Lieberman to announce retirement tomorrow?

[NewJeffCT]

not sure how legit this blog is... (edited to add - it's Republican Kevin Rennie's blog, but he is fairly well connected)

http://www.dailyructions.com/lieberman-out/

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United States Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) is expected to announce Wednesday that he will not seek a 5th term in 2012, Daily Ructions has learned. Lieberman has invited supporters to an event at the Marriott hotel in Stamford Wednesday afternoon for his announcement.

Lieberman rallied from a humiliating Democratic primary defeat in 2006 and won re-election as an independent that November in an epic contest with Greenwich millionaire Ned Lamont. Lieberman enjoyed wide support among Republicans that year, though that’s diminished since he cast votes for President Barack Obama’s stimulus package and healthcare proposal.

[brendan120678]

1. Yeah, Rennie usually knows what hs'e talking about...

so I'd give this about an 80% accuracy rating.

Hartford Courant also had this to add:

"The senator's office isn't commenting but here's something that may be significant: The announcement of tomorrow's presser came from the official government email account of Lieberman press aide Erika Masonhall, not from a personal or campaign account. Rules bar staffers from using .gov accounts for political activities and most staffers are pretty careful not to use their work email or phones for campaign-related business. A Senator's reelection plans could violate those rules...but an announcement of his upcoming retirement would not."

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

2. Its true ! Woo hoo ! Ding dong the witch is dead!

Bysewicz is forming a committee. There's talk of Courtney or Murphy making a run - or Teddy Kennedy Jr

Interesting times !

[krispos42]

3. I'd rather he just retired tomorrow.

Let Malloy appoint a replacement so we can dump the DINO