Roll Call reporting 50 former pols to launch 'Dems for Joe'.
Got this from rawstory, but quotes Roll Call:
Former pols stump for Joe. However much genuine feeling is there, what is this an outlet for? Are they speaking to CT voters, current pols, and/or current and prospective lobbying clients? After all, the group:
"...is not taking any issue positions, and its support does not translate into an endorsement of Liebermans stance on the Iraq War or any other specific issue, organizers and the Lieberman camp stressed."
So we have a sentiment, not a movement. Vote for Joe because we vouch for him in a very non-specific way.
"It just seemed Hey whats going on here? he asked. This guy is a Democrat and people should know that. We just started talking to each other and it grew.
What is going on here? Seems to me he was a Democrat, and he would be stumping for Lamont if he were a Democrat today. He is the only member of a vanity plate party.
"A common thread among the geographically and ideologically diverse group is a sense that Lieberman was unfairly being portrayed as a 'bad' Democrat,"
Does this kind of effort on the part of the 50 matter to them more than a fair primary election does? He wasn't found to be a 'bad' Democrat, merely the one fewer Democrats from Connecticut wanted for the job.




