Yeah!!!!

V I C T O R Y !!!

ned!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nedmania rulez!

NOVEMBER!!!!!!!!!!!!

NedRoots!

all right!!!

LAMONT SURGE!!!!!!!!!!!!

btw just back to the states fm russia. everything is fine.

VICTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a gentleman Ned is!

So… it’s no longer a loyalty purge to try to take Joe down now, right?

What a difference in speeches. Who was bitter and arrogant? What a classless politician Leverman was! Umm, reminds me of somebody!
And Lamont, what a class act thanking Leverman for his 18 years of service!

That is revolution at it’s finest!!
It’s your fucking turn to be afraid GOP, be very afraid!!

and the MSM is gonna blame the bloggers for Joementum’s loss. Phrase the lie in the negative, that’s the ticket.

“a much closer race than the pundits were predicting”
————————————————————
Reminds me of all the talk about how Bush’s poll numbers are all the way up to 40%. Even if you’re just listening to it in the background, your bullshit detectors go off. I believe someone once called this “the soft bigotry of low expectations”.

Congrats all, congrats…

Not as much of a pwnage as I would have liked, but whatever you can get.

Enjoy the night. You guys deserve it

Gonna have a special Hardball on in about 15 minutes with the focus of course on the CT Dem primary.

I’ll keep one eye here on the blog and the other on Tweety. *g*

You can tell where the power lies by the headlines: it’s all about “Lieberman loses” and not “Lamont wins”.

I’ve been watching the race with baited breath from Texas. I’m thrilled for Connecticut, thrilled for us Democrats–hell, I’m thrilled for America. And thanks to all of y’all at Firedoglake for helping Ned pull it off.

Yay, I’m happy that Ned won. Although I wasn’t too thrilled when he said something like, “I’m gonna make sure the US has the strongest military in the world.” That’s coming from an anti-war candidate? I would rather he advocate slashing the Pentagon budget like 75%. You know?

This will be an effective warning shot to wimp Democrats everywhere that if they support this corrupt Bush administration we’ll find someone to replace them toot sweet. Act like Democrats or find yourselves a new party. You can have differences of opinion with your fellow Democrats, but what you can’t be is a traitor to your party.

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah!

I’m sure Joementum can always find a job on Faux News when this is over with.

Nice job, everyone. :) I’m off to bed.

Joe in 2000 – gore loses by 600 votes under strange circumstances – crickets

Joe in 2006 – joe loses by 10000 votes – gonna go indy, screw the dems

Difference? In 2000, the dems were either gonna lose the presidency or a safe senate seat. But joe was either gonna be VP or hold a safe senate seat.

SPLAT!

;>)

And Lamont, what a class act thanking Leverman for his 18 years of service!

“I have this lovely gold watch…”

HOW SWEET IT IS !!!!!!!

Can it be possible that we can get the Democratic party back?

Now let’s REALLY turn on the heat and KICK THE FUCKING DLC TO THE CURB!!!!!

Congratulations!

The rest of the Democratic party better start paying attention to the people.

F%#!. the corporate control of the Democratic Party.

This was an excellent night for not only Connecticut, but for democracy and bloggers everywhere.

As Kos said earlier tonight:

Here’s what we all need to do the next few days:

1. Push Harry Reid to strip Lieberman of all committee assignments.

2. Let people know what a sore loser Lieberman is.

3. Get all Democrats — including Bill Clinton — to publicly back Ned Lamont.

4. Get the Democratic interest groups who backed Lieberman to switch allegiances in the general.
The DSCC and the DCCC will have to deal with the fact that this race will continue to suck oxygen from great pickup opportunities. And I won’t apologize for that, because as a proud Democrat, I will help in whatever way I can the Democratic nominee from the Great State of Connecticut.

The Republicans rejoiced at Lieberman’s decision to stay in. They couldn’t be happier. And let’s not talk about the lobbyists! They’re besides themselves!

Joe Lieberman is not an independent Democrat. He needs to be stripped of his committee assignments and have those handed to real Democrats. And then we need to buckle down and finish the job we started.

This was never going to be easy. it still is not. But in the end, we will prevail.

THANKS TO THE NUTMEGGERS

Good lord this site was busy tonight. Most of the time I couldn’t break on through to the other side. What the heck is it going to be like on election day?

Oh and

WAY TO FUCKING GO NED!!!! WE LOVE YOU!!!!

YYYYEEEEAAAHHHH!!! This is just the beginning! If whiney Joe thought this primary was tough…. he’s about to find out just how many fair weather friends he has…

NED! NED! NED! NED! NED! NED! NED!

Lieberman, the odious toad, got exactly what he deserved. May this be the beginning of we the people taking back our government. All the other greedy power hungry fuckers, be on notice. Your asses are next!

A strong military and anti-war arren’t incompatible.

You have to be prepared, in case you’re attacked.

The problem is that we’ve been too prepared, in almost all cases–more tanks and planes than we probably need.

And too little, in the ways that matter–e.g., infrastructure like factories to gin up if someone attacks us first and armor for soldiers.

Here’s what I wrote:

Joe Lieberman has decided that he’s going to be a sore loser, take his ball, and run for Senate as an independent. Unless I am mistaken, that means he cannot be elected to represent Connnecticut in the senate as a Democrat – period.

Please use your position as Minority Leader to immediately remove Mr. Lieberman from any commmittee memberships, chairs, or other leadership positions. He has earned the scorn of all moderates and progressive Democrats for refusing to accept the will of the people and proving that instead, he’ll do anything to retain the only thing that matters to him now – power.

tomorrow morning, Senate Dems, you will hear us ROAR:

NED LAMONT !!!!!!

Thank you FDL for all that you have done for Connecticut.

VICTORY!! Enjoy yourselves! You deserve it.

What’s next?

Bobo Brooks will commit ritual seppuku on The News Hour.

VICTORY !!

what an incredible sore loser that other candidate was. what was his name again?

Watching Ned Lamonts victory speech was like watching Mr Smith get ready to go to washington

Great Speech….

Phoenix Woman @ 27

As Kos said earlier tonight:

Here’s what we all need to do the next few days:

1. Push Harry Reid to strip Lieberman of all committee assignments.

2. Let people know what a sore loser Lieberman is.

3. Get all Democrats — including Bill Clinton — to publicly back Ned Lamont.

4. Get the Democratic interest groups who backed Lieberman to switch allegiances in the general.
The DSCC and the DCCC will have to deal with the fact that this race will continue to suck oxygen from great pickup opportunities. And I won’t apologize for that, because as a proud Democrat, I will help in whatever way I can the Democratic nominee from the Great State of Connecticut.

The Republicans rejoiced at Lieberman’s decision to stay in. They couldn’t be happier. And let’s not talk about the lobbyists! They’re besides themselves!

Joe Lieberman is not an independent Democrat. He needs to be stripped of his committee assignments and have those handed to real Democrats. And then we need to buckle down and finish the job we started.

This was never going to be easy. it still is not. But in the end, we will prevail.

Tonight is for celebrating. Until Joe makes it official, just kick back and enjoy a beer. He hasn’t filed yet, and there’s going to be a lot of behind the scenes action late tonight and early tomorrow morning.

TRex,

Tip up your keyboard and toast the terrific work of yourself and all the Lamont supporters who helped make this happen.

Next step, get Joe to respect Democrats and democracy.

Media side comment: The grey lady got it pretty much balanced in an article just posted:

“The Lieberman advisers said they had no evidence implicating the Lamont campaign and could not explain the precise nature of the problem, except to say that the campaign server’s bandwidth had been overwhelmed.

Lamont aides and Internet bloggers who oppose the senator said the problem appeared to be that the Lieberman campaign did not spend enough money for a Web site that could handle high traffic. “

I doubt Lieberman will make it all the way to November. Running on his own will just be too hard, and considering how poorly he ran his campaign during the primary I don’t expect any better when he has little or no political machinery at his disposal.

The big question now is how much damage he does to Democrats in the state during his petulant storming around. He needs to be completely destroyed very early, by having all of his committee assignments in the Senate taken from him and being cut off from the big names in the party. Are you listening, Bill Clinton, Max Cleland and Barbara Boxer?

Joe Lieberman is employing scorched earth tactics, he has to be responded to in kind.

I have already written to Senator Reid.

Kudos to Jane, TRex and all the other volunteers.

YEEEAARRRGGGGHHH!

And a big ‘ol Dean scream for Ned Lamont!

stunned i am. i was so ready to loudly berate any apologist who saw a lamont loss as a victory non-the-less. all the marbles indeed. i dare say i feel a wiff of hope for the first time in ages.

Jim Hightower had a book, “If the Gods Had Meant Us to Vote, They Would Have Given Us Candidates.”

Perhaps they smiled on us today. I’m trying to imagine what it must be like to vote for a Dem without holding my nose. I’ve forgotten what it was like!

Thank you Jane, TRex, Christy and all the many fdl-ers in CT for all your hard work in GOTV for Lamont — and for being such passionate advocates for people-powered politics.

Just watched Kos on Countdown via Crooks & Liars. Wow! He’s awesome.

Poor HoJo … a santimonious, shrill sore-loser right to the bitter end. But he can’t help it, he’s been blinded by his own ego. Unfortunately, it plays right into Karl Rove’s playbook for the November elections. The “weak on national security Democrats” vs. the last Democrat (neocon shill) standing strong for America. So, now we know for sure that HoJo is the Trojan Horse that we always thought he was. HoJo’s Indie bid must have made Karl Rove’s night.

Can we please start helping Pederson in AZ against that bootlicker Kyl?
Pederson needs to start talking like Lamont!

David Ehrenstein @ 36

What’s next?

Bobo Brooks will commit ritual seppuku on The News Hour.

You know, I was heading to bed, but I’ll definitely stay up for that.

yeah, I wonder whose calls that other candidate is ducking this evening:

Senator, it’s President Clinton on the phone?
Tell him I’m busy!
Senator, it’s Senator Clinton on the phone?
Tell her I’m busy!
Senator, it’s Leader Reid on the phone?
Tell him I’m busy!

Gee…this makes Joe Lieberman a three time loser…

VP 2000
Pres 2004
Senate 2006

You’d think he’d take the hint…maybe there’s a nice drain commissioner job he could run for!

Juan Carlos!

Shit. Somebody just sloshed beer on my keyboard.

Fucking Bayerstein…. You knew better than to hang with that hellion…

Maybe this actually got thru the toobzjam and posted earlier on a thread far, far away, but bears repeating:

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14205873/ [cited in this Newsweek online article by Dr. Dean Ornish on coping with stress…great timing!]

And as for J-Lie, methinks he’ll be getting the cold, hard call of reality verrra soon. It doesn’t serve La Hill’s purposes to have voters reminded every single day between now and November that J-Lie lost this election. And why.

No more moral victories!

Only victories that are also moral!

We won, people, we won!

The “weak on national security Democrats” vs. the last Democrat (neocon shill) standing strong for America. So, now we know for sure that HoJo is the Trojan Horse that we always thought he was. HoJo’s Indie bid must have made Karl Rove’s night.

If Joe ends up dropping out of the general, what are the odds that he starts aiding the Republican candidates in some way? Maybe not active campaigning, but positive soundbites and appearances on talking head shows?

Okay everybody, open your windows and doors and crank up Have You Had Enough!

I’m dancin’ tonight! Good thing I’m on the Left Coast and have a couple of hours to unwind before bedtime.

I’ll say it again, OH FRABJOUS DAY!!

Rex. Your posting provides enough of a picture for us to imagine the totally chaotic crazy exhausted and jubulant scene you must be in the middle of right now. I’m sitting here in St Paul MN savoring this evening while listening to crickets in the back yard and a cat purring beside me. Thanks to you all for all the great work!!! Peace.

Seven of Six @
47

Can we please start helping Pederson in AZ against that bootlicker Kyl?
Pederson needs to start talking like Lamont!

Amen! This is how it’s done, Mr. Pederson.

Check out AZNetRoots.com

Rex. Your posting provides enough of a picture for us to imagine the totally chaotic crazy exhausted and jubulant scene you must be in the middle of right now.

I’m kinda picturing everyone just lying on the floor, completely limp, and languidly smoking cigarettes in full-on afterglow mode.

and huge props to this site for its vital role in this victory. in fact, they ain’t got props that big…

just sent this out to Senator Reid:

Dear Senator Reid,

I am writing you to express my utter disgust with the way that Joe Lieberman has ‘conceded’ defeat in the CT primary and announced that he will be running as an independent in the general election this November. As a dedicated democrat and as an American citizen, I find this to be utterly disrespectful to the voters of Connecticut and the entire idea of democracy. Mr. Lieberman went into the primary with every imaginable advantage, so the fact that he lost by any margin at all is significant enough in itself. It is especially so because of the record turnout (50% of registered dems, I believe)!

I will be very active in supporting the election of Democrats this year, and I hope that you will reciprocate that support by unequivocally denouncing Lieberman’s selfish decision to abandon the will of CT democrats and stripping him of all his committee assignments.

Thank you for your time.

gbear @ 57

I’m sitting here in St Paul MN savoring this evening while listening to crickets in the back yard and a cat purring beside me.

Aw. That made a little pang of missing Gus and Juan stab through me. I’ll see them tomorrow night. They’re in good hands.

Damn. I’m exhausted.

Oh, my gosh, I’m just so happy for Ned, his supporters, the Nutmeg bloggers, TRex who got there, Pach, who gets to use his PLAN A post tomorrow!

but most of all, Christy and Jane, who’ve made a home for all of us. Thanks, WINNERS!

is this thing on

I think we broke a thread there folks

I wonder if Joe’s lovely wife, Hadassa will have her cushy lobbyist job tomorrow?

I absolutely will write Harry Reid, and like I said when Lieberman first announced he was filing for an “insurance policy”, if the Democrats were serious about taking back Congress and digging this country out of the stinking GOP ditch, Reid, Howard Dean, Bill Clinton, and other party leaders would be on the air tomorrow to spell things out in big capital letters that ANYBODY who runs against the Democratic candidate in November is OUT of the party for good.

Do what you want, Joe, but get one thing crystal effin’ clear. Run against your own party in November and you’re dead to us… got it? You’re a freakin’ pariah. No financial support ever again. No more Bubba and Barbara Boxer to hold your hand. No caucusing. No committee seniority. Nothin’.

I do believe that the events of tonight caused a few dropped weenies in DC.

In more ways than one…

eric @ 16

You can tell where the power lies by the headlines: it’s all about “Lieberman loses” and not “Lamont wins”.

You’re right. CNN Breaking News alerts came in with the news about Cynthia McKinney losing quite a while ago, but not a thing about the Lamont victory yet. Maybe Candy Crowley is just too upset to file the news…BWHAHAHAHAHAHA

Best political contribution I ever made. Congratulations to FDL, Spazeboy, T Rex et al for your efforts. And congratulations to all the people of CT. You made history today.

