Wall of Shame: Nancy DiNardo
CT February 3rd, 2007TParty catches Nancy DiNardo wondering what to do about Senator Lieberman, as if giving the man a role in the party is an option:
As for his future place in the state party, Nancy DiNardo sounds like she’s keeping every door and window open [From the Courant]:
Reached by phone at the Democratic National Committee meeting in Washington, DiNardo said she and Lieberman have yet to discuss his place in the party….“It has been awkward,” DiNardo said of the three months since the election. “I think there have been bruised feelings on both sides.”
Umm… how about slamming the door in his face? That’s what I usually do with people who spit in my face and refuse to leave my house.
DiNardo apparently feels differently, and feels sorry for Joe’s “brusied feelings.”
Lieberman worked to defeat Democrats in 2006. He defeated one electorally. I wouldn’t describe Ned Lamont as defeated in any other sense.
Am I wrong to think that the Chairwoman of the Connecticut Democrats should be the state’s leading Democratic partisan?
No. No, I don’t think I am.
Update: In case the above isn’t reason enough to justify this posting, check out this comment from the incredible Maura, posted earlier in the week:
Of course, it would also be inappropriate for the head of the State Democratic Party to attend the party celebrating the inauguration of a candidate who defeated the Democratic Party candidate for Senate. But I’ve also heard that Nancy DiNardo was celebrating Ned Lamont’s defeat along with other Lieberman supporters at Lieberman’s inaugural party in DC. If this is true, we just got suckered into another term of being “led” by someone who thinks it’s okay to celebrate the defeat of her own party’s candidate. Nice!
Ms. DiNardo, what’s in it for you? There must be a reasonable explanation why you continue to support Joe Lieberman, despite your official capacity as chairwoman of the party whose candidates he actively campaigned against.
February 3rd, 2007 at 6:04 pm
At this point I don’t blame Nancy. I blame the people at State Central for reelecting her. They knew what they were getting, and no one mounted a challenge.
This is why it’s so important to get on your DTC if you can.
February 4th, 2007 at 8:59 am
Let’s see, Lieberman is a Democrat, he caucuses with the Democrats in the Senate and who would you rather see talking to Lieberman, George Gallo? I’d rather have Lieberman reeled back in to Democratic priorities than pushed out to the wilderness of GOP compassionate conservatism.
February 4th, 2007 at 8:20 pm
I normally defer to Spazeboy, but I must protest: Joe defeated 2 democratic candidates, not one. Ned Lamont and Diane Farrell.
You know who else (besides Nancy DiNardo) partied with Joe at his victory celebration? Chris Shays!
Turfgrrl - congratulations on writing that post without mentioning that Joe lost the Democratic nomination and ran against the Democratic ticket - taking down a potential Democratic congresswoman.
Also, you are a Republican appointee - the Democrats don’t care what you would rather… Your concern, however, is noted.
February 5th, 2007 at 6:44 pm
“Gabe”,
I beg to differ. The 4th CD is a conservative one, 37 years of Republicans in congress. If anything, it’s Ned Lamont running that caused Diane Farrell to lose. But hey, why let voter history, turnout and results get in the way of your making a congressional race that started in 2004, all about Lamont. Joe won the Democratic Party nomination, btw, and lost a primary, so it’s probably safer to say that the party supported Joe, but the primary voters did not. As for the rest of your comment, well thanks for being so magnanimous, I’ll keep it in mind.