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Friday, September 01, 2006
Friday Morning Round-Up
(Minor party candidate edition.)
- Some minor party candidate is getting cranky about not being invited to march with the Democrats at Newtown's Labor Day parade:
"I contacted Lieberman's people and told them it would be embarrassing for me and other Democratic town officials if he marched with us," [Newtown First Selectman Herb] Rosenthal said Thursday. "I and the Democratic Town Committee don't want to give the wrong idea that we are embracing his independent candidacy."...
Dan Gerstein, Lieberman's communications director, said Thursday that Rosenthal is backpedaling now on what his real statement to Lieberman was regarding his presence at the parade. "Mr. Rosenthal told the senator that he was not invited, period," Gerstein said. "It was his intent to tell us that the senator was not welcome at the parade at all. He (Rosenthal) has since changed his story to say he was just dis-inviting the senator from marching with the Democrats."
It's a little perplexing why a minor party candidate would want to pick a public fight with a Democratic public official like this. Democrats support other Democrats. And, anyway, this minor party candidate hasn't marched in this parade for years:Rosenthal believes Lieberman's desire to march in this year's parade is campaign oriented."He won't be marching because he's a Democratic U.S. Senator," Rosenthal said. "We have invited him every year for the past nine years I've been involved, and he only came one time. That was before 2000 sometime. Senator Dodd comes more often."
Anyway, Ned Lamont (D) will be there. - The same minor party candidate is clamoring to be included in debates:
Sen. Joe Lieberman called on the four other candidates in the hotly contested U.S. Senate race Thursday to meet next week and agree to a debate schedule.
Lieberman, who lost the Democratic primary to businessman Ned Lamont and is now running as an independent, sent letters to Lamont, Republican Alan Schlesinger, Green Party candidate Ralph Ferrucci and Concerned Citizens candidate Timothy Knibbs.
Personally, I think Ned Lamont (D) and Alan Schlesinger (R) should be magnanimous and allow minor party candidates to participate. Although five may be a little crowded in the studio... maybe just the first four candidates on the ballot. - Sen. Man-On-Dog (R-PA) calls the same minor party candidate's loss in the Democratic primary a "tragedy" (hat tip Joementum).
posted by tparty at 9:09 AM 
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I'm thinking two debates with the Republican, and then they both should be magnanimous and do one with all the minor party candidates.
But the more debates with Schlesinger, the better. Gotta raise his profile!
But the more debates with Schlesinger, the better. Gotta raise his profile!
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I think an interesting, but overlooked fact is that this "minor party candidate" is leading by a lot in the polls. If you dont debate him, you dont have a chance to draw contrasts. I noticed a lot of attention on this site is spent villifying Lieberman, but the fact of the matter is that he is winning with the population of CT. The interesting question is, whom do you think more fairly represents the mainstream of independent voters--if it is Lieberman, then perhaps excluding him is the right answer. Comparing him to the wacko green candidate, or the nutty libertarians is a fun intellectual exercise, but these candidates seldom do anything but spoil. If this is a guy you think you can beat, beat him heads up draw the true contrasts. Dont spend time disecting his commercials, what are the differences?
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FYI Anonymous @ 11:06
Just to give actual #'s to Tparty's statement:
The American Research Group Poll and Rasmussen were both released within a day of each other last week, and both showed Lieberman leading by 2 over Lamont - well within the margin of error and statistically a dead heat. That hardly qualifies as "leading by a lot" in the polls.
You might bring up Zogby's latest poll showing Lieberman by 10 over Lamont. However, thats an interactive internet-only poll which ahs no randomness built into it whatsoever; very suspect.
So, until more polls come out stating otherwise.. Lamont and Lieberman are neck-and-neck.
Personally.. For what its worth,I think Lieberman should be allowed to debate, and to debate him more then once. My impression has been the more Ct. voters see of Lieberman, the less they like of him.
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Just to give actual #'s to Tparty's statement:
The American Research Group Poll and Rasmussen were both released within a day of each other last week, and both showed Lieberman leading by 2 over Lamont - well within the margin of error and statistically a dead heat. That hardly qualifies as "leading by a lot" in the polls.
You might bring up Zogby's latest poll showing Lieberman by 10 over Lamont. However, thats an interactive internet-only poll which ahs no randomness built into it whatsoever; very suspect.
So, until more polls come out stating otherwise.. Lamont and Lieberman are neck-and-neck.
Personally.. For what its worth,I think Lieberman should be allowed to debate, and to debate him more then once. My impression has been the more Ct. voters see of Lieberman, the less they like of him.
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