(Shaking my head in disbelief)

Jane, you put your heart (and your poodles) into this race, and I’m so glad you’ve been rewarded.
What do the poodles get?

Seriously, your dedication has been a blessing for all of us. Thank you.

And for Christy and the rest of the gang, a well-earned toast. And I’ll make it the good stuff!

Hear, hear!

hey joezoe:

Na Na Na Na

Na Na Na Na

Hey Hey Hey

goodbye

feel the Nedmentum

The pressure on Lieberman to drop out has to be swift and overwhelming–the REAL shock and awe, Joe. Write Harry Reid tonight, as many of us have already done. Continue tomorrow morning, afternoon and evening. Don’t allow anyone in the party to even dare think there’s a way to finesse this (poor Chris Dodd!). Al Gore, when are you coming to Connecticut to campaign for Lamont? I hope it’s this week….

go NED!

I can’t believe that the WATB couldn’t help but try to paint the website issue as Lamont’s doing… Sore Loserman!

MY LETTER TO HARRY REID:

Joe Lieberman has resigned his membership in the Democratic party. His role in the committee memberships needs to be questioned. I hope you put serious consideration into what this means for the Democratic party.

Please show your support for Ned Lamont, the new Democratic Senate Challenger in the fine state of CT. He represents more than just CT voters, Ned represents the majority of highly educated, artistically able, peace loving Americans.

We should no longer be hoodwinked into Middle Eastern Affairs – We should remove our dependence on petroleum products and move to biomass or carbohydrate fuel technologies. As much as I want to see peace on Earth and Terrorism brought to a minimum. Our efforts in the Middle East are self serving and lack perspective. Our current failures abroad represent our failures at home. Most notably education and health care. Greed is a mental illness. It has wrecked havoc on our society. As a fully self-sustaining, highly educated, multi-lingual, broad faced nation. We could become the most powerful, peaceful, and positive society on the Earth.

Lets put our focus here on domestic issues. I could care less about the middle east. I love people but I feel there is no need for us to be there. If we quit giving them our money and we remove our interests there then we will be safer from terrorism. Let them fight themselves to the bone and later ask us for humanitarian aid. Which we will ALWAYS provide.

Get something moving, don’t lets this continual short sighted BS drag our world further into the mud. It would be nice to maintain a peaceful human species.

Thank you for your time,

–

The cocktail weenies will taste of ashes tomorrow.

Never EVER underestimate the power of the Rovian right.

They want Lieberman. If they have to finance his “independent” run themselves, they will.

Kos is right. Lieberman will tell Clinton, Schumer, Dodd, et al to fuck off.

Democratic support and money will dry up.

BUT IT WON’T MATTER.

I’m glad we won. It’s a huge actual AND symbolic victory…and a moral one.

But if Joe doesn’t get out–and there’s zero indication that he will–the Roving maniacs will make sure he’s well financed.

Do not count Joe out. Hate to say it. But don’t.

Woo-hoo! (from Grand Teton National Park, checking in wireless in the upscale hotel lobby)

I’m a witness to history.

I’ve written Reid.

Thank you.

I have hope.

The pressure on Lieberman to drop out has to be swift and overwhelming

so it’s not too early to call Boxer and Reid to tell them to toss joezoe from the DEMOCRATIC PARTY NOW

So Judas Joe can leverage the GOP infrastructure in CT? What’s second prize, another smooch from the Chimp?

I agree entirely, Penman.

The Rs don’t put their muscle behind a D without a reason. A big one.

We must watch them carefully. Lieberman’s already shown that he’s started adopting some of their tactics. He’s only going to get worse, because it’s not just politics to him. Now, it’s personal. Of course, that means he’ll also make some mistakes.

The fun is only just beginning.

So, the Republicans are really happy about Holy Joe’s independent run? Two pro-war candidates in the race and one anti-war candidate increases their chances at a pick-up? Yeah right. They’re measuring his ass for a chair at Fox News right now.

I wonder if Reid will hang back from yanking Joe’s committee memberships for fear that Joe will caucus with the Republicans if he wins.

I think he should probably just assume that anyway.

Don’t miss this gem at Billmon.

Heh, indeedy!

Thanks for the link. My email to Harry Reid:

Dear Senator Reid,

I don’t envy you this situation, but I must ask, as a lifelong Democrat, that you reassign Senator Lieberman’s committee memberships as soon as the former Democrat files as an Independent.

I’ve appreciated the good fights you’ve given Bush these past few years. To be frank, I wanted far more, but your commitment to the role of the Congress has been heartening. If Senator Lieberman turns his back on the Democratic Party, please do not turn your back on the Democratic base. Lamont won because the rank and file Democrats have had it, and because we’re right to be this adamant for change.

The passion for change that fueled Lamont’s win is needed for the other Democratic races, including my challenger, David Roth.
Please make a clean break from Joe. He’s clearly made one from us.

In sincere sympathy for the headaches you must suffer,
xx

al-Scooter @ 79

So Judas Joe can leverage the GOP infrastructure in CT?

Schlesinger certainly doesn’t seem to be doing much with it…

Ned! Fitz! Roots! Jane! Christy! Trex! Pachacutec! Valley Girl! Atrios! ctKeith! Kos! Everyone I’m forgetting!

Coolest. Netroots. Victory. Ever.

“We’ve only just begun . . .”

barnicle says 40% turnout–bullshit

I am SOOOO proud of what we accomplished today!And I feel so… validated after taking the day off, driving from NYC to Norwalk, and hitting the phone banks for Ned.

One woman I called said she’d been planning to vote for Ned, but she threatened to vote against him if she received any more phone calls.

I replied that at least with the Lamont campaign, the calls are from human beings, not robots. She laughed and agreed.

That little exchange to me was emblematic of what this campaign has been about. Joe thought he could push a button and the voters would line up like George Romero zombies. But in the end, the Lamont edge was the human connection.

People of Connecticut, thank you and good night.

Zelph @
19

This will be an effective warning shot to wimp Democrats everywhere that if they support this corrupt Bush administration we’ll find someone to replace them toot sweet. Act like Democrats or find yourselves a new party. You can have differences of opinion with your fellow Democrats, but what you can’t be is a traitor to your party.

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah!

I’m sure Joementum can always find a job on Faux News when this is over with.

Hi Z, greenman here.

No matter how badly Ned’s win will be painted by the MSM, keep telling them how far behind the curve they are.

Thanks to everyone who was in a position to bring this about, and keep it up. Joe is a loser, baby. Time to finish him off. Use him like the Bush voodoo doll that he is.

Jane, Christy, Pach, TRex and all the Nutmeggers and pups who worked, contributed, revved up good karma…job well done, day well ended.

As for J-Lie, pride goeth before the fool.

first, YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!! HUGE! God bless the voters of Connecticut!

second, however, TRex: you’re a great guy but, I’m sorry, please don’t blog while you’re drunk. You put your heart and soul into this venture, like a whole lot of other people but fucking in the headliner will not go well with too many of the voters we need. And Jomentum will always be Jomentum, so don’t act offended if he didn’t change tonight. Pat him on the back. That’ll just add salt to his wounds.

Seven of Six @ 47.

Amen to that! Kyl has got to GO! Hayworth and John I never met a war i din’t like McCain too. F**K them all. AZ needs some help a la a Lamont style netroots revolt.

Oh, and Go Janet Napalatano!!

Anyone know how Joe financed the gathering of enough signatures to run as an Independent?

Does he have to seperate out the money for a Dem primary race and/ or Senate race from what he needs to run against the duly elected Dem candidate?

Any National money going to be used against the party?

Where did all the money go?

soyinkafan @ 9:04—great letter.

Another Democrat who my fellow Californians might want to write is Barbara Boxer.

http://boxer.senate.gov/contact/email/policy.cfm

Let her know that we expect her to be in Connecticut this fall to campaign for Ned Lamont.

F’in Librul @ 33

Great note – I am about to send something similar to Senator Dodd and Senator Reid.

I am really speechless right now. I knew Lieberman was a vindictive ass, but didn’t think he would display his true self to the extent he did tonight. His nasty, bitter rant was almost as bad as Nixon’s “you won’t have me to kick around anymore” concession speech. At least Nixon accepted his defeat.

Lierman absolutely should be stripped of all his power in the Senate once he officially declares himself an Independent. It happened to Senator Jeffords when he switched from Rep to Independent – I’m sure there are rules about such things.

A lot is riding on how the Dem party responds to Lamont & Lierman in the next few days.

Anyone know how Joe financed the gathering of enough signatures to run as an Independent?

Webhosting savings.

Hi Z, greenman here.

Hi, greenman! Long time no see.

Big Dog, Big Dog
Wat’cha gonna do?
Judas Joe
Just embarrassed you!

Terri @ 67 % Eric @ 16–

Latest NYT online headline is “Lamont Defeats Lieberman in Primary” .. lead story above the fold.

WaPo says “Lieberman Concedes to Lamont…”

Lierman absolutely should be stripped of all his power in the Senate once he officially declares himself an Independent. It happened to Senator Jeffords when he switched from Rep to Independent

Jeffords caucused with the other team, though. Lieberman still claims he would caucus with the Dems (I’m skeptical).

Seven of Six @
47

Can we please start helping Pederson in AZ against that bootlicker Kyl?
Pederson needs to start talking like Lamont!

What you said! God, I’d love to see Kyl go down.

Lieberman is treating this as a do-over. The only do-over in politics is the next election cycle.

I expect every Democrat in public life to denounce Lieberman’s bid for the seat as an independent – That means Bill and Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd and all other Democratic politicians in Connecticut, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Howard Dean, and every Democrat in between.

I expect to see them by tomorrow morning, on all of the news programs, telling Lieberman to forget about this bid as an independent.

None of the cable news programs carried the speeches, and they just barely reported the outcome of the race. This tells me that there will be a behind-the-scenes effort by Big Business to keep Lieberman in the race.

Can you imagine what George W. Bush, Karl Rove, and the GOP would have done and said, about loyalty, if a competitor who lost a primary decided to run as an independent?

Where is that discipline and loyalty in the Democratic Party?

Wish I were a better writer, but I sent off the following a couple of minutes ago:

Dear Senator Reid:

After the victory tonight by Ned Lamont in the Senate primary in Connecticut, Joe Lieberman stated that he would run in the November general election as an independent, thereby threatening the Democratic party’s control of that Senate seat.

Mr. Lieberman may be a friend to some in Congress, but he is hurting the Democratic party as a whole now, and he needs to be stripped of all his committee assignments. Additionally, the entire Democratic Party establishment must immediately and loudly announce their support of Mr. Lamont’s candidacy.

At such a critical time in our country’s history, it would be a mistake of mammoth proportions to allow Mr. Lieberman to retain his committee posts while he attempts to defeat the choice of the Democratic Party in Connecticut.

I have been very proud to have you as our Minority Leader, but I’d be even prouder if you were the Majority Leader in November. Believe me, the progressives in this country are fired up, and will be with you all the way to November and beyond. Please don’t let us down.

http://www.SoreLooserman.com (yes, dammit, the spelling is wrong but what-the-hell — it cost me $9.20 and I still want to use it!)

Joe’s next big mistake is thinking all those folks who voted for him now will vote for him in the fall. Once it becomes painfully obvious that he really IS a Republican in Dems clothing a lot of those people are going to be thinking they have egg on their face. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice…

My note to Reid:

I certainly expect to see quick action to remove our declared OPPONENT in Connecticut from any and all activities with the Democrats in the Senate.
I am curious to see if I am supporter of an actual political party or not. And this whole farce could have been avoided if all prominent Democrats had immediately distanced themselves from Mr. Lieberman when he publicly announced that he did not feel bound to honor the results of the primary of his putative party.

Also sent a note to the DSCC that my expectation is rapid and unequivocal support for Mr. Lamont.

Good job to all in Connecticut – but this thing ain’t half over. If the Dem leadership cannot unite on this simple concept ….. I just don’t know.

fahrender at 93 — TRex doesn’t drink. Someone else spilled the beer on his keyboard. I’m sure TRex was having a diet coke or something…so dial it back a notch.

Jane’s Mother is Guardian Angel

The fun is only just beginning.

“We’ve only just begun . . .”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEPg5_ECsus

Ain’t it the truth?

Hey, folks, go to Leader Reid’s Community blog, where I’ve created an entry to let Harry know what kinda hell we expect him to give RGJoe!

http://www.giveemhellharry.com…..anfran/BhW

Post your comments and let the Minority Leader know that if he really wants to be the Majority Leader, he’ll end this distraction NOW.

No Indy Run!

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Had Enough, Connecticut?
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Every potential Dem 2008 presidential candidate needs to be on our contact lists, too.

G’night, pups. The stones are starting to rumble….

hurm

soyinkafan @ 85

Thanks for the link. My email to Harry Reid:

Dear Senator Reid,

I don’t envy you this situation, but I must ask, as a lifelong Democrat, that you reassign Senator Lieberman’s committee memberships as soon as the former Democrat files as an Independent.

I’ve appreciated the good fights you’ve given Bush these past few years. To be frank, I wanted far more, but your commitment to the role of the Congress has been heartening. If Senator Lieberman turns his back on the Democratic Party, please do not turn your back on the Democratic base. Lamont won because the rank and file Democrats have had it, and because we’re right to be this adamant for change.

The passion for change that fueled Lamont’s win is needed for the other Democratic races, including my challenger, David Roth.
Please make a clean break from Joe. He’s clearly made one from us.

In sincere sympathy for the headaches you must suffer,
xx

can I borrow some of this?

Thank you, citizens of Connecticut; the upcoming wheedling and needling of Joe by the Dems (the real ones) should give you some time to rest before November.
Thanks, FDL and the entire blog community. Power to the people, finally, again. (And we don’t get to rest…).
And thank you, Ned Lamont. Amen.

Ok, raise your hands, everyone who told me the Lamont campaign was a loser effort way back when.

Don’t MAKE me do comment searches!

;)

Eli @
100

Anyone know how Joe financed the gathering of enough signatures to run as an Independent?

Webhosting savings.

Wait, I thought RGJoe paid first-class, the overhead at Blackwater 2 Dog Media just ate up the diff.

Kelven @ 108

Joe’s next big mistake is thinking all those folks who voted for him now will vote for him in the fall. Once it becomes painfully obvious that he really IS a Republican in Dems clothing alot of those people are going to be thinking they have egg on their face. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice…

I don’t think it’s Democratic votes Joe is counting on.

I heard the sound of gates crashing. And I like it.

