when you're wrong, you're wrong
Well, don't I look clueless after Joe Lieberman lost to Ed Lamont yesterday! Easy come, easy go. It certainly isn't the first time I have been wrong about something. Clearly, I underestimated the passion and the voter turnout among the lunatic fringe of the left in Connecticut. The wingnuts got out the vote and they gave a good and decent man a swift kick in the pants. I find that to be a little bit sad.
What's amusing, though, is how those same wingnuts are interpreting that one particular primary as a nationwide referendum on the war in Iraq and on the competence of George Bush. Not so fast, my friends! take a look at the following links:
www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/8/9/150505.shtml and;
www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/8/8/232848.shtml?s=lh
The first link is for a column by Dick Morris and the second link is for a column by Ed Koch. They're not part of the vast right wing conspiracy are they? They provide analysis of the Lieberman/Lamont outcome and predictions for November. Some highlights:
1. Lamont received 140,000 votes yesterday, compared to 130,000 for Lieberman. The Lamont votes came from people who passionately believe that Bush and Lieberman are evil, and that Lamont is the savior of Connecticut Democrats. It's not likely that he will receive substantially more votes in November (according to Morris).
2. It is likely that 1 million people will turn out for the November election in Connecticut. According to Morris, Lieberman will retain the 130,000 he got yesterday, plus a substantial number of GOP and independent votes. It seems that the GOP candidate is a deadbeat, degenerate gambler. Republican voters won't be as likely to vote for him as they would for Lieberman.
3. Koch believes that Lieberman's loss will energize the more sane members of the Democrat Party, and that they will rally around Lieberman.
Very interesting! By the way, in the Michigan 7th District GOP primaries, staunch conservative challenger Tim Walberg defeated moderate incumbent Joe Schwartz. It will be interesting to see how that race shakes out.
What's amusing, though, is how those same wingnuts are interpreting that one particular primary as a nationwide referendum on the war in Iraq and on the competence of George Bush. Not so fast, my friends! take a look at the following links:
www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/8/9/150505.shtml and;
www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/8/8/232848.shtml?s=lh
The first link is for a column by Dick Morris and the second link is for a column by Ed Koch. They're not part of the vast right wing conspiracy are they? They provide analysis of the Lieberman/Lamont outcome and predictions for November. Some highlights:
1. Lamont received 140,000 votes yesterday, compared to 130,000 for Lieberman. The Lamont votes came from people who passionately believe that Bush and Lieberman are evil, and that Lamont is the savior of Connecticut Democrats. It's not likely that he will receive substantially more votes in November (according to Morris).
2. It is likely that 1 million people will turn out for the November election in Connecticut. According to Morris, Lieberman will retain the 130,000 he got yesterday, plus a substantial number of GOP and independent votes. It seems that the GOP candidate is a deadbeat, degenerate gambler. Republican voters won't be as likely to vote for him as they would for Lieberman.
3. Koch believes that Lieberman's loss will energize the more sane members of the Democrat Party, and that they will rally around Lieberman.
Very interesting! By the way, in the Michigan 7th District GOP primaries, staunch conservative challenger Tim Walberg defeated moderate incumbent Joe Schwartz. It will be interesting to see how that race shakes out.
posted by hondo at 10:07 PM
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Keep dreaming, Hondo. Walberg won't win the general election in Nov. Way too far to the right for the average Michigan voter.
Again, a traditional conservative is seen to be on the "far right."
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