The One-Issue Issue Starts To Crumble

by: BranfordBoy

Tue Apr 25, 2006 at 10:08:43 AM EDT

Under the headline, "Lamont says he’s more than antiwar voters’ choice," Mary O'Leary reports:

Only six weeks into his official campaign against the three-term senator, Lamont says he is more than an antiwar candidate, as he talked about his objections to the country’s energy plan he said was written by industry lobbyists and subsidizes drilling by Exxon-Mobil, a policy backed by Lieberman.

"It was wrong for New England and I think wrong for the country," Lamont said.

Lamont said he was also moved to oppose Lieberman around invasion of privacy issues represented by the Terri Schiavo case and warrantless wiretaps advocated by President Bush.

Lieberman has said he does not want to scold the president for what has happened in the past, "but I think you should hold people accountable."

He said rules already in place allow national security wiretaps with court approval.

"You can’t unilaterally just go ahead and say I’m going to interpret the laws as I see fit," he said of Bush. Lamont also backs the censure resolution against the president.

The wealthy entrepreneur, who founded his own cable business, says the federal government’s fiscal priorities are skewed.

"I believe the federal government is walking away from some of their obligations to folks," Lamont said.

Lamont also lambastes the Bushies' plans to gut Social Security in the guise of "fixing" it, says he favors universal health care on the Massachusetts model, and advocates diplomacy over Armageddon on the Iran issue.

Oh yeah, he also says of Iraq:

"It’s time for us to reduce our footprint, reduce our frontline exposure. I think our combat role is over, and it’s time to start heading home," Lamont said.