Earlier this evening, before any results were known, the Columbia County (NY) Democratic Committee passed a resolution, which will be conveyed tomorrow morning to our Senator and DSCC Chair Chuck Schumer, calling on the DSCC to support the winner of tonight’s primary. Tonight was the first time our committee has met in several weeks, or we would have made an earlier statement, as several of us did individually. The resolution states our collective position, but does not really reflect the deep offense that most members feel about the DSCC’s apparent contempt for the rank and file of the Democratic Party. I have spoken to many Democrats about this, some of whom are MAJOR, NYC-based financial supporters of the Democratic Party, and they are almost universally shocked and infuriated by the DSCC’s stance on this.

Resolution of the Columbia County Democratic Committee, passed August 8, 2006. To be conveyed to Senator Chuck Schumer and the DSCC:

It is the view of the Columbia County (New York) Democratic Committee that respect for the Democratic Party organization and the democratic process demands that the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) support the Democratic candidates chosen by the full party membership, and that therefore, the DSCC should immediately and unequivocally commit itself and its resources to supporting the winner of the Democratic Primary Election for United States Senate in the State of Connecticut.

Ken Dow, Chairman
Columbia County Democratic Committee

I’m lovin’ the title of this post. Then again, I’m a bit tipsy myself right now… so back to lurking.

Damned great job! Damned great (and deserved) day!

Holy crap — we’re almost at 152,000 individual hits for today. Jeebus.

fahrender @ 93

‘fucking’ in the headliner will not go well with too many of the voters we need. And Jomentum will always be Jomentum, so don’t act offended if he didn’t change tonight.

Pearl clutching is not appropriate behavior for a victory celebration.

If you need them, fainting powders are dispensed in the ladies’ room…

TRex, just finished writing to Senator Reid.

oh, Pach, i luv ya!

got yer PLAN A talking-to ready for us tomorrow? thank the goddess you don’t have to post the one about NED losing, which comes with a worser hangover!!

Prairie Sunshine @ 114

Every potential Dem 2008 presidential candidate needs to be on our contact lists, too.

G’night, pups. The stones are starting to rumble….

that list just got a lot smaller

HEY HILLARY, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW ???

BYE BYE HILLARY

Eli @ 99

Anyone know how Joe financed the gathering of enough signatures to run as an Independent?

Webhosting savings.

badumpbump, pish!

He’s here all week the time, folks!

LOL!

Ken Dow at 143

Wow! Well done sir. As A lifelong Democrat i salute you.

Lieberman should take some comfort in the fact that tonight, he finished in a one-way tie for second.

Wow!
So relieved.
Onward and upwards…

Christy Hardin Smith 125 – you’ll have to raise your ad rates ;)

Christy Hardin Smith @ 124

Holy crap — we’re almost at 152,000 individual hits for today. Jeebus.

one of the threads is stuck at comment 134 (it says there are 349 comments, but only 134 show up)

face it Redd, we trashed this place today

btw, I’m not on cleanup duty tommorow, am I ???

Ned Lamont wins and Tom Delay withdraws in the same day. Not a bad day!

OJsuit: 707sville!

I wonder if Joe has the 7500 verified signatures he needs by 5pm tomorrow?

Jonathan Tasini, HillDog’s primary opponent in NY’s September card, must be deeeeeelighted at this news,

Let’s sweep Connecticut. Bye Bye Shays, Johnson, and Simmons.

Ken Dow @ 122 – that’s an excellent letter/resolution, and you have my utmost admiration and respect. Thank you. And please let us know if and when you receive a response from Schumer.

I have never been prouder to be a Democrat

Senator Bayh comes out for Lamont!
The Fix

fiance’s friend Storm is on that Wanna Be A Roxstar show on CBS singing We are The Champions — my fave political winning night song!

twolf1 at 133 — well, we’d need more ads then, wouldn’t we? lol Some weeks, I wonder how we make our server rent. But today, all that budget fretting seems trivial in teh face of this win against some seriously long odds. This makes up, a bit anyway, for 2004. ;-)

AIPAC cannot be happy.

Feh.

Firepups:

Please, please take the time to write Senator Reid. We now must take the next step of going after Democrats to ensure that they’re not complicit in Joe’s sham Cut-And-Run Party of One.

It just takes a moment, and the link needed is in the body of this post.

Thanks.

Historic 43% turnout tonight according to the secretary of the state. Hotchie Motchie!

All here from California need to go here and pressure Boxer (who has so often called Lieberman his close friend and ally) to politely (or unpolitely – whatever) tell Lieberman he needs to stop being the egocentric prick that he is, step aside, and let Lamont run without Lieberman on the ballot.

I already wrote her, and will continue to badger her until she and the rest of the Democrat elite push Lieberdork out

awesome victory!! congrats Ned and FDL

Ivy @ 105

Can you imagine what George W. Bush, Karl Rove, and the GOP would have done and said, about loyalty, if a competitor who lost a primary decided to run as an independent?

Where is that discipline and loyalty in the Democratic Party?

Ya need to check out what’s happening down here in Texas. We had Scottie McClellan’s Mom bolt the GOP, and hoo-boy, has the fur been a’flyin’ ever since!

The only redeeming thing about Scottie’s Mom is that she pulls some stunts that makes the Rs tremble in their boots a little, you know, letting them know she can fight ‘em, their way, because, well, she’s been one of ‘em! She can get that shiv in there but good sometimes. I’ll have to find some of the examples, because they’re worth studying.

Woo Hoo! Delurking to say I am thrilled about Lamont winning. I watched Lamont’s speech and thought he was fantastic. Truly pounded the healthcare crisis, Iraq, I just wish I had a Senator from Louisiana like that.
Tuned in to Olberman and Kos was on. Is is finally time for sanity?

CatStaff @ 106

Wish I were a better writer, but I sent off the following a couple of minutes ago:

Dear Senator Reid:

After the victory tonight by Ned Lamont in the Senate primary in Connecticut, Joe Lieberman stated that he would run in the November general election as an independent, thereby threatening the Democratic party’s control of that Senate seat.

Mr. Lieberman may be a friend to some in Congress, but he is hurting the Democratic party as a whole now, and he needs to be stripped of all his committee assignments. Additionally, the entire Democratic Party establishment must immediately and loudly announce their support of Mr. Lamont’s candidacy.

At such a critical time in our country’s history, it would be a mistake of mammoth proportions to allow Mr. Lieberman to retain his committee posts while he attempts to defeat the choice of the Democratic Party in Connecticut.

I have been very proud to have you as our Minority Leader, but I’d be even prouder if you were the Majority Leader in November. Believe me, the progressives in this country are fired up, and will be with you all the way to November and beyond. Please don’t let us down.

CatStaff – you write just fine.

Sorry, sometimes you can only say it with a picture. Santa comes early for the netroots as “deer” old Joe crashes and burns and incumbents everywhere cry, “Oh! Oh! Oh!” Here’s to control of Congress and impeaching Cheney first!

Congratulations to Ned and the Nedheads!

And a big fat woot to Jane and everyone at FDL who took up this cause from the very start.

Hi Shoe at 141

Glad I’m not the only one that caught thAT.
And thanks for your kindness yesterday.

Any ideas out there for a new theme float to follow turncoat
Joe around Ct. between now and the November election.
The Kiss float truly kept him off balance. Now that he’s come
out and betrayed, he has shown his loyalty to the neo-cons
and GWBush and co. Some new image to tar him quckly so
it sticks. How about a contest like the one for Cheney held some
time ago. Just some thoughts.

…and after you write to Harry Reid, please visit the PayPal button and give Jane and Christy some certified prop$.

They’ve more than earned it!

Eli @ 120

Kelven @ 108

Joe’s next big mistake is thinking all those folks who voted for him now will vote for him in the fall. Once it becomes painfully obvious that he really IS a Republican in Dems clothing alot of those people are going to be thinking they have egg on their face. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice…

I don’t think it’s Democratic votes Joe is counting on.

You’re absolutly right of course and I should have elaborated. What I’m speculating is that Joe is probably thinking he can have his cake and eat it too by counting on his current supporters while courting Republican votes at the same time. Think that will play very well in CT?

Let’s collect funds for more FDL servers or November will be melt down. Major props to the Hartford Courant’s web site for staying up and providing results when everyone else’s site was buried.

Cheers to all Fire Pups

Ken Dow 9:15 pm — Wow. WOW. I hadn’t thought of that one, have our county and state party conventions coming up yet this month.

If you don’t mind I’m going to “lift” chunks of that resolution and draft one to fit our local party here in Michigan, will forward to other DFA folks who are Dem Party activists to get this in their local conventions and to state platform.

kate o’beirne’s teeth @ 115

hurm

Well, it’s A B O U T time you teefies put in a word.

hurm, y’ownseffs!

Sam @ 155

Any ideas out there for a new theme float to follow turncoat
Joe around Ct. between now and the November election.
The Kiss float truly kept him off balance. Now that he’s come
out and betrayed, he has shown his loyalty to the neo-cons
and GWBush and co. Some new image to tar him quckly so
it sticks. How about a contest like the one for Cheney held some
time ago. Just some thoughts.

How about a Benedict Joe float?

Yeah, CHS: looks like our biggest ever traffic day? Imagine what it would be if we had not been down due to flood during the rush.

Christy,

a question I asked at the end of the last thread where are the national organizations like NARAL now. Maybe Jane could give them a gentle nudge?

WOOO HOOOOO !!!!

Go NED !!!

Hugh at 163 — oh, there will be a nudge, all right…

*ilson46201 @ 108

http://www.SoreLooserman.com (yes, dammit, the spelling is wrong but what-the-hell — it cost me $9.20 and I still want to use it!)

*ilson…what am I chopped liver? Did you see me comment offering help?

Thank you, from the bottom of the world and the bottom of my heart. Thank you. Thank you. My husband works in an environmental field and his jobs totally dried up with Bush in the White House, just as they did in the days of Reagan and Gorsuch. Here’s to hoping there is enough change that we can go back to protecting the water and air of the US (and we can come back home someday). (Still, and for all that, the spring flowers are starting to bloom and it is a beautiful land….didn’t mean to sound ungrateful).

But thanks again for the unmeasurable good work…..

The fight is not over. It’s over in November. All pressure must be put on Dems everywhere to renounce Loserman and support Lamont. Don’t forget that Loserman will mount a well financed vicious, lying campaign, just like a real Rethug would if he stays in, good of the party be damned. Call and write every Dem officeholder you know and especially your Senator and Rep and the party leaders to throw their real support to Ned and encourage Joe to drop out.

Ready for the

SNOOPY DANCE!!!!

Anybody got a video or an mp3?

DEMOCRACY!!! LAMONT!!! FDL!!! ROOTZ!!!

Hi Pach, you’re doing amazing work :D

superb work all around. outstanding!

and now we get to beat joe and delay into the ground twice in one year!

I wonder if the HUman Rights Campaign needs another bitchslap gentle nudge.

a domain name for a year just costs $9.20 … I forward them to the appropriate website hosted by somebody else like http://www.CT4Lamont.com which is actually Ned’s official site. I just own the name but dont have to pay for hosting …

To all the FireDogs and Nutmeggers who supported Ned Lamont: walk tall, you’re heroes!

AIPAC will be putting pressure on other dems in D.C. to either stay out and stay with Joe. There will be serious consequences to those dems that go for Lamont. Watch for AIPAC to ask for a meeting with Lamont. Soon.

Christy,

LOL, hopefully large blunt instruments will be involved!

egregious, welcome back from Rossiya, glad to hear things are better, and especially glad there is such good news for you to come back to.

I just e-mailed Harry Reid, per the link above. Hope everyone else does so as well, including all of you lurkers! Lieberman either supports the Democratic nominee, or Harry Reid needs to put a boot print on Joe’s backside as a farewell from the Democratic Party!!!

HopeSprings – how are you doin’ tonight?

I’m basking in the glow of Ned.

“And? Loving it!”

Lieberman. *sigh* What a putz.

I think the Kiss float is still perfect for dogging Lieberman. Keep tying him to Bush and the GOP. And that thing (including the truck!) is now political history, it better be preserved.

Hannity Sucks ASS:
http://www.thumbsnap.com/v/8tOHxFP6.jpg

;-)

And while we’ve got the champagne out [white wine here]

Congrats fdl for 20,000,000 pages visited!

If you’re writing to Harry Reid, drop Nancy Pelosi a line too. And Rahm Emmanuel at the DCCC. Those three CT House seats are winnable, and distractions in the form of Lieberman aren’t wanted.

Personally, I think the ‘Joe for Joe’ party will be defunct by the weekend.

What will NARAL do? Hadn’t thought of that delicious decision. Ummm.

Just sent this to the DNC and my senator, Barbara Boxer:

“Please thank Senator Lieberman for his service to the country and do everything in your power (and do it publicly) to make sure he knows the time for that service is over.

The Democratic voters of Connecticut have spoken and it is imperative that Joe Lieberman understand that if he runs, he will have no support from the Democratic leadership and as a consequence of his opposition to the nominated Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate for Connecticut, he will lose all Senate committee and caucus assignments.

I am a lifelong Democrat who hopes to see some life put back in the Democratic party.”

It goes to Harry Reid too.
His link: http://reid.senate.gov/contact/email_form.cfm

Barabara Boxer’s: http://boxer.senate.gov/contact/email/policy.cfm

The DNC: http://www.democrats.org/page/s/contact

Christy Hardin Smith @ 145

twolf1 at 133 — well, we’d need more ads then, wouldn’t we? lol Some weeks, I wonder how we make our server rent. But today, all that budget fretting seems trivial in teh face of this win against some seriously long odds. This makes up, a bit anyway, for 2004. ;-)

Christy I know I’m newish but my friend nate has a “paypal” thingy at his site and I give to it. I would give to one here as well..Paypal please? Ok wait…just saw the paypal. But it doesn’t say anything. Nate’s Says something like “Help keep InTheirFace going!” It has his little logo, etc

Can’t we add that here??

Firedogs,

I give you our own Pachacutec . . .

“Ned Lamont’s victory last night was our collective victory in the netroots and grassroots. His is the first major campaign wholly conceived and developed through our movement. It’s a bigger victory than Fitzmas will ever be because Fitzmas is temporally focused on a few scummy perps. But even if or when those perps are brought to justice, nothing about our government will fundamentally have been changed. Patrick Fitzgerald can’t do that, but we can.”
May 20, 2006

More Cliquot Grand Dame my darlings ? . . .

With apologies to The Cyrkle:

I should have known
You’d bid me farewell
There’s a lesson to be learned from this
And I’ve learned it very well.

Now I know you’re not the only
Starfish in the sea
If I never hear your name again
It’s all the same to me

And I think it’s going to be alright
Yeah, the worst is over now
The morning sun is shining
Like a red rubber ball.

You never cared
For secrets I’d confide
For you I’m just an ornament
Something for your pride

Always running, never caring
That’s the life you live
Stolen minutes of your time
Were all you had to give

And I think it’s going to be alright
Yeah, the worst is over now
The morning sun is shining
Like a red rubber ball.

