Lieberman and Lamont

First: Why was Jesse. Sharpton and Waters in Connecticut and not Georgia? I'm going to especially point that question to Sharpton who himself had been vilified and slandered in the media before getting suited up. This erstwhile "pro-black" man who came to the aide of Tawana Brawley" felt it was more important to support a rich white man in Connecticut then to help a relatively broke black woman in Georgia who speaks more truth to power than Lamont has in his entire short political career.

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I have said for a while now that I believe that the Democratic Party has been infiltrated. I think the DLC is the subtle arm of this infiltration. However we have now seen that the Republican party is now so bold as to openly support candidates within the Democratic party even when registered Democrats have voted that candidate down. That there has not been a huge response from Democratic Leadership on this is a serious serious problem to me. Lieberman has been on air repeating Republican talking points or shall I say "talking lies" for the better part of two weeks now. If Lieberman is going to talk like a Republican why not drop out of the Democratic Party and register as a Republican and run on the Republican ticket? I think that the people, if they are bright, should vote down any candidate who has the backing of an opposing party and do so on principle. Their failure to do so will further undermine the Democratic party (full disclosure: I am not a registered anything). Ultimately I think that the Democratic party is in real jeopardy of splitting up into progressive and so called "moderate" camps and we could see a conservative, moderate, liberal party system. I for one would be very heartened if those bold members of congress who are "progressive" immediately formed a new party that while it would be small would put that party on the map with a sizable representation in congress and would be another party to be negotiated with on close legislation. But that's off topic. I do hope that the people of Connecticut reject Lieberman simply for not playing by the long established rules that he himself has said should be respected AND for becoming a mouthpiece of a party he claims to be the opposition to.