Fear of Nutroots Reigns Supreme in Democrat Party

Democratic Leadership Welcomes Lamont
Lieberman Shuns Calls to Drop Out

By Shailagh Murray and Dan Balz
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, August 10, 2006; Page A01

HARTFORD, Conn., Aug. 9 -- Democratic leaders embraced their new antiwar Senate nominee Ned Lamont on Wednesday, but his defeated rival, Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.) vowed to wage an independent crusade to save his seat and prevent the party from being captured by forces he said are out of the political mainstream.

At a unity breakfast in Hartford, state party officials, who had lined up almost solidly behind Lieberman in Tuesday's primary, including Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.), pledged their support to Lamont in the general election campaign.

In Washington, Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) and Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, said in a statement that Lamont would have the national party's support. Also laying on hands for Lamont were such powerful party figures as former president Bill Clinton, Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) and Edward M. Kennedy (Mass.) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.).

In background conversations, Democratic officials gently signaled their desire that Lieberman abandon his independent candidacy but appeared reluctant to press him publicly. A senior Democratic official in Washington said leaders had met and decided to put off confronting Lieberman at least for a few days, to allow the senator time to absorb the implications of his loss and his new isolation from longtime colleagues and supporters. "There's a feeling that the dust needs to settle," the official said.

Six years after he was lionized as their annointed Vice Presidential candidate, the Democrat leadership can't run away from Joe Lieberman fast enough. It appears the defeat of Lieberman has put the fear of Nutroots in Harry Reid and his fellow cowards. Prior to the primary election in Connecticut, the faces of the Democrat Party professed their undying commitment to Joe, but once the results came in, they jumped ship like the rats they are, declaring their absolute commitment to Ned Lamont.

As a result of this fear based move the Democrat Party is in the middle of a huge lurch to the Left. George McGovern has nothing on Harry Reid's new stand (of course Harry has always been a Liberal, he has just been play acting as all of the Democrat leadership have been). They have always been socialist Liberals at heart. So no surprise for this writer.

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