The story’s in the past
With nothing to recall
I’ve got my life to live
And I don’t need you at all

The roller coaster ride we took
Is nearly at an end
I bought my ticket with my tears
That’s all I’m going to spend

And I think it’s going to be alright
Yeah, the worst is over now
The morning sun is shining
Like a red rubber ball.

Oh, I think it’s going to be alright
Yeah, the worst is over now
The morning sun is shining
Like a red rubber ball.

FDL was a key part in making this victory for democracy and America happen. It’s the first step of many needed to take the country back. I just threw a little cash into their paypal jar but they deserve a lot more. If you feel as I do (and judging by the massive amount of comments, you do), give what you can, just click the little paypal link at the top of the right hand side-bar. Every little bit will help. Consider it an investment in your future and the future of your children and grandchildren.

It feels so good but the fight has just begun.

no matter if he is Republican Independent or Democrat lets get R.I.D of joe.

puppethead @ 177

I think the Kiss float is still perfect for dogging Lieberman. Keep tying him to Bush and the GOP. And that thing (including the truck!) is now political history, it better be preserved.

well then, we better get a paypal link started now, if we gotta buy the truck

you wouldn’t want somebody driving around in our history, would you ???

and nobody mention that “Historic” thing again until we’re done negotiating a purchase price, Okay ???

Nobody’s mentioned Ned’s email yet:

Leslie,

We won!

There’s been a lot said in the media about you, about me and about this race. But let me cut right through it and tell you what just happened.

Tonight’s results show clearly and overwhelmingly one simple fact: democracy works. Connecticut came alive with participation and passion. Together, Democrats decided that it’s time for a change.

It’s been a spirited campaign, but today we are all Democrats.

Unfortunately, though, Joe Lieberman has announced his intention to run as an independent.

I’ve said from the beginning, even when Joe Lieberman had a 50-point lead in the polls, that I would respect the outcome of this race. I even said that if Joe Lieberman won the Democratic nomination, I’d campaign for him through the fall to turn out votes for the Democrat.

We Democrats have a process for choosing our nominee, and we all ought to respect the outcome. I hope that over the course of the coming days, Joe’s friends, neighbors and constituents will prevail upon him to reconsider and unite with the Democrats across Connecticut who voted for change tonight.

Joe needs to hear from you. Please send him a message asking him to respect the voters — we will deliver your note and post it on our web site:

http://www.nedlamont.com/respectvoters

Victory has never been a sure thing — not even close. Back when I decided to run, I had no idea how many people felt the same way I did. But there was no choice — I couldn’t sit by while our Senator continued to aid and abet this president, his administration, and its course in Iraq.

When this campaign started, we were just a blip on the radar. We were 50 points down in the polls and our operation was little more than a few card tables and bumper stickers. Just a few months later, we have turned politics on its head.

The establishment and the pundits have their own ideas about this race, but don’t forget the real story. It’s a story of expanding the political process and demanding a real, substantive debate on the things that matter to real people.

I’ve met so many people and had so many conversations about their hopes for a better America — about the war, about their job security, about their children’s future. But what’s been so special about this campaign is the fact that my conversations are just a tiny fraction of what’s happened across Connecticut. People are having these conversations with each other again, and our political process is better for it.

No matter the issue, one thing is clear: we’ve brought new energy to our democracy. And that’s the type of victory where we all win.

Please send him a note asking him to respect the voters now:

http://www.nedlamont.com/respectvoters

So many people have put so much into this campaign — on both sides.

I hope that we can persuade Joe to not throw all that work away. The Democratic Party and our democratic process will benefit.

Thank you for all that you have done so far, and I will be in touch again soon.

Ned

Let’s focus on getting other Dems to talk some sense into Joe – that should be our first priority.

What an incredible moon above in the sky right now, shining down on a whole new terrain.

From here on out, we absolutely must explain to those potential swing voters who are thinking right now of crossing over that tonight was an example of the Democratic Party and progressives at large cleaning house. We know how to deal with folks who do not look out for the best interests of their constituents, who rubber stamp bad policy, who do not do their jobs by holding the Executive Office accountable. We find better qualified candidates and replace the deadwood through democratic (little d) policies.

We ask them to vote for people who actually understand, apply and protect democracy.

THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE!!!

Wrote to Boxer before I saw this thread . . .

Reminded her of my displeasure at her earlier campaiging, and hoped she’d try to talk Joe out of his misguided run against the party.

And I did it politely. It took several drafts, but I think I got there.

Go TRex!

pach –

bitchslap . . .

same with NARAL, PP, and the Sierra Club . . .

no ambiguity whatsoever . . .

a buck for Traitor Joe, is a buck for George Bush . . .

Just throw a Redcoat and a Hessian style hat on Joe on the Kiss Float. They will get the message in the Northeast.

Way to go everyone who helped with the campaign. It is going to be really interesting to see where the power brokers in the Democratic party come down.

Why have a primary if the loser can just declare calvinball and keep running? We need some party discipline here. Harry, whack Joe with a stick.

If you are lucky enough to have a Democratic senator write them immediately urging them to denounce Judas Joe’s indy run. I just wrote Barbara Boxer and Diane Feinstein. Okay,I stole the Judas Joe gag from an earlier post..I think it’s perfect

Sweet, the victory.
Taste it, and cherish the memory.
Take a deeeeeeeep breath.
Now, get ready. What’s next?

OtisIsHungry, please email me at lotuslander@cfl.rr.com, awrighty?

TRex….

Media side comment: The grey lady got it pretty much balanced in an article just posted:

“The Lieberman advisers said they had no evidence implicating the Lamont campaign and could not explain the precise nature of the problem, except to say that the campaign server& bandwidth had been overwhelmed.

The Statement is correct BUT why did LIEberman
continue to say his website was HACKED. He
just can’t tell the truth. If he or his committee continue along this line, Ned had better start beating the bushes to shut him up.
Slander is something that should not be used in this campaign.

Congratulation to all of you who worked so hard for Ned and you deserve a few days to relax. It was a tough fight, but because of what you did, the win was yours. Enjoy it.

In a few days the organization will have to sit down and rework some of the things they did to increase Ned’s vote. Should be a little easier the second time around…but somehow Joe has to be muzzled!

Have fun tonight….wish I was there too.

Maureen

Pelosi announced earlier this evening that she will completely support the winner of the primary. She explicitly said that if Joe wants to run as an Independent, that would be “unfortunate.”

3 incumbents loose tonight. You think D.C. will get the message soon that we are tired of them? Nah – My bet is that they will still ignore us. So be it – the netroots made a enormous victory tonight and the people are standing up. Joe called this old fashioned “partisan” politics in his speech tonight. Actually this is what politics should be – the people making the choice.

YES!
Ok, so now we need what, 20 more? or was it all 50. Sorry, I can dream.

cbl: I forgot about that post. That was Internet eons ago. Is that the “ROOTS!” post?

Wooo-hoooo from Texas to Connectcicut and to Jane and Christy and TRex and Pach and, and, and, oh God it’s late and I’m tipsy with happiness (nothing liquid)andso proud to be a part of this group, even if I’ve only coughed up a little cash and written some e-mails.
I’m scheduling election day as a day off, though. Gotta make time.
I FE-E-E-E-L good!!! Ned! Rootz!

Just sent this to the DNC and my senator, Barbara Boxer:

“Please thank Senator Lieberman for his service to the country and do everything in your power (and do it publicly) to make sure he knows the time for that service is over.

The Democratic voters of Connecticut have spoken and it is imperative that Joe Lieberman understand that if he runs, he will have no support from the Democratic leadership and as a consequence of his opposition to the nominated Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate for Connecticut, he will lose all Senate committee and caucus assignments.

I am a lifelong Democrat who hopes to see some life put back in the Democratic party.”

It goes to Harry Reid too.

His link: http://reid.senate.gov/contact/email_form.cfm

Barabara Boxer’s: http://boxer.senate.gov/contact/email/policy.cfm

The DNC: http://www.democrats.org/page/s/contact

It feels strange to be HAPPY about a election for a change….especially after having my guts cut out in the last one

shoephone @ 177

HopeSprings – how are you doin’ tonight?

I’m basking in the glow of Ned.

“And? Loving it!”

Pouring Shoe a shot of some of the finest tequila in the world.

I’m better thank you. I had a melt-down yesterday because of the news from Dr. Turtle. He is not very well. Today’s phone call was better but still not good. I’m almost on my way to germany to help .

But tonight I am celebrating the taking back of our country-one step at a time-from the criminals that run it (into the ground).

Thanks so much Shoe, you’re a jewel.

Grats all you guys up in CT for your hard work!

Just sent Mr. Harry Reid a nice little letter. Now Sore Loserman (I) CT, should just be a good boy and start his packing.

Prof, great to hear from you. I’m jealous as can be of anyone in the shadow of the Teton’s.

SharonW, thanks for the turnout numbers. That’s what’s got the WH scared, it’s the turnout numbers in an August primary. I think Rumsfeld is gone before November. Everyone in Congress is going to follow Joezoe’s lead: “It’s all Rumsfeld’s fault and we want a ’speedy’ end to the war.”

What happened in the Rhode Island Primary?

Billmon throws a pithy party:

http://billmon.org/archives/002660.html

Heh-indeedy!

I’m relatively new here, and I just want to congratulate you all on your focus, energy and good work. You’ve done something wonderful and amazing.

Christy Hardin Smith @ 145

twolf1 at 133 — well, we’d need more ads then, wouldn’t we? lol Some weeks, I wonder how we make our server rent. But today, all that budget fretting seems trivial in teh face of this win against some seriously long odds. This makes up, a bit anyway, for 2004. ;-)

What, Christy – you mean you pay “a bit more” than $15.00 a month?

Pachacutec @ 171

I wonder if the HUman Rights Campaign needs another bitchslap gentle nudge.

I wish! Scraped that damn equal sign off my car years ago.

I wrote my letter to Harry Reid. I read him the party line.

Give HIM hell, Harry!

Kick him the hell out.

Whip your caucus into line behind Lamont, the Democratic Party nominee.

“But Harry…Harrrry…it’s my seat! Don’t you see? My seat! Mine! Boo hoo. Harryyyy…”

STFU, you old coot. It’s called democracy.

The Nefarious Leslie @ 189

Nobody’s mentioned Ned’s email yet:

Leslie,

We won!

[snip]

Joe needs to hear from you. Please send him a message asking him to respect the voters — we will deliver your note and post it on our web site:

http://www.nedlamont.com/respectvoters

[snip]

Ned

Let’s focus on getting other Dems to talk some sense into Joe – that should be our first priority.

I hope Ned’s gonna print out those messages and not try to send them via email. Wouldn’t want to be accused of hacking or launching a denial of service attack.

Oh, wait, he’s already been accused of hacking . . .

Still, I hope Ned doesn’t use the computer. The reams of paper will speak volumes, and the delivery would make a great picture for the media!

Hope at 185 — we’ve got one, up in the top right-hand corner of the blog. In the right hand column. We just don’t point it out a lot because neither Jane nor I is altogether comfortable about begging for fundage. *g*

Does anyone have a link to Ned’s victory speech?

Pach–I’ll raise my hand. At first I definitely thought focus should be on the GOP. I remember Mui was even quite unhappy with me in her very polite but determined way.

But some time ago (I’ll leave the comment search to you :) ) I realized I was wrong and the crew here was right. I did penance by phonebanking this weekend…

And thanks for reminding us it’s going to get meaner and nastier. Just filter it out. On to November.

We also need to press the Emmanuel line of attack. Dems can’t hold up Lieberman as a sign of discontent with Republican rule unless Dems now go full bore against Lieberman in the general.

Joe called this old fashioned “partisan” politics in his speech tonight.

STOP THE PRESSES

A Primary election was PARTISAN ???

What The Fuck ???

NOOOOOOOOOOOO WAAAAAAAYYYY

people acting as PARTISANS

In a DEMOCRACY ???

HOW COULD THAT HAPPEN ???

you keep using that word, I think maybe it doesn’t mean what you think it means

Nefarious Leslie –

Thanks a million. I’m so emotional right now, I can hardly think straight, never mind feel like I’m actually putting coherent sentences in an email.

What a night!

Letter to Jim Cooper, Democratic Congressman representing Nashville (Davidson County) TN:

Dear Congressman Jim Cooper,

Now that he has won a narrow but “decisive” victory in the Connecticut primary, and by a margin bigger than Bush’s over Kerry, Ned Lamont of Connecticut deserves the support of all other elected Democrats and party officials. I am looking forward to you Congressman Cooper joining with your colleagues in the House and Senate to announce your united support for Ned Lamont.

In the Fall 2004 I campaigned tirelessly for Kerry with other volunteers in Davidson County. I gave financial support to Kerry’s campaign, and have already done so for Harold Ford’s Senate campaign. Now I am expecting the Democrats in Washington to do the right thing by Ned Lamont

Hope–

Can you tell us if he was wounded? Do you have enough $ for the flight?

CHS #214:

Think of it as a “voluntary subscription”. I do.

John Casper –

Thanks for all the props . . .

You do know what the Grand Tetons mean in the mother tongue?

Leslie at 190

I will do it…i missed this letter with all the kerfuffle here. Adding this letter to my list.

You’re a good man, Professor Foland.

Dear Harry Reid,
Now that Joe Lieberman has lost his primary in a legitimate election by and for the People of the State of Connecticut, he must be promptly stipped of all committee chairmanships. The party must IMMEDIATELY reach out to and support Ned Lamont and do EVERYTHING possible to ensure that Ned is elected in November. The party and the will of the people are infinitely more important than the career and entrenchment of an 18 year senate veteran. There is no room for nostalgia or personal loyalty in this fight. If the democrats intend to regain congress they had better rally around the PEOPLE’S CHOICES, fast. THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN. Hopefully, THERE WILL BE MORE PEOPLE SPEAKING NOW that they see how it works. The voters, the citizens, the people have the power, not the wealthy, not the corporations, not the corporatists, not the lobbyists, not the fascists, not the neocons.
THE PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER and they are ready to INVOKE IT.

Here is the content of the email I sent Harry Reid:

Mr Reid,

Now that Joe Lieberman is no longer a Democrat, he needs to be stripped of all his committee memberships. To fail to do so sends a message to the people of Connecticut who fairly and equitably nominated Ned Lamont as their Senate Candidate in 2006: “Screw you, you don’t matter.”

Mr Reid, you don’t want to send that kind of message.

The election of Mr. Lamont as the Democratic candidate for that seat in the Senate should send a clear message to you and the remaining Democratic leadership: we are a force to be reckoned with. The time for bipartisanship has passed, it’s time to stand up and fight. The Democratic party has laid down like dogs for far too long.

