Winner Take All
When all the votes are counted after the polls close on August 8, the loser should begin supporting the winner.
Whether victory is won by five points, or point-oh-five points, the voters will have spoken and the candidates should listen.
We’re all Democrats, and on August 9th, we’re all going forward together. What happens on August 8th is “family business” within the Democratic party.
For the gubernatorial primary, going forward will be very easy. The candidates, Dan Malloy and John DeStefano have both pledged to support the winner. Doing so has not undermined the candidacy of either.
For the Senate primary, we have Ned Lamont, who will support the winner and respect the will of the voters, and we have Joe Lieberman, who will throw a hissy fit in the form of 7,500 petition signatures gathered by paid out-of-staters (according to some reports) and start his own party.
Doing so is a slap in the face to everyone who is going out to vote on August 8. It’s a slap in the face to anyone who is working for a Senator Lieberman victory in the primary. It’s a slap in the face to elected Democrats all over the state who have supported Senator Lieberman.
It’s also just plain foolish.
If Senator Lieberman cannot win with a $10 million dollar campaign, 4,000 paid volunteers, across-the-board support from Connecticut’s Democratic Party establishment, special campaign visits from Bill Clinton, Barbara Boxer, Joe Biden, and Ken Salazar–he’s completely delusional if he thinks he can win an election without that support. And whether he loses by 1 vote, or 10,000 votes he should step aside and support the winner.
Ned Lamont is man enough to respect the will of the voters.
here’s a stray thought:
If the Lieberman folk aren’t working on pulling off the biggest sandbag job since Ali rope-a-doped Foreman, I wonder if there’s a problem getting enough signatures? I doubt it, but seeing that they can’t get ten people to show up for a rally, it may be tough getting more than a couple hundred signatures a day. And that ain’t enough even for 7,500, nevermind the 10K you’d need for a safety margin.
spazeboy, stay cool and keep up the good work. don’t worry about August Ninth — it’ll take care of itself. One way we’ll help is a national action on Wednesday morning, contacting all our Senate Dems and asking them to support the nominee in Connecticut.
Managing expectations is DeeCee insider stuff — don’t let it get you down!
Connecticut, a weary nation turns its eyes to you.
GO NED!
I think that Ned will win by at least 10 points. If that happens, we may see the democratic establishment that so far has been supporting Lieberman turn all of the sudden against him and pressure him to get out of the race.
In any case, even if Lieberman stays as an independent in the race, I think that Ned will have such a momentum after Tuesday that he will win one way or the other.