbers are similar to our previous poll on this match-up.
Lieberman also leads Lamont by 20 percentage points in a Primary Election match-up.
What's really happening is that Jane Hamsher and Paul Krugman are together in the cone of silence (from the old Get Smart TV show). They hear each other talking about how well Neddy is doing and because of the echo effect, it seems like a lot of people are saying the same thing.
Posted by pat at May 22, 2006 10:14 AM
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Wanker...
Posted by: ace at August 11, 2006 03:47 PM