Lieberman has turned his back on the Democratic party. The party should return the favor.

Regards,

The Guitar Playing Bastard
(Hell no I ain’t tellin’ y’all my real name)

I Sewnt My Letter to Sen. Reid:

Dear Senator Reid:

I am a lonely democrat living in a FEMA trailer in Katrina devastated Pass Christian, Mississippi. I was delighted to see Ned Lamont win the democratic nomination in CT and trust you will use your influence to secure party support for the CT democratic nominee for US Senate.

Sen. Lieberman was just too cosy with conservatives, neo-conservatives and the Bush administration and their policies to be considered for re-election as a democrat, both by me and his own people. Anyone endorsed by Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity and Bill O’Reilly cannot be a true democrat. Sen Lieberman has demonstrated the truth of that observation by his announcement following his defeat tonight.

Now that Sen. Lieberman has if effect bolted the democratic party by announcing he will mount an independent sour grapes campaign despite the will of his home state party constituiency, I urge you to be true to our party and do everything you can to convince Sen. Lieberman to bow out gracefully, to ensure Sen. Shumer and the DSCC throw their entire weight behind Ned Lamont and to contact President Clinton and urge him to act as elder party statesman for the good of the party by convincing Sen. Lieberman to do the right, loyal and most honorable thing: abandon any independent, party-damaging campaign and support Ned Lamont in November.

By the way, I think you are doing a brilliant job as minority leader and can’t wait to see you as majority leader.

Thank you.

Very Truly Yours,

Aaron D. Adams
Adams Computer Consulting
316 Davis Avenue

Oh my god this is better than sex. I am in complete shock that we won. This is huge. All of you are truly amazing and I am so proud of everyone who contributed to this historic event.

I just sent my letter to Senator Reid. If you haven’t, please do.

TeddySanFran @
54

No more moral victories!

Only victories that are also moral!

We won, people, we won!

Love you. Love all you doggies. This is the beginning of great change.

My letter to Harry:

To the Honorable Senator Harry Reid:
Senator Joe Lieberman has devoted 18 years to the United States Senate, and his service is to be honored.
He has now lost the primary contest for his Senate seat, and Ned Lamont is the Democratic Party candidate. Accordingly, I expect that, in light of Senator Liebermans unwise and disgraceful decision to pursue an independent bid, you will do the following:

1) Strip the Senator of his committee assignments – he’s no longer a Democrat (no matter the sophistry he would have us swallow), and is therefore ineligible.

2) Forbid any Democratic Senator, with whatever influence you have, from supporting his race.

3) Assure the Democrats of the United States that not one dollar, not one dime of party money will be spent on Senator Liebermans independent candidacy.

4) Attempt to persuade Senator Lieberman to abandon his inappropriate bid, and I mean really put the arm on him.

5) Embrace, support, and befriend Ned Lamont.

I have donated significant dollars to the DSCC. Until Senator Lieberman’s independent bid is ended, you will not see another contribution from me and anyone I can convince to withhold.

Thank you for your attention.

Sincerely,

Iowa Democrat @
196

Just throw a Redcoat and a Hessian style hat on Joe on the Kiss Float. They will get the message in the Northeast.

What a super idea!

HopespringsATurtle @ 205

shoephone @ 177

HopeSprings – how are you doin’ tonight?

I’m basking in the glow of Ned.

“And? Loving it!”

Pouring Shoe a shot of some of the finest tequila in the world.

I’m better thank you. I had a melt-down yesterday because of the news from Dr. Turtle. He is not very well. Today’s phone call was better but still not good. I’m almost on my way to germany to help .

But tonight I am celebrating the taking back of our country-one step at a time-from the criminals that run it (into the ground).

Thanks so much Shoe, you’re a jewel.

Hey Hope -

A big hug for you and Dr. Turtle – hope all is OK.

Here’s two great New Haven Independent stories, one about turnout from earlier in the day:

http://www.newhavenindependent…..f_poll.php

… and one from Paul Bass, which starts: “Ned Lamont crushes Joe Lieberman…”

http://www.newhavenindependent…..shes_1.php

David Sirota weighs in:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…..26829.html

Lieberman’s concession speech tonight spitefully announcing that he will abandon the Democratic Party that he has spent the last week transparently pledging his fealty to is classic Lieberman. You may recall that after he was crushed in the New Hampshire primary, he proudly boasted that “we are in a three-way split decision for third place” – as if he really thought voters were stupid enough to think that was a good thing and that he was well on his way to winning the nomination. Similarly today, he is claiming that the Democratic Party primary election is just the “first half” of the election process – again, thinking voters are so stupid, they don’t see that what he’s really doing is giving the big middle finger to American democracy.

CHS–

Modesty in fundraising is good up to a point. Yes it feels prideful to seek donations. I completely loathe that part of nonprofit work.

However.
A slightly enhanced section with the paypal button might get some attention and cash. It’s almost too subtle now. Ask us! We will contribute.

And thank you for ALL that you do, whether seen or unseen, for your country. This is history in the making, and your work is a huge part of it. Notice the site visit stats when you became a regular poster? Not a coincidence.

Joe must be in a state of shock, and I personally hope that most of K Street is in the same condition. Joe cannot reasonably argue that the Dems didn’t help him. That excuse is now off the table. The idea that the public supports the war in Iraq is also now off the table. The notion that Joe didn’t have enough contributions is also off the table.

The R’s will press Joe to run; they need him now more than ever. And that fact only underscores their failures.

November is looking very, verrrryyyyyyy interesting.

Time for me to go to bed. Gotta get some sleep so I can lurk in the FDL comments. Thank you all! We took the first step.

Ned Lamont – Nothing but class!

Jane, Your work has been an amazing piece of inspiration!

Christy, Almost heaven!

Pach, Jovial motivator! Roots rock reggae!

TRex – Pundit cake!

Howie and his spinsters! I am playing your song.

Pupsters of the lake, wow, what a difference you all make in the lives of sensitive and sentient souls.

This night is yours, your earned it with your work, heart and dreams.

I thank you all

I’m off to bed folks.

Celebrate, but bury Harry Reid in mail, and tomorrow, lets come out punching.

Oh, and sign this petition:

“Respect the voters” petition is up, asking joe not to run:

http://www.nedlamont.com/respectvoters

Okay!!! Here is what one of the finest Master Astrologers of our time says about this full moon:

“Great forces are set in motion now. On November 8-9, Mercury will transit over the Sun at the exact degree of this chart. (full moon 17*Aquarius) Look for strong action then which relates to todays events. This is three months from today.”
Maya del Mar/Daykeeper Journal

I know how I read that. This is the best night in a long long while.

Lieberman’s SOUR GRAPES Campaign

How’s that for a meme?

John Casper @ 209

Prof, great to hear from you. I’m jealous as can be of anyone in the shadow of the Teton’s.

SharonW, thanks for the turnout numbers. That’s what’s got the WH scared, it’s the turnout numbers in an August primary. I think Rumsfeld is gone before November. Everyone in Congress is going to follow Joezoe’s lead: “It’s all Rumsfeld’s fault and we want a ’speedy’ end to the war.”

I don’t know about Rumsfeld. He and Cheney go so far back (and he must know too much about the still-hidden law-breaking going on in the WH). It would be great if they dumped him, but I think it would be too dangerous for them. I’ll be happy to be wrong about this.

(Just wrote Harry Reid too.)

From the New York Times:

Mr. Lamont intended to call national Democratic leaders in Washington, including Senate colleagues of Mr. Lieberman, and ask them to speak to the senator about dropping out, Mr. Swan added.” We think that Joe should respect the will of the Democrats,” Mr. Swan said. “We will seek and welcome help from any Democratic leaders in making sure that Joe respects the will of Democratic voters.”

Advisers to the senator said last night that Mr. Lieberman was emboldened to continue in the race because of the narrow margin of Mr. Lamont’s victory. Yet the advisers said he might still drop out if the next round of opinion polls showed Mr. Lamont well ahead of Mr. Lieberman in the fall general election.

A crack in the armor already. :)

Um, did anyone notice this from Scarborough?

Sent my email through Senator Reid’s site. Had to try a couple times because the site timed out. Must be getting quite a bit of email tonight I’d guess. :)

Congrats to all of the folks who put their time, money, and selves into scoring a telling and inspiring victory. Now I need to go remind my dear senators Boxer and Feinstein that they need to support the Ned Lamont now that the primary is over.

Pagumb

No need for Redcoat or Hessian attire on the Kiss Float — kissing George W Bush is treason enough, in 2006 America . . .

Hillary cuts a check for Ned
http://www.crooksandliars.com/…..-steps-up/
$5,000 in the bank for our Ned!

Hillary is listening to Peter Daou, apparently:

http://www.crooksandliars.com/…..-steps-up/

Breaking News: First Democratic Leader Steps Up
By: John Amato on Tuesday, August 8th, 2006 at 9:38 PM – PDT

In a C&L exclusive,

A check from Hillary Clinton’s HILLPAC is being cut to Ned Lamont for five thousand dollars. She’s the first one to be counted on and make good on her promise to support the winner of the Connecticut primary. We can only hope that the rest of the Democratic Party stands behind Ned in his bid to win the Senate seat.

HopeSpringsATurtle,

I missed the talk about Dr. Turtle last night. I’m so sorry he’s having trouble! Is there anything we can do? Sending good thoughts both your ways.

Wow, you guys put a lot of work into those letters to Sen Reid. Mine read.. Dear Senator, Time to kick some Lieberman butt.

I am so proud of everyone involved in the Lamont campaign. Great job, y’all.

Just emailed Sen. Reid. Feeling quite righteous at the moment.

Oh, yeah -ck-, thanks. But for those who haven’t, I’ve included this from the National Park Service, probably a lot more detail than anyone wants, plus a photo:
….”The Tetons received their name from French-Canadian trappers who accompanied the earliest British expeditions into this territory. As they approached the range from the west, they beheld three towering mountains upon which they bestowed the name of “Trois Tetons” (”Three Breasts”). This romantic designation was readily adopted by the lonely trapping fraternity to whom the sharp snowy peaks (now known as the Grand, Middle and South Tetons) became a beacon to guide them through the hostile wilderness. To the Indians the Tetons were variously known as “The Three Brothers,” “The Hoaryheaded Fathers,” and “Tee Win-at,” meaning “The Pinnacles.” The earliest Americans in the region, being more practical than romantic, could find no better name for the silvery spires than “The Pilot Knobs,” while an official Hudson’s Bay Company map indicates with equal homeliness, “The Three Paps.” The name “Three Tetons” survived, however, and was officially recognized by cartographers. The name first appeared publicly in the Bonneville Map of 1837….”

The Fix

(See capeman 143)

“Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh — who, like Lieberman, has close ties to moderates within the party but is considering a 2008 presidential bid — quickly announced he would support Lamont.

“Senator Bayh supported Senator Lieberman in the primary because of his respect for Senator Lieberman’s service and their long friendship,” said Bayh spokesman Dan Pfeiffer. “The Democratic voters of Connecticut have spoken, and Senator Bayh respects their choice and will support their nominee.”"

Senator Bayh’s daddy, wherever he is, must be proud of his boy.

Pachacutec,

I saved that from your “We Can Be Heroes” post of 5/20/06

your logic in that paragraph really stayed with me – and the words are even sweeter tonight !

http://www.firedoglake.com/200…..be-heroes/

btw, appropos of your words, I am enjoying my Fitzmas bottle tonight – sweeeet

CBL!
Thank you for the foresight of an alternative toHOME BASE! When you get the chance please update the site.When FDL got overwhelmed, some of us knew where to go.

OMG, back in January, Jane was pushing Ned.
great foresight.

Joe? Get lost. Harry? Make it happen.

My (very formal) letter to Senator Reid:

Dear Senator Reid:

I note with great interest this evening the results of the Democratic Primary in the state of Connecticut. Mr. Lieberman, the current incumbent, has just conceded to Mr. Lamont and has, at the same time, announced that he will run in the general election as a third-party candidate. (I understand he mentioned running as an “independent” but he also mentioned the name of a new party he has established so the ‘independent’ label does not appear to apply.)

Therefore, may I expect that you will expeditiously act over the recess to acknowledge Mr. Lieberman’s party-switch, from nominal Democratic to third-party?

- Mr. Lieberman is currently the ranking Democratic member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. This title and its accompanying privileges and responsibilities should now be assigned to Mr. Carl Levin, Democrat from Michigan.

- Mr. Lieberman is also the ranking Democrat on the Airland Subcommittee of the Senate Armed Services Committee; Mr. Jack Reed, Democrat from Rhode Island should be appointed in his place.

Thank you for support of the voters of Connecticut and for the Democratic Party.

John Amato is reporting that HILLPAC has cut a check to Ned Lamont for $5000:

http://www.crooksandliars.com/…..-steps-up/

kristinejoy @ 212

Pachacutec @ 171

I wonder if the HUman Rights Campaign needs another bitchslap gentle nudge.

I wish! Scraped that damn equal sign off my car years ago.

Kristine…check my pic at my site…notice anything? (You’ll have to scroll dowm to “SwimDeep”)

Busted, where was it, so I know next time Ted Stevens’ tubes get clogged?

Here’s my note to Lieberman via the Lamont site:

For the good of the party, I beseech you to stop your ill-advised and ill-conceived independent run for the Senate.

Please, Mr. Lieberman, BE A MAN and do the right thing. Connecticut and the nation will be better off.

With all due respect

the Guitar Playing Bastard

What I left out was the following:

Failing that, I invoke the words of the great Charles Barkley:

“Why all this crying? Take your butt-whupping like a man and go home.”

From C&L:

A check from Hillary Clinton’s HILLPAC is being cut to Ned Lamont for five thousand dollars. She’s the first one to be counted on and make good on her promise to support the winner of the Connecticut primary.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/…..-steps-up/

Emailed Reid too, before the celebratory cocktails kicked in…

I’d forgotten what it felt like to win.

Another hundred to Ned tomorrow, btw. I don’t think JoMo’s gonna go dignified.

Dear Senator Reid:

I write tonight to ask you to immediately announce your support for the Democratic candidate for Senator of Connecticut, Ned Lamont. Democrats won a great victory tonight toward moving our country in a better direction.

Joe Lieberman has chosen to run as an independent instead of supporting the winner of the Democratic primary. This must not go unpunished. It is very important that you strip Joe Lieberman of any and all committee assignments at the soonest possible moment. You have not been able to count on Joe’s vote for a long time and now there is no need to tolerate him any longer.

Lead us to the majority. Start by following the lead of the great Democrats of Connecticut and DUMP JOE!

Respectfully,
Marcus L Salyer

Kristine…check my pic at my site…notice anything? (You’ll have to scroll dowm to “SwimDeep”)

It’s in the July archives now.

