Chuck and Joe

Jane writes:

I don’t have any crystal ball or special knowledge but the last Rasmussen poll on April 27 showed that Lieberman stood a much better chance of beating Lamont in a three-way race in November than he did in a Democratic primary, and those numbers are old. Since that time Ned has traveled around to one small city after another, meeting with local delegates, talking to people in places Joe Lieberman hadn’t seen in 18 years. As a pure practical matter, if Joe Lieberman wants to keep his seat he’ll say screw the Democratic party, throw his lot in as an independent and pit the Democrats and the Republicans against each other as the both court him in order to get him to caucus with them should he win the general election.

And what would the blogosphere do if the DSCC were to support an independent over a Democratic candidate? Again, I have no crystal ball but the words "unleash unholy hell" do suggest themselves.

If Chuck Schumer were to take the route of supporting an independant Joementum over an actual Democrat (and he hasn't ruled it out) then "unleash holy hell" indeed. Does Chuck want to be the Republicans' new best friend? I hope not.


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