Sirota: Lieberman's Campaign Manager Admits Boss Is Out Of Touch

[Hissyspit]

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3.13.06
Lieberman campaign manager admits Lieberman is totally out of touch

Connecticut Democrat Ned Lamont, now officially a primary candidate against incumbent Sen. Joe Lieberman (D), was given a big gift today. Specifically, Lieberman's new campaign manager acknowledged that the basis for Lamont's candidacy is well-grounded: namely, that Joe Lieberman is entirely out of touch with ordinary citizens.
That's right, in a Hartford Courant article, Lieberman campaign manager Sean Smith says:

"(Lieberman) ran for vice president. He ran for president. He hasn't really had a dialogue with Connecticut voters about Connecticut issues in a while."

Exactly - Lieberman, living the lavish life of an insulated Senator, hanging out with lobbyists and neoconservative ideologues at cocktail parties - has absolutely no connection to actual people anymore.

That might explain why he has taken such out-of-the-mainstream positions in support of the Iraq War the UAE ports deal. It might explain why he sees no problem hanging out at parties with some of the most extremist right-wing forces in America.

It might explain why he has so ardently supported corporate-written trade deals that sell blue collar Connecticut workers out. Because those positions and that behavior is acceptable to someone who has caught such a bad case of Potomac Fever, they have become wholly disconnected from reality.

Now, like a typical cynical politician, Lieberman thinks he can start "having a dialogue" 5 months before a primary election and that will be sufficient. Well, it's been almost 6 years of him selling out progressives and his party on a whole host of issues - and Lamont has a very strong case that it's time for a change.

Posted by David Sirota at 1:56 PM | Link

[Selatius]

1. How far do you think Lamont will go against Lieberman?

Lieberman's name recognition alone is quite formidable. Unfortunately, the deck is stacked in favor of the incumbent everytime unless the incumbent makes people hate him.

[NewJeffCT]

6. The Courant implied

That by their actions, the Lieberman folks are taking Lamont seriously... and, the Courant is usually a center-right paper.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

2. Gonna be some office politics over this one

I guess he already has a new job.

[Rene]

3. Several women CT Democrats recently came out backing Lieberman

and I think it was strictly on ONE issue. He'll support pro-choice. They must have held their noses on ALL other issues that he's definitly on the wrong side of.

[NewJeffCT]

5. Not just women

Sen. Dodd, Sec. of State Bysiewicz and the major unions came out in support of Lieberman.

[NewJeffCT]

4. At the announcement yesterday...

The person that introduced Lamont (before his mom & daughter) was Max Medina, a guy involved with education in Bridgeport, CT, I believe. Bridgeport is a poor city in CT, surrounded by some very wealthy suburbs. But Medina said it was time we had a senator that spends more time in Bridgeport than he does in Baghdad. Lamont said the same as well.

[bigscott]

8. bridgeport

is the poorest city in the richest state in the nation - there are sections of bridgeport (and new Haven and Hartford and Waterbury and Stamford and Meriden) that might just make Baghdad look good. lieberman has been out of touch for years - lamont could go far - but the deck is indeed stacked against him.

[izzie]

7. Maybe he should get a job with 'actual people' once in a while.

We had a Fa. Sen who used to do that and it seemed like a smart thing. That bubble in DC can be really bad for people trying to run a country with 300 million people who can not get into the bubble.

[Hissyspit]

9. I don't why I didn't put this in GD-Politics, but kick n/t