*wistful sigh*

So, what is Ned’s stand on the current war that Israel has declared on Lebanon? I hope that he supports ending US funding to Israel. Also, I hope that if he supports UN Resolution 1559, that he also supports the other 60 resolutions that were passed against Israel, including resolution 242, the right of Palestinians to return to their land which was stolen from them.

Christy Hardin Smith @ 215

Hope at 185 — we’ve got one, up in the top right-hand corner of the blog. In the right hand column. We just don’t point it out a lot because neither Jane nor I is altogether comfortable about begging for fundage. *g*

I don’t think it ‘begging’ I think it’s called “ADVERTISING”. Just a logo or a “Help keep us up” Thanks Christy for all you do…really. You’re a good girl, err..Woman.

Who is this Pat Caddell guy who is labeled a democratic strategist and goes on Sean Hannity and talks about the “wacko”s that want to impeach Bush. Out with the old!!!!! Go Ned!

Busted Knuckles,

left fresh thread for y’all – guess I’ll do that more regularly

anyone – which of the Connedicut Blogs is Maura – sure would like to send her some love

John Casper –

You got all serious on me there –

Grand Tetons in French = Big Tits in English . . .

You do know what the Grand Tetons mean in the mother tongue?

Probably why they call it Mother Nature.

David Ehrenstein back at #28 mentioned David Brooks. I can hear him already saying, yes, Lamont won but it was a closer race than expected. That man has his talking points engraved in his soul. I just hope someone points out that it’s not the margin of victory that’s the story but that a three term Senator, ex-VP nominee, ex-Presidential candidate lost.

Dear Senator Lieberman,

Give it up Joe.
Don’t be a corporate stooge.

Pachacutec @ 252

Hillary is listening to Peter Daou, apparently:

http://www.crooksandliars.com/…..-steps-up/

Breaking News: First Democratic Leader Steps Up
By: John Amato on Tuesday, August 8th, 2006 at 9:38 PM – PDT

In a C&L exclusive,

A check from Hillary Clinton’s HILLPAC is being cut to Ned Lamont for five thousand dollars. She’s the first one to be counted on and make good on her promise to support the winner of the Connecticut primary. We can only hope that the rest of the Democratic Party stands behind Ned in his bid to win the Senate seat.

WOOHOO! That’s just the immediate type of response I want to see from the Dem incumbents.

Sam @ 156

Any ideas out there for a new theme float to follow turncoat
Joe around Ct. between now and the November election.
The Kiss float truly kept him off balance. Now that he’s come
out and betrayed, he has shown his loyalty to the neo-cons
and GWBush and co. Some new image to tar him quckly so
it sticks. How about a contest like the one for Cheney held some
time ago. Just some thoughts.

How about a giant flaming computer?

closebold

David Ehrenstein back at #28 mentioned David Brooks. I can hear him already saying, yes, Lamont won but it was a closer race than expected.

This is a devastating lurch to the left by the Democratic party, that will destroy their national security credibility for decades to come.

egregious @ 169

Ready for the

SNOOPY DANCE!!!!

Anybody got a video or an mp3?

egregious, for you –

http://www.darkharbor.com/snoopydance/

the will of Democratic voters.”
Advisers to the senator said last night that Mr. Lieberman was emboldened to continue in the race because of the narrow margin of Mr. Lamont’s victory. Yet the advisers said he might still drop out if the next round of opinion polls showed Mr. Lamont well ahead of Mr. Lieberman in the fall general election.

Ummm…so, the good Democratic Senator (not yet emeritus) from CT does NOT accept a sound defeat in an ELECTION by VOTERS as meaning the VOTERS don’t want him (an election with record turnout, BTW, in AUGUST), but…but..an OPINION poll by some pollster of people who might or might not EVER vote—THAT would convince him he isn’t wanted?
Holding head…trying not to despair…NOPE, no despair…we’re on the way up, and these pseudo-democrats (small d) are on the way DOWN!! (sorry about the shouting, and multi-posting..so excited.)

CatStaff at 219 – yes, it has been an amazing night. And tomorrow, we have to take a deep breath and get back to work; there’s still much to do. But tonight, we can savor having a real victory, not just a moral one. (Teddy, was that you who said from now on, only victories that are also moral? Just so.)

Aaron Adams at 242 – The Sour Grapes campaign. I like it.

My letter to my senator (BOXER)

As your constituent I demand that you immediately step up and endorse Ned Lamont and vow your willingness to help ensure that he is elected in November. Additionally, you must support Sen. Reid in stripping Lieberman of all committee chairmanships. Lieberman LOST and he will be gone. Please do not betray your constituency. Have the integrity to endorse the person whom the PEOPLE HAVE VOTED FOR. This is not a matter of “the party.” This is THE PEOPLE exercising their POWER.
Pay attention!!!
The same thing could happen to you or any other senator who refuses to acknowledge the will of the people they purport to represent. We will no longer stand for incompetents, mealy mouths, corporatists or apologists, let alone supporters of the current administration and its policies. No senator or congress person is safe from this storm.

Closing bold tag.

paul miller @ 271

Who is this Pat Caddell guy who is labeled a democratic strategist and goes on Sean Hannity and talks about the “wacko”s that want to impeach Bush. Out with the old!!!!! Go Ned!

Cadell was shilling for the other side before anyone heard of Monica. A bigger spotlight whore than JoMo, and crazy as a shithouse rat besides.

{{{{{ JANE & CHRISTY }}}}}

I left a little something in the tippy-toe of your PayPal stocking in celebration of ROOTZMAS.

You have been very, very good FDLers this year.

Harry Reid has a Washington phone number, for those who prefer to make a call. It’s 202-224-3542.

A question that Lieberman needs to answer: “Why were you such a VERY good loser when Bush stole the Florida election, and such a complete jerk rotten sore loser when a Democrat beat you in a primary?

Wrote to Reid. Will write to Pelosi. I’m in PA, so I’m fucked for Senators (for now), though I may just write Santorum and ask him to put his support behind Lieberman. That’d mess some things up.

I’m still holding onto the hope that Joe is making all these Indy-run noises solely in order to drive up his price for dropping out.

Live Hardball special coming up on MSNBC

Progressives beat the party in Connecticut!!!

The DLC got Crunched!!!

Hey guys!

Now that the toobz are less clogged, I just gotta share high fives with all my fellow rabid lambs. Wooo Hoooo!

Although, I tell you, Mr. K8 and I were both seriously nauseated and deeply insulted by the so-called “concession” speech given by the Loser.

Thanks to those who gave us good ideas about where to direct our letters to see to it that Mr. Loser gets the rug pulled out from under him ASAP. Thanks Teddy, for your posting on the Give ‘Em Hell Harry website! That was good (and quick!) work.

[By the way, Mr. K8 pointed out to me how *UN-cheerful* Hadassah looked tonight. She hardly looked energized by the thought of the “second half” to come. Hmmmm.]

The NY Times has an editorial up about the race.

Mr. Lieberman’s supporters have tried to depict Mr. Lamont and his backers as wild-eyed radicals who want to punish the senator for working with Republicans and to force the Democratic Party into a disastrous turn toward extremism. It’s hard to imagine Connecticut, which likes to be called the Land of Steady Habits, as an encampment of left-wing isolationists, and it’s hard to imagine Mr. Lamont, who worked happily with the Republicans in Greenwich politics, leading that kind of revolution.

The rebellion against Mr. Lieberman was actually an uprising by that rare phenomenon, irate moderates. They are the voters who have been unnerved over the last few years as the country has seemed to be galloping in a deeply unmoderate direction. A war that began at the president’s choosing has degenerated into a desperate, bloody mess that has turned much of the world against the United States. The administration’s contempt for international agreements, Congressional prerogatives and the authority of the courts has undermined the rule of law abroad and at home.

Professor Foland @ 290

I’m still holding onto the hope that Joe is making all these Indy-run noises solely in order to drive up his price for dropping out.

I think the bottom just dropped out of Joe’s price.

Aaron Adams @ 245

Lieberman’s SOUR GRAPES Campaign

How’s that for a meme?

Pat Caddell was Jimmy Carter’s pollster . . .

Congratulations, Ned.

Thank you, CT voters.
Thank you, Jane and Christy.
Thank you, netroots.
Thank you, boots on the ground.

Tweety on Hardballs for the third time tonight! He’s riding the crest of the Lamont tsunami. “This election could be the first sign of what the fall election could be.”

Go, Tweety!

ROFL

The Captain @ 268

So, what is Ned’s stand on the current war that Israel has declared on Lebanon? I hope that he supports ending US funding to Israel. Also, I hope that if he supports UN Resolution 1559, that he also supports the other 60 resolutions that were passed against Israel, including resolution 242, the right of Palestinians to return to their land which was stolen from them.

Easy there The Captain. A lot of us our sympathetic to the plight of the Palistinians and Hezbollah, but not everyone is as well informed as you. Ned is at the absolute forefront of Maxine Waters’ Out of Iraq Caucas. Pulling troops out of Iraq sends an unmistakable, but admittedly imperfect, message to the entire Middle East wrt the US and Israel.
Ned told Tweety tonite that the occupation of Iraq had made the US and Israel “less safe.”
I’m interested in your opinion, if any, of this site: Jewish Voice for Peace
“Opposed to Bombing Civilians? Sign Jewish Call to Action Petition”

John Casper,
Thread is flying by,
CBL put up an alternative , overflow sight.

http://windcatpond.blogspot.com/
Head there when FDL is Toobz challenged.

I just sent a letter to Reid and Schumer. I skipped Hillary, because she already pledged to support Ned.

remember JoMo must have 7500 legit signatures… if he collected those sigs with all the competence that he ran his website, he may be in for a very big surprise…

Eli @ 246

Um, did anyone notice this from Scarborough?

Holy dead intern, Eli!

You know, every now and then Scarborough lolls his head a certain way and his brain stem knocks against his skull enough that something passing for thought pops from his neurons. And only then does he make much sense.

He’s right, too. It’s the same thing as 94, only the other end of the spectrum.

Semi-OT: TPMM reports that the FBI is investigating the hacking allegations.

Christy Hardin Smith @ 214

Hope at 185 — we’ve got one, up in the top right-hand corner of the blog. In the right hand column. We just don’t point it out a lot because neither Jane nor I is altogether comfortable about begging for fundage. *g*

As pissadointed in NPR as many of us are, I bet we all still contribute during their begathons, don’t we? You know how they lurve them some matching grants?

Well, when next you write a check or click an online button to contribute to NPR/PBS/CPR, stop and think. How much MORE are you addicted to FDL?

Seein’s how your credit card’s already out and handy, how ’bout behaving accordingly?

Because you know how these po’ ol’ servers will deal with November if you don’t.

Hmm?

-ck- @ 272

John Casper –

You got all serious on me there –

Grand Tetons in French = Big Tits in English . . .

-ck-
I’m German. If I didn’t spend so much time at FDL, I’d have no sense of humor at all.
I know the National Park Service doesn’t like your translation, but I think it’s obvious, that your rendering and not their’s,“breasts,“ is correct.

He’s right, too. It’s the same thing as 94, only the other end of the spectrum.

Zogby basically made a similar point in the Huffington Post: That the Democrats lost in 2004 because they *didn’t* oppose the war.

is it a coinkydink that the right candidate won in the only remaining lever election in the country and Cynthia McKinny got innahilated in Georgia with electronic voting?

FBI investigating “hacking” of Judas Joe’s site:

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/001304.php

With 99.6% of the vote counted, NED LAMONT still has a 10,000 vote lead!!!

Joe Lieberman — give IT UP.

Benedict Arnold betrayed his country, because he was snubbed . . .

You WILL LOSE, if you persue this independent bid; do you believe history will regard you any differently?

Give. It. Up.

Ripley @ 289, Try being from Arizona!
Now I call that total lack of represenation.
- on kos

Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh — who, like Lieberman, has close ties to moderates within the party but is considering a 2008 presidential bid — quickly announced he would support Lamont.

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) will speak about the race tomorrow.

Keep those emails up, start calling their office tomorrow!
Capital Switchboard – 888-355-3588
Ask for the specific senators office and it is free!
Support NED

Paul at 306 makes an excellent point. All this means nothing without a clean national vote count.

paul miller

“Who is this Pat Caddell guy who is labeled a democratic strategist and goes on Sean Hannity and talks about the “wacko”s that want to impeach Bush.”

Pat Caddell was Jimmy Carter’s pollster in 1976. That was 30 years ago–14 years before Joenertia was elected to the U.S. Senate. I think Caddell had his last hurrah some time ago, and now he’s just a bitter old relic like…like…

egregious @
224

Hope–

Can you tell us if he was wounded? Do you have enough $ for the flight?

egregious…you are sweet as the day is long. I have everything I need to travel. I have been concerned about Dr. Turtles well being as he has had to deal with some really extreme situations. I have been angry and sad at my powerlessness.

But tonight I celebrate with my compatriots.
Thank you for your kindness.

God bless the New York Times. They come through again.

I stood at a polling place in Danbury, CT for four hours today, from 4:00 to 8:00. This was a middle to upper middle-class neighborhood – hardly rabble rousers. There is a lot of anger at Joe for his selfishness – past & present, for his capitulation to the Bush agenda, for his vow to run as an Independent, for his despicable behavior during this campaign.

This is a defining moment for the Dem party and I hope the party establishment responds accordingly.

The Courant’s site has a headline in the “Entertainment” box next to the “Lieberman Concedes” headline that says, “MUSIC: Poison with Cinderella at Dodge” Well, I think tonight, Cinderella (Ned) headlined Poison (Joey)! Come to think of it, Jumpin’ Joe looks like an older version of Bret Michels, and they both are washed up.

My god, it’s really happening. We “elitist insurgents” are taking down the…ummm…urrr….well, I guess the elites! Wonder what we’ll be called next week?

Seriously, y’all rock harder than Poison, Cinderella, RATT, and Metallica all put together (OK, maybe not Metallica). Just a HUGE thank you to everyone who did something to make this happen! Truly inspiring. Just the beginning!

From Jane (logged in as TRex):

Thanks so much to EVERYONE for all their hard work, all their support and all the indominable spirit they showed throughout this race. Starting with Alito we knew we had to so something and we did it. It was hardly an inevitable trajectory but it was a powerful one.

I love you all. You’re the best.

Jane Hamsher

HopespringsATurtle @ 117

soyinkafan @ 85

Thanks for the link. My email to Harry Reid:

Dear Senator Reid,

…….The passion for change that fueled Lamont’s win is needed for the other Democratic races, including my challenger, David Roth.
Please make a clean break from Joe. He’s clearly made one from us.

In sincere sympathy for the headaches you must suffer,
xx

can I borrow some of this?

