Lieberman's own hometown paper is echoing the sentiments of many in the political spectrum. Good ol' Joe should hang it up and respect the process instead of trying to circumvent it.
For a guy who claims to "champion the cause of democracy and the people," he is denying the very same people he claims to represent. Talk about a guy who is in the game for himself. Then again, what politician really isn't?
Lieberman says he is still a Democrat, but his campaign will divide the party that rejected him.
As an independent candidate, he can only hope to win if he holds onto a significant percentage of those Democrats who voted for him in the primary, and picks up sizeable votes from both independents and Republicans.
Somehow, the irony of a general election strategy that relies on Republican votes to win seems to have eluded a politician who touted his Democratic credentials during the campaign. It merely supports Lamont supporters' charge that Lieberman is a closet Republican.
By running as a third-party candidate, Lieberman has left himself open to the charge that he is not only a spoiler but that he cares more about himself than the party to which he still claims allegiance.
The primary vote should have told Lieberman that he was out of touch with the state that he had taken too much for granted. Until almost the closing days of the election, he seemed unable to gauge the deep anger of Democrats over the war in Iraq and his support for it.
Respect the democratic process of elections in this country, and hang it up, Joe. By hanging the white flag of surrender and throwing support behind the people's candidate Lamont, your actions will be the most American thing you have ever done, and by doing so, you will have garnered the respect of many.
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