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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (4269)	8/9/2006 1:46:16 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 224691

McKinney said the democrats cheated her. That they are the party of election fraud

To: American Spirit who wrote (4269)	8/9/2006 8:22:20 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224691

Railroad it's own is more like it:Lieberman to Run as Independent (AP) HARTFORD, Conn., Stephanie Reitz Sen. Joe Lieberman filed to run for re-election in November as an independent, saying Wednesday it would be "irresponsible and inconsistent with my principles" to quit. But Democratic leaders in Washington rallied around the man who beat him for the nomination, Ned Lamont. In a statement issued in Washington, two top Senate Democrats - Harry Reid of Nevada and Chuck Schumer of New York - said they "fully support" Lamont. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton reiterated her pledge to back the winner of the primary. The final returns from Tuesday's primary showed Lamont defeating Lieberman 52 percent to 48 percent. Early Wednesday, the Lieberman campaign delivered two boxes of petitions to the secretary of state's office, and aides said they contained more than enough signatures to qualify the three-term senator for the November ballot. The move would set up a three-way race this fall among Lamont, Lieberman and Republican Alan Schlesinger, who has trailed far behind both Democrats in recent polls. "I think it would be irresponsible and inconsistent with my principles if I were to just walk off the field," Lieberman said in an interview with The Associated Press. Lieberman said he's not bothered by losing the support of his Democratic peers, noting he lost Tuesday's primary even with their backing. White House press secretary Tony Snow said Tuesday's primary bodes poorly for the Democratic Party this fall. "I know a lot of people have tried to make this a referendum on the president, and I would flip it," Snow said from Crawford, Texas, where President Bush is spending time at his home. "I think, instead, it's a defining moment for the Democratic Party, whose national leaders now have made it clear that if you disagree with the extreme left in their party they're going to come after you." A Quinnipiac University poll released in July showed that 51 percent of likely voters would support Lieberman in a three-way race, versus 27 percent for Lamont and 9 percent for Schlesinger, a lawyer who was formerly a legislator and mayor. The Republicans called Lieberman's defeat a "shame." "Joe Lieberman believed in a strong national defense, and for that, he was purged from his party. It is a sobering moment," Republican National chairman Ken Mehlman said. Lieberman had already filed paperwork to create a new party called Connecticut for Lieberman.