You bet, -and thanks, that’s sweet. :)

On the happy Lamont side of things:

It feels like the part where the whole town empties its piggybanks onto George Bailey’s table, doesn’t it? And then Harry dashes in. Doesn’t it? They came out in droves and voted. They did it. People do give a damn, and they will vote. I just have to believe this means a lot.

Benedict Arnold Lieberman –

Senator Lieberman, is that how you want to be remembered?

That’s what it will be, if you persue this fools errand of an Independent bid to save your Senate Seat.

Think about it . . . is it really worth it?

The issue that Joezoe gave Ned today was the blame for Joezoe’s $15/month web site not having enough servers. I know Joezoe, when push comes to shove, will blame it on his staff, but Ned can shove that one down Joezoe’s throat, politely of course, with the help of the CT Attorney General.
As others have mentioned, it goes to Joezoe’s rather spectacular incompetence.

Oh christ, Tweety is interviewing Shame Smith. For shame for shame.

JANE!!!

TRex @ 316

From Jane (logged in as TRex):

Thanks so much to EVERYONE for all their hard work, all their support and all the indominable spirit they showed throughout this race. Starting with Alito we knew we had to so something and we did it. It was hardly an inevitable trajectory but it was a powerful one.

I love you all. You’re the best.

Jane Hamsher

Thank YOU.

close italics

Sen. Joe Lieberman said he felt the rumblings of a political earthquake even back when non-partisan political analysts were rating his re-election as safe.

CONNECTICUT PRIMARY:Lieberman loses to Lamont

“I saw this coming,” the Connecticut senator said in an interview Sunday with USA TODAY. At the beginning of the year, before Ned Lamont had surfaced as a candidate.

Big truck, Big bumper,No muffler…..

RBG @ 97
thanks. warm fuzzies for you, too. :)

A big Thank You from California, Jane!!

OK, I can’t count. It was 12 years before Joenertia got elected to the U.S. Senate.

J-Rex!

neurophius (#301):

tweetie is a slut for anything that gains traction and looks like a new trend. he jumps in and says “wow, look at this!” then he’s on to the next big thing.

Christy: my bad, for the assumption. it just sounded like he was. i still stand by my idea though. and i am not, as one other commenter said, “clutchng at pearls”. i can duke it out as well as the next guy, i just lean more toward sugar ray robinson as opposed to mike tyson.

lotus @ 306 -

I gave up on NPR ages ago.

I only give to FDL now!

I have very discriminating tastes…

and apparently, a glass of the finest tequila has been poured for me! (which is pretty funny, because I’m sort of afraid of hard liquor.)

>:#

“I saw this coming,” the Connecticut senator said in an interview Sunday with USA TODAY. At the beginning of the year, before Ned Lamont had surfaced as a candidate.

“…And I didn’t care, because the primary doesn’t matter, because the Democratic party doesn’t matter. I calculated that I could still win as an Independent, and that’s what I plan to shoot for, even if it costs me the Democratic nomination.”

lotus @
306

Christy Hardin Smith @ 214

Hope at 185 — we’ve got one, up in the top right-hand corner of the blog. In the right hand column. We just don’t point it out a lot because neither Jane nor I is altogether comfortable about begging for fundage. *g*

As pissadointed in NPR as many of us are, I bet we all still contribute during their begathons, don’t we? You know how they lurve them some matching grants?

Well, when next you write a check or click an online button to contribute to NPR/PBS/CPR, stop and think. How much MORE are you addicted to FDL?

Seein’s how your credit card’s already out and handy, how ’bout behaving accordingly?

Because you know how these po’ ol’ servers will deal with November if you don’t.

Hmm?

Just gave.

pachacutec 9:48 pm — no offense to Amato, but I would really like to see more confirmation on that HILLPAC donation. Didn’t see anything at the links he furnished in his post that did so.

The amount of money that Lieberman pulled in over the last handful of days was staggering; I went through the list of names and the amounts, saw a trend that really disturbed me. The contributors are folks who give to folks on either side of the aisle, and also give to PAC’s that concern themselves with a particular country’s interests (not OURS). Not good.

There are going to be some weird tectonics for a while because of tonight’s outcome.

Eli at 334 — do you have a link for that?

HopespringsATurtle @ 261

kristinejoy @ 212

Pachacutec @ 171

I wonder if the HUman Rights Campaign needs another bitchslap gentle nudge.

I wish! Scraped that damn equal sign off my car years ago.

Kristine…check my pic at my site…notice anything? (You’ll have to scroll dowm to “SwimDeep”)

Why that’s a little equal sign…took me a little time to spot it. :)

Mrs. K8 @ 293: I, too, was disgusted by Joe L.’s “concession” speech. It managed to be divisive, vile and whiney all at once.

Eli at 334 — do you have a link for that?

Um, no. That was me channeling what he was really thinking.

Tweety just asked Smith if Joezoe would accept an endorsement from President Shrub.
Smith is totally unprepared for that question.

Tweety asks Smith if Joezoe is going to fire him, although not in those words.

Jane,

We are all in Connecticut tonight through you. Thanks for all the work you and CHS are doing (TRex and the rest).

Icn bin ein Connecticuter!

paul miller @ 309 -

I don’t think it’s coincidence. The citizens of Georgia have finally had their fill of McKinney.

punaise is back!

Eli @ 248

Um, did anyone notice this from Scarborough?

Kos commented on it … I saw it earlier this evening when FDL’s toobz were tied.

New edumacational thread from Jamie.

Hey John Casper! Looks like the seismic event is on the east coast tonight!

dharmarific says:

Jane,

We are all in Connecticut tonight through you. Thanks for all the work you and CHS are doing (TRex and the rest).

Icn bin ein Connecticuter!

My sentiments exactly!

TRex @ 317

From Jane (logged in as TRex):

Thanks so much to EVERYONE for all their hard work, all their support and all the indominable spirit they showed throughout this race. Starting with Alito we knew we had to so something and we did it. It was hardly an inevitable trajectory but it was a powerful one.

I love you all. You’re the best.

Jane Hamsher

Jane, we love you. Thanks so much!

Hey, where’s Howie?

According to the Courant’s numbers, almost 17,000 more Connecticut Democrats voted in the Senate (Lamont) primary than in the gubernatorial primary. That’s some motivated voters.

paul miller @ 309

is it a coinkydink that the right candidate won in the only remaining lever election in the country and Cynthia McKinny got innahilated in Georgia with electronic voting?

Similar thoughts here, Paul. Especially with such a close race, it would have been so easy for Diebold or Chuck Hagel to pull some strings so to speak. Seems like there were other reasons for McKinney losing, but still hoping more of the “netroots” power will shift to this issue sooner than later. Otherwise, all this momentum (so nice to have this word back!) will just go to waste on future elections with mystery box voting.

lewisnclark @
98

Another Democrat who my fellow Californians might want to write is Barbara Boxer.

http://boxer.senate.gov/contact/email/policy.cfm

Let her know that we expect her to be in Connecticut this fall to campaign for Ned Lamont.

Unless the format has changed, e-mails from zip codes that are not in Boxer’s constitutency don’t get through. You might want to follow up with a postcard or snail mail to make sure the message gets through.

One Democratic female candidate with more common sense than Boxer has displayed recently, and she’s history in the next primary….

John Casper I noticed that too. More telling was when he asked Smith if their campaign had received any calls from Rove. Smith simultaneously smirked, blanched, shifted his eyes to the side before he managed to lie through his teeth. How transparent.

…here punny, punny. Heeere punny, punny, punny…

Sam @ 156

Any ideas out there for a new theme float to follow turncoat
Joe around Ct. between now and the November election.
The Kiss float truly kept him off balance. Now that he’s come
out and betrayed, he has shown his loyalty to the neo-cons
and GWBush and co. Some new image to tar him quckly so
it sticks. How about a contest like the one for Cheney held some
time ago. Just some thoughts.

I like *ilson’s ideas (from his newly purchased websites) of Party of One. . . He could simply have his arms wrapped around himself.

This was certainly the Woodstock of 21st century politics – and I helped! Boots, roots and loot – we got to join those whacky CT folks who made history with videos, great reporting to us all, and record breaking turnout. Superb

The FDL hostesses are stunning – and I am proud to be in pup training (in my own mind) with this dynamic group. A time to rejoice.

Finally, let’s get that fucker Kyle next. . . purdy please?

Jane, Christy, Pachacutec, TRex, Howie et al…thank you so much for all you’ve done to launch and build this community. It’s the power of community that makes the real difference between what we stand for as progressives, compared to the opposition’s I’ve-got-my-own ethic.

Oh, Tweety…”Is this a big victory for bloggers?” he asks Joe Trippi. Tweety is definitely surfing the powershift here, I’ll give him that. He has been such a d*ckhead for the last 3 years to folks from the former Dean campaign, and now he’s courting Trippi.

Mike Barnicle called it for what it is, said Lieberman’s indie run is anti-Lamont, not running on anything else. Yeah, sure smells like that to me.

Tom Curry now talking with Tweety about Democratic donor support…will they write checks for Lieberman’s Round 2? Says it will be local people that are most divided. Boy-oh-boy, this is definitely a challenge. CTBob and CTBlogger et al still have their work cut out for them.

I’m pretty disgusted with NPR too (especially Morning Transcription and All Things Condensed), but MN public radio has some local shows and a music station that are too good not to support, so I maintain my membership but then write emails to the MPR griping about NPR’s lame news coverage and saying I wouldn’t miss it if they replaced it. I’m pretty sure they forward the messages.

i wrote senator reid and my democratic senator, bill nelson. thanks for making me care about this election. what a great ride. and it’s not even over!

Is it wrong that I’m completely weepy with pride reading this post and commments? Because I am.

shoephone @ 354

…here punny, punny. Heeere punny, punny, punny…

(peeks out from behind curtain)

“This shows what blind loyalty to George Bush and being his love child means,” said Representative Rahm Emanuel of Illinois, the leader of the Democratic House Congressional campaign. “This is not about the war. It’s blind loyalty to Bush.” Link.

Sing it….Love child….

And as reward we get to do it all again. Kewlness :~)

Would someone please turn off the freaking italics? I feel like I am singing in falsetto, or something.

I’m canceling my $10/mo subscription to a website I hardly ever visit and rolling it to FDL. I leave on a vacation tomorrow, so when I get back, it’s done !

WOOT !!!

so shoephone at 343 – connectiticut was tired of Joe the war monger . Bush kisser and georgia was tired of a progressive anti war woman, hmmmmmmm, so anger is the key no matter who’s running

Many thanks to the Nutmeggers of Connecticut. Your vote today to retire Joe Lieberman is a clarion call to all of us who want a clean sweep. We’re with you!!

Phoebe @ 357

Is it wrong that I’m completely weepy with pride reading this post and commments? Because I am.

It’s because we’ve been in the progressive closet for so long and this our comming out night. We’re here, we’re progressive, get used to it.

neurphius @ 363

Would someone please turn off the freaking italics? I feel like I am singing in falsetto, or something

.

Oh, won’t you stay-ay…
just a little bit longer?

Phoebe — aw heck, no, I’ve cried more than a few times here at this site. You’ve got plenty of company.

Never mind many of us haven’t slept well being over-excited, have been keyed up all day, and a near-full moon hanging over us — we’re likely to be moved to tears at the drop of a hat. [sniff]

“Joe called this old fashioned “partisan” politics in his speech tonight.”

That really pisses me off. I don’t know about Joe Lieberman, but that “old fashioned ‘partisan’ politics” is part of the social contract I value. Arrogant prick.

Reid has been emailed:

Since Joe Lieberman has lost the Democratic Primary and has announced his Independent run against the properly-elected Democratic candidate, he should no longer get the perks of a Democratic Senator.

You should strip him of his committee seats, top of business, Wednesday morning. Let him go to the Republicans if he wants a committee seat. There are plenty of loyal Democratic Senators that would be happy to fill the seats that Lieberman had.

Look. Many of you in the party were loyal to Lieberman, above and beyond the call of duty, and he promised not to do this, to stab the party in the back and run against the Democrat in the general election. With all that support, he STILL lost, and it’s his own darn fault.

Loyalty to the party and to the man that the people elected to represent them in the general election would require that you take a stand on this. You can’t pretend to be on Lieberman’s side or to be neutral in this. Lamont is the candidate of the Democratic Party. You have a fiduciary responsibility to all of us to make Lieberman pay a price for this.

punaise, there were two seismic events. The first was Ned’s victory. The second and maybe ultimately an even stronger shock was the massive “turnout” for an August primary.
Joezoe’s “Plan B,” was based on his fears, yeah right Joe of low voter turnout. It’s the turnout imo that will get the attention of the WH and the GOP. They don’t want this kind of a massive turnout in November, so I think we could see Rumsfeld gone and date certain withdrawals.
As if to punctuate my comment, I’m listening to the R candidate, Schlesinger, on Tweety and he’s calling for a “speedy” withdrawal, “at least 50% in the next twelve months.” That’s the Republican candidate in CT.

Just a thought for tomorrow and next week. We should set up a way to keep track of who is contributing to Joe’s Independent-Selfish run from now on. If a lot of republilcans are funneling him dough, it needs to be public knowledge.

Penman @
76

Do not count Joe out. Hate to say it. But don’t.

We’re not counting him out.

We’re counting on kicking his ass, again.

Now you know why he pushed so hard to keep Terry Schiavo alive.

paul miller @ 365

so shoephone at 343 – connectiticut was tired of Joe the war monger . Bush kisser and georgia was tired of a progressive anti war woman, hmmmmmmm, so anger is the key no matter who’s running

I worked hard for Lamont for positive reasons. This country is on the wrong track and I believe in our democracy enough to think that I might have a say in who gets to represent me.

McKinney is another story entirely. She had a lot of baggage that had nothing to do with her politics.

Thanks Rayne and dharmarific.

This has been a fantastic run- let’s keep the momentum moving forward. Or Nedrenaline, if you will.

Hi Shez.
Yeah, I think I recall reading somewhere at FDL, that Joezoe was going to fire his whole staff, if he lost the primary. Smith may be history.

eileen in tampa, yoohoo from New Smyrna Beach!

Please drop a line to lotuslander@cfl.rr.com — there’s a party afoot for FDL-of-FLA.

Niters, you heroic lambies!

kokuas to ned lamont and supporters.

i can almost taste the

peas!

paul miller @365-

You might want to ask TRex about the mindset of Georgia voters – I live in Seattle. But I do remember that the Georgia voters threw McKinney out four years ago and they just did it again. This is not about voting machines or fraud. And not everyone thinks she is a progressive. Some people think she is a whack-job.

She lost by a freakin’ landslide.

WOW

WOW

WOW

WOW

bustedknuckles at 297 and cbl thanks for the backup site.

Bed time for me in Washington State.
Thank you all for an incredible day!
Must get up early, DC time.
Letters and calls all day tomorrow.

We help Joe see the light.

Moesie @
200

TRex….

