Lieberman open to backing Republican in Connecticut Senate race

[Ed Barrow]

Source: Politico

Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., said Thursday he's open to supporting Republican Linda McMahon over Democrat Richard Blumenthal in the Connecticut Senate race, a move that would once again infuriate Democrats in his home state and in Washington.

"I said I'm open," Lieberman told Politico. "Is it theoretically possible? Yes. I probably know Blumenthal better, but I know Linda McMahon — she was on the state board of higher education, and I met with her a couple of times in that capacity. This is the great privilege that voters of Connecticut gave me in 2006 as an independent. Wait and see."

Asked whether he is concerned about backlash from the Democratic Party should he back McMahon, Lieberman said: "I'm just saying I'm not eliminating it as a possibility," adding that he was undecided on which party's candidate to support in the Connecticut governor's race as well.

A Lieberman aide said that the senator was simply indicating what he had said previously — that he has not yet made a decision on whether to get into the race and for the moment he isn't getting involved.



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[Mz Pip]

1. Talking out of both sides of his mouth

in his ongoing mission to appear relevant.

Maybe he will, maybe he won't. Maybe we care, maybe we don't.

[Hawkeye-X]

2. Didn't he want to ban video games years ago?

And he'll back a total video game character - a poorly designed one.

Hawkeye-X

[Angry Dragon]

3. Time to strip him of his chairmanship

Let the republicans have him

[proudohioan]

4. And why doesn't THAT surprise me!

Damn traitor!

[Unvanguard]

5. He's so unpopular that his endorsement could well do more harm than good.

Who cares?

[No Elephants]

6. In other news, scientists warn water may be damp.

Duuuuuhhhhhh.


LIEberman campaigned for McCain for POTUS. Why would he not be "open" to backing a Rethug for Gov? It's a lesser included offense.

[rpannier]

7. And the spineless Senate will let him keep his Chairmanship

We don't have 60 anymore, kick his ass to the curb

[DebbieCDC]

8. blah blah blah droopy dawg

LIEberman is toast and he knows it. Who cares who he backs? Does he think anybody in CT gives a shit about his "endorsement"?

[sasquuatch55]

9. Media whore. among many other negative things.

nt

[Dawson Leery]

10. Lieberman is petty.

A decade back, he would have called for the WWE to be censored, now he wants their ringleader to be a Senator.
He is petty. He is still made his own party rejected him.

[Jefferson23]

11. I wouldn't say infuriate, I would say he is responding predictably.

Funny how Lieberman doesn't tout the former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO's experience and how it will help CT, LOL.

She runs ads against Blumenthal, every other word he is referred to as DICK Blumenthal, DICK this and DICK that in the ad.

Richard Blumenthal has always referred to himself as Richard, so has the press.

[Raine]

12. He's nothing but a piece of shit nt

x(

[martymar64]

13. Of course he would, he's a douchebag.

[Jefferson23]

14. This is hilarious and good news for Blumenthal, Former Rep. Rob Simmons (R., Conn.)

will NOT be helping McMahon. Figures Lieberman might support her.


Here is Rob Simmons on McMahon, too funny.




Wednesday, May 26, 2010



Hard Feelings in Hartford



Former Rep. Rob Simmons (R., Conn.) tells National Review Online that he does not think that Linda McMahon can win in the Nutmeg State. “No, I don’t think so at all,” he tells us. And if McMahon asks Simmons for help on the trail, he says he’ll say he is “preoccupied.”


On Tuesday, Simmons suspended his Senate campaign, days after McMahon, the former chief executive of World Wrestling Entertainment, won the GOP endorsement at a state convention. Simmons said McMahon won the endorsement for one reason: “Money.”

Simmons, a decorated Vietnam veteran, is convinced that he would have been the better GOP candidate for the Republicans to put up against Democrat Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut’s attorney general. In recent weeks, Blumenthal has come under fire for making misleading statements about his military service. “He blinked when I challenged him and issued an apology,” Simmons says. “It is an issue of character. He has every reason to be proud of the service he has done, so to embellish it to get support from veterans is just wrong.”

McMahon’s biggest hurdle, he says, is her WWE past. “While she was there, they had a mentally-handicapped character, Eugene, who they thought was humorous. I find that whole issue, and how it was handled by , severely disappointing.” While Blumenthal has “exposed a character flaw,” McMahon has “countless entertainment products that she’ll have to defend, especially when Democrats make them known to the public in coming months.”

“There are a lot of new people in the party who forget about Brook Johnson,” Simmons adds, referencing the Greenwich millionaire who lost his challenge to Sen. Chris Dodd (D., Conn.) in 1992. “Johnson beat Chris Burnham, a great state representative, in the primary, because Burnham didn’t run a single television commercial. Then Johnson went on to lose to Dodd.”

So will Simmons support Peter Schiff, the Republican financier who’s still trying to challenge McMahon? “He’s an attractive, smart guy,” Simmons says, sounding a bit coy. “He is much smarter on the economy.”


http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ODkxZmFlMmM4OTRkNTUwMjgwYzYzM2EwODkxNjc0ZjY

[JanusAscending]

15. Screw him!!!

To Ct. residents with half a brain he is an ANATHMA! Certainly the welcome home mat has been rolled up!!