so the possibilities are...

[acroyear]

1. lieberman is right and the voters want a moderate who's willing to put partisan politics aside
2. lieberman's wrong and the liberal voters in the state want more direct representation than they had in him, someone willing to take on the president
3. lieberman's wrong and partisan politics will explode - he'll split the democrat vote between the "always vote democrat" and his own supporters and the republican will take the seat.

The cynic in me is betting on #3, particularly if the (ultra-)conservatives get a rallying open vote on the table the way gay marriage worked in several other states.

it seems, people love to be discriminatory if they can do so anonymously, which is exactly how these amendment votes manage to work...

question: if he wins as an independent, is he still an independent when it comes to senate majority/minority rules, committee memberships, etc?

Comments

[johnbroadfoot.livejournal.com]

It will be #3 unless the DNC can come up with a viable candidate. The last one was a joke and I'm still amazed at how many votes he got. The one before him tried to steal the election and bungled it. Imagine what could happen with an actual runner. The last time a "moderate" Democrat was elected (TWICE, what WERE people thinking?), he turned out to be a treasonous, socialist puppet who handed us TWO new cold wars, rampant terrorism and a health care system ruined nearly beyond repair by his UNELECTED wife. Find a real candidate people! If you wont, dont bitch when the next president AND congress is Republican!