Media side comment: The grey lady got it pretty much balanced in an article just posted:

“The Lieberman advisers said they had no evidence implicating the Lamont campaign and could not explain the precise nature of the problem, except to say that the campaign server& bandwidth had been overwhelmed.

The Statement is correct BUT why did LIEberman
continue to say his website was HACKED. He
just can’t tell the truth. If he or his committee continue along this line, Ned had better start beating the bushes to shut him up.
Slander is something that should not be used in this campaign.

Congratulation to all of you who worked so hard for Ned and you deserve a few days to relax. It was a tough fight, but because of what you did, the win was yours. Enjoy it.

In a few days the organization will have to sit down and rework some of the things they did to increase Ned’s vote. Should be a little easier the second time around…but somehow Joe has to be muzzled!

Have fun tonight….wish I was there too.

Maureen

Gee. Lieberman supported Stevens’ “clogged tubes” rationalization that would require one to fork over extra bucks for faster Internet downloads and e-mail service. If he had only sprung for upgraded DSL hook-ups….

I’m with Paul Miller…I was just about to ask how many Diebold machines were used in CT…this is very disturbing…

Joebituary. Heh.

And John Casper, you know that paps is an oldish English word for tits, too, eh?

381 – “You might want to ask TRex about the mindset of Georgia voters – I live in Seattle. But I do remember that the Georgia voters threw McKinney out four years ago and they just did it again. This is not about voting machines or fraud. And not everyone thinks she is a progressive. Some people think she is a whack-job.”

Like Pat Caddell?

awrrrright…get off the tits you guys…scchhheeeesh….find an antique urn or something!

Paul miller -

No, people like me. But since I don’t live in Georgia, it’s a moot point, isn’t it?

I’ve just finished reading all the comments and I’m in tears. It’s been years since I let myself hope that things were going to change. As this election got closer I kept telling myself to hold back my feelings and not commit them to yet another crushing blow. But I couldn’t help myself. Thank each and every one of you for your enthusiasm and dedication to this cause. Hope springs a turtle in my heart again.

Thank you. Thank you very much.

I did not know that Bionic.

Gee, and it was so much fun celebrating Ned!

Goodnight all.

Man, I’ve been waiting soooo long for an election night like this. Somebody pinch me OW! Not there!

Outside of Ned winning the Fall, which races on the Act Blue list are in most need of some netroots support? I’ll be checking in on Howie’s reports as much as possible since he’ll probably be outlining this in days to come. We got ourselves our own Wurlitzer now…crank that fire-puppy up!

John Casper @
321

The issue that Joezoe gave Ned today was the blame for Joezoe’s $15/month web site not having enough servers…it goes to Joezoe’s rather spectacular incompetence.

I absolutely agree. It smacks of incompetence that Joe’s campaign didn’t do a better job of due diligence in interviewing, selecting, hiring, and negotiating a contract for Web development services.

I found it stupifying that the Lieberman campaign seemed clueless about tech support options. At a minimum, their contract for web services should have included tech support backup, phone numbers, webserver stats, and other details.

A US Senator, with a $12m re-election warchest, placed his hopes on a $15/mo server space. And he is allowed to vote on the Telecomm Bill?!! Mamma mia.

Mike Allen from time.com is on Hardball and is an absolute asshole. He’s pushing GOP talking points HARD, including saying that “many Democrats” have told him Lamont’s win is bad. Bull! He was also pushing spin from Lieberman’s campaign HARD. Keep an eye out for this idiot.

I’m disappointed in all this web site crap. We don’t know how much Lieberman spent on the site. It’s not $15 per month. We don’t know why the website went down. Let the FBI deal with it and leave Lamont out of it. Talking about it is just tying Lamont to a story that has nothing to do with him.

Okay someone requested we get off our tits conversation and look at an ancient urn.

Well, here is an urn that was on exhibition at the British Museum when I was there at the end of June. (Warning: explicit imagery)

It’s called the Warren Cup. It’s famous because it depicts homosexual (and you have to say that like a British academic) acts between men. If you want to see it better just google image “Warren Cup”.

So no tits.

FaulknA @ 392

I’ve just finished reading all the comments and I’m in tears. It’s been years since I let myself hope that things were going to change. As this election got closer I kept telling myself to hold back my feelings and not commit them to yet another crushing blow. But I couldn’t help myself. Thank each and every one of you for your enthusiasm and dedication to this cause. Hope springs a turtle in my heart again.

Thank you. Thank you very much.

I am so with ya on the sentiment. It really just feels like the beginning, doesn’t it? That’s what’s extra cool about it all. The pendulum is swinging back to the side of compassion and goodness. It’s got a long way to go yet, but let’s hope we can keep it from ever swinging back to where it has been recently. Thank you too for being here!

edgery at 260: Good letter.

John Casper @ 378

Hi Shez.
Yeah, I think I recall reading somewhere at FDL, that Joezoe was going to fire his whole staff, if he lost the primary. Smith may be history.

John Casper, I don’t remember where I read this, maybe Steve Gilliard, but it seems likely that Joe is expecting a walk-out of loyal dems…and this is spin to save his sorry face.

Rob Zuber @ 398

I’m disappointed in all this web site crap. We don’t know how much Lieberman spent on the site. It’s not $15 per month. We don’t know why the website went down. Let the FBI deal with it and leave Lamont out of it. Talking about it is just tying Lamont to a story that has nothing to do with him.

Good Point. How bout this weather we’re having? I don’t know about you, but I’m beginning to sprout gills.

It was the “kiss of death, after all. Thank you Shrub.

Woohoo! 2006-Democratic-nominee-for-Senator Lamont!

You guys are the bestest!

Here’s a place to tell Leader Reid you’d like him to endorse Ned Lamont for the Senate and support the will of Connecticut Democrats.

http://www.giveemhellharry.com…..omment-BtJ

I just wrote Senator Reid and asked him to support the people’s Democratic nominee for the Senate in Connecticut. For the subject line on Senator Reid’s e-mail, I chose “Ethics” because that seemed like the fundamental issue. It would be unethical of Reid to support anyone but Ned.

sanmateo
I latched onto ‘Ethics” too, ’cause scumbaggery was missing.
From the BA?

Wow – it’s a long road to the end of this thread. Whatta night – Thanks Jane, Christie, TRex and everybody else – there’s work ahead but this victory was real. It’s a honor to be a witness to the history you’re all making.

kristinejoy @
361

“This shows what blind loyalty to George Bush and being his love child means,” said Representative Rahm Emanuel of Illinois, the leader of the Democratic House Congressional campaign. “This is not about the war. It’s blind loyalty to Bush.” Link.

Sing it….Love child….

Don’t tell me Rahm is trying to lead the second line.

Congrats to Ned, FDL, et al. I’ve got some thoughts, predictions and doling out some credit at:

Nettertainment: Change!

The little engine that could. Bravo Ned.

My e-mail to Harry Reid was, as follows:

“Sen. Reid, I write this morning not as a personal constituent of yours, rather to you in your role as a leader in the party I’ve voted consistently for my entire adult life.

Now that Sen. Joseph Lieberman has elected to ignore the clearly stated will of the Democratic voters in Connecticut and launch an ‘independent’ bid to retain his Senate seat, I humbly suggest that he be stripped of all of his committe assignments, immediately.

He’s made it quite clear that he has no real respect for our party and it’s voters in his home state. By my lights the party, you and I and everyone in it, owe him absolutely nothing.

Thanks for your attention and indulgence.”

And I signed my real name.

Here’s what I sent Reid:

Dear Mr. Reid,
I am a lifelong Democrat and I am writing you in your role as a party leader. Please note that Senator Lieberman has been beaten in his Democratic Primary. He has vowed now to run as an Independent. I am writing to ask you to support the Democratic nominee and refuse to allow Mr. Lieberman to exploit the connections and whatever tawdry spoils his position as a long time Senator has afforded him to this point.

His decision to run independently is, on its face, a vain and ultimately destructive mistake. It will hurt not only him and his legacy, it will hurt our beloved party and undermine our efforts to reclaim this country from a Republican party gone mad with power. This is a critical moment for us and your position and influence could be wielded in the interests of our party. I ask you to use your power. Save our party.

FDL (Jane) can properly claim credit for being the first national blog to take up Ned’s cause. Much more so than Kos.

report in from the heartland

the morning delivery of RAW STORY on my doorstep confirms it — it’s a split decision nationally:
one victory for the new dem wing / FDL (Lamont win)
one victory for Shrum / Caddell / Lieberman / Preznit wing (McKInney loss)
for real progressive / anti war issues nationally…………..
net loss

Jeffords is still ranking member on the Environment & Public Works Committee (at least the website says so). But he’s been a much more reliable Democratic vote that Holy Joe.

But I’m all for getting him out of there. That “post-nasal drip voice” (bwahaha! Good one, Tweety!) has gotten on my nerves over the past 6 years.

puppethead @
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I doubt Lieberman will make it all the way to November. Running on his own will just be too hard, and considering how poorly he ran his campaign during the primary I don’t expect any better when he has little or no political machinery at his disposal.

The big question now is how much damage he does to Democrats in the state during his petulant storming around. He needs to be completely destroyed very early, by having all of his committee assignments in the Senate taken from him and being cut off from the big names in the party. Are you listening, Bill Clinton, Max Cleland and Barbara Boxer?

Joe Lieberman is employing scorched earth tactics, he has to be responded to in kind.

I’m a 73-year-old who is a little confused coming into this arena just recently. If Joe L. is planning on running as an independent, don’t independents have primarys? Isn’t there anyone else in CT planning on running as an independent or can there be more than one candidate for the independent party? At my age, I should know these things, but I don’t and I’d like to know.

I applaud the great achievement in uprooting Joe Lieberman, and I support your views in every political way. It is, however, discouraging that I can’t enjoy your analysis because of the filthy manner in which firedoglake expresses itself. The F— word? Dickweed? C’mon. Get out a dictionary. Get some standards. Still, I applaud you and am absolutely thrilled with what you have helped get done.

Here’s the email I sent- I’m still shaking I’m so disgusted…
Dear Senator Reid,

I feel compelled to write because I am so outraged that Mr Lieberman has decided to ignore his constituents in his own state who voted for another representative last night and is now going to denounce his own party and run as an independent. I do hope that as the Democratic leader, you will let him and the American public know that this is not something that will be encouraged, financed or supported. This totally selfish, self centered and destructive stubborness to by-pass the democratic process when it doesn’t suit him is disgusting. Anyone who supports this behavior by the now traitorous Lieberman will find him or herself the target of the people powered movement. His actions hurt the Dems, period. He has now demonstrated, without any doubt, his loyalties and they are not to the Democrats in his state or the Democrats nationally who are desperate for accountability in DC and someone who speaks FOR them, not AT them. I hope you will be swift in denouncing his self-serving plans.

Oh, God, I just read the rest of it – something about an old uncle soiling himself. Can’t read any further. Thanks anyway for your tremendous impact as this astounding Connecticut race took root.

My letter to Sen. Reid:

Dear Senator Reid:

My family members are lifelong Democrats (including grandparents who gag on the word Republican!) and active in the progressive movement attempting to counter the Radical Right’s attack on our democratic traditions.

Last night, Ned Lamont won the Democratic primary for the 2006 Senator race in Conneticutt. Our family contributed to Mr. Lamont’s campaign, worked GOTV on our computers, and we are contributing to other progressive Democrats across the nation in the same way.

As you know, Lamont’s opponent, incumbent Senator Joseph Lieberman, announced in his concession speech last night that he would leave the Democratic Party and mount a campaign as an independent.

I wish to express to you, the Democratic leader in the U.S. Senate, our disappointment in Senator Lieberman’s decision. We were hoping he would put the good of his party and the nation above his personal quest to hold onto power.

Since he has chosen to abandon the party that has supported him for 18 years, we feel that you and the Democratic Senate leadership have no option but to remove Lieberman from any and all appointments he holds in the current Senate. He is no longer a member of our party and should not be allowed to serve in positions designated for Democratic senators.

Senator Lieberman is a fine American who has served admirably the people of Conneticutt and our nation. But he lost the primary election last night. And instead of abiding by the (small “d”) democratic rules he was sworn to upload, he has abandoned them and our party.

Please replace him immediately with a loyal Democrat (big “D”).

Very respectfully,
David Taylor and family

Yvonne at 6:20 am –

Welcome to FireDogLake!!!

Joe Lieberman intends to petition his way onto the ballot as an Independent — so, no primary for him going that route.

However — he has to turn in 7,500 valid signatures by 4 PM today. If he turns in 15,000, but only 7,499 are valid, he is toast. Plus, the signatures have to be turned in to the local election offices where they were collected — no small feat in itself.

It may be that the sad saga of self important Joe Lieberman will end today — but it will probably be a while before we know.

My letter to Harry Reid..

I watched you on my laptop via feed when you spoke at Yearly Kos. I discuss you with my conservative son, who still can’t believe that I, a progressive liberal Dem, like, support, and respect you as a Democratic leader of the Senate.

Last night, I and many other Democrats around the country waited and watched for the outcome of the primary in Connecticut for Senate. Yes, I have donated to the Lamont campaign. Please understand Harry, that until I found Daily Kos three years ago, I had NEVER in my 63 years donated to any political campaign. Even though I was a good Democrat, and a self avowed political junkie, I was never active. I guess I am now considered to be one of those dangerous maniacs from the left, though I expect my grandkids would find that a little hard to believe.

I watched Mr. Liberman’s speech on C-span last night and was very disappointed in the man that I supported for VP just six years earlier. It seemed to be all about him… he could not let “this” stand. Huh? The clear will of the Democratic voters of his state cannot be allowed to stand? The ego and arrogance in his speech was palpable. Where before I felt sorry for him, because he stood still while the world around him changed in six years, now I was angry.

Now I ask, politely, for you to please live up to the image I have of you as an honest political leader of the Democratic Party who I can respect. The leadership of the Democratic Party must show that they support the will of the voters. You, like it or not, are part of that leadership. Therefore, you need to actively support Mr. Lamont, and that includes making all efforts to get Mr. Liberman to drop out of this race. I’m sure the Republicans are delighted to see him run as an independent, as it will take money and energy away from other important races in November.

Thank you.

Here’s my letter to Sen Reid:

Dear Senator Reid:

Now that Senator Lieberman has displayed his true colors and chosen to serve his personal ambition, now that he has given the middle finger to the Democratic Party because it has spoken in Connecticut and he didn’t like what it had to say, now that he has declared himself an Independent candidate for the Senate, you must immediately strip him of all Democratic Party committee assignments and perquisites. Yank his parking space privileges while you’re at it! And pass the word along to the other Quislings in the Democratic Party (they, and you, know who they are): this is only the beginning.

Thank you.

Signed,

One happy Democrat (that’s with a big “D”)