Schlesinger Backs Bringing Troops Home

Joe is even (4.00 / 2)

out of touch with his Republican base!

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by: spazeboy @ Tue Jun 20, 2006 at 14:19:28 PM UTC

wow. (0.00 / 0)

getting squeezed from both sides.

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by: bartletispresident @ Tue Jun 20, 2006 at 14:27:53 PM UTC

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This is great! (0.00 / 0)

I'm hopeful this means that Lieberman is toast...with the overwhelming majority of CT residents against the war, I don't think there is any reason why the Democratic establishment needs to feel that having Lamont face Schlesinger will result in the loss of a Senate seat. In fact, I think a pro-war Democratic hawk like Lieberman would clearly lose to an anti-war New England Republican. The people of CT are sick of this war and the way it drains us of the resources we need to deal with our state and local problems.

Lieberman will split the Republican vote and ensure a Lamont victory in November.

"If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy."--James Madison

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by: sufi @ Tue Jun 20, 2006 at 14:28:42 PM UTC

Icing on the cake (4.00 / 1)

Question along the lines of previous posts/threads:

Does Alan Schlesinger vow to support whoever wins the Dem Primary?

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by: tessa @ Tue Jun 20, 2006 at 16:08:11 PM UTC

Purely Tactical Move (4.00 / 2)

I strongly suspect that Schlesinger took this stance less on principle and more on calculation. If he's looking at a two way or three way, he wants an angle to chip off votes from Lieberman and Lamont. I remember a few scraps of history about Schlesinger - I think his modus operandi is running in weird elections.

In a two way contest (Lieberman - Schlesinger), he's wagering we loathe Lieberman so much we'd vote for a Republican. In a sense, he's trying for a "reverse Lieberman." In 1988, Lieberman won by going to the right of Weicker. This year, Schlesinger is hoping to win by going to the left of the "independent Democrat."

In the other two way contest (Lamont - Schlesinger), he's wagering he can hold Republicans and take independents and Democrats who aren't comfortable with Lamont.

In a three way, he's wagering he can build on Republican votes and take away enough votes from the left that he squeaks in. Sort of an Iowa 2004 scenario (Gephardt-Dean suicide pact, Kerry emerges)

If there's a way to spin it tactically for Lamont, great. But I doubt Schlesinger is a sign that even state Republicans want out of Iraq.

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by: OrangeTownBlueDem @ Tue Jun 20, 2006 at 20:16:41 PM UTC