Mentioned earlier that Sen. Salazar had no business campaigning for Lieberman in CT Dem. primary… For one thing, CT is far, far, far from CO. For another, Salazar is unknown in CT, so it’s doubtful he’ll be of much help to Lieberman, BUT the growing perception that Lieberman is a loser could well be contagious.
Less than a week before the CT primary new poll shows Lieberman trailing Lamont 54-41, and that’s AFTER Clinton (Bill) and Salzar put in their appearances. Lookin’ bad. No sign that Salazar will have the hoped-for impact on CT’s Dems in a campaign where Lieberman has tried repeatedly to play the ethnic card… and now our man Ken emerges as promoting a loser.
A route to VP in ’08? Somehow I doubt it.
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I’m no fan of Sen. Salazar, but he’s playing to the middle, not the radical left. Smart in CO.
Jeff Greenfield has an interesting take on CNN.com http://www.cnn.com/2….
1. Lieberman has supported school vouchers;
2. Opposed affirmative action;
3. Supported federal intervention in the Terri Schiavo case.
It’s hard to distinguish Lieberman from a “moderate” Republican. Being a Democrat means more than simply “not a registered Republican.”
According to today’s Hartford Courant, Lieberman is now trailing Ned Lamont by 54% to 41% amongst likely Democratic primary voters. Ken Salazar may have booked passage on the Titantic………
Anyone else still longing for Miles? Salazar supporting Lieberman doesn’t suprise me in the least…from what little I’ve seen his voting record probably lines up pretty well with Joe’s.
One big problem with a left wing challenge to Salazar in the future: the center of political gravity in CT is much further to the left than in CO.
Note that the GOP Guv in CT is quite liberal. She’s been known to sign tax increases and she signed the state domestic partnership law for gays and lesbians.
Also, in a three-way race between Lieberman (I), Lamont (D), and Schlesinger (R), Scheslinger is only getting 9%.
I cannot imagine a CO Republican only polling 9% statewide (unless it’s someone like Charlie Duke or Jim Welker). Even John Andrews got about 30% when he ran for Guv in ’90 against Roy Romer.
We shouldn’t get ahead of ourselves and think we could do the Salazar what the CT Dems are doing to Lieberman. All we’ll do is end up with another Wayne “Potted Plant” Allard representing in the Senate.
We should just try to keep Ken from moving too far to the right and then get Mark Udall into the other Senate seat.
No question about the relevative centers of political gravity in CT vs CO. BUT…
1. That’s changing in CO…not as as much or as fast as some of us would like but changing nevertheless.
2. Let’s not let experiences of the ’90s dictate what happens henceforth. Or should I say, experiences in the pre-GWB era. We now have a giant opportunity that we need to exploit to the fullest. IMHO, Salazar’s inexplicable link-up with The Kisser (Kissee?) completely ignores that opportunity. (To say nothing of the fact that Lamont in the Senate would make a MUCH better vote than Holy Joe).
3. Environment/Global Warming is an issue tailor-made for CO Dems…not just for its own sake, but also because the environment is such a major component of the CO economy. Ditto Iraq, although perhaps less so in CO.
And finally: we need to cast off our minority mentality and act on moving the CO center to the left…which, in part, includes reminding Salazar (and Udall) that the center is moving to the left and they need to move with it!