Lieberman’s AFL-CIO Endorsement: Strings Attached
Joe’s sneaky wrangling didn’t work. The AFL-CIO made their endorsement of Joe Lieberman today–as expected–but only until the August 8th primary. Thank goodness Paul Bass was on the scene to file this early report:
The decision to limit the endorsement to the primary represents a victory of sorts for Lamont’s challenge to the three-term incumbent. It leaves open the option that the federation could support Lamont in November against an independent Lieberman candidacy.
This isn’t how the AFL-CIO voted for all Democratic candidates with primary challengers, however, as this quote from John Olsen used in Mayor DeStefano’s Press Release illustrates:
John [DeStefano] has been there for working families and now we’re going to be there for him – today and everyday between now and Nov. 7.
This is a damn good day to be a Line B Democrat!
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