Lieberman and the Republicans

If I lived in Connecticut, I would have voted Lieberman out. That said, I do believe that he did vote more often with Democrats than with Republicans. And I believe that he considered himself a good Democrat.

That's why I can't get understand what he is doing now in any terms other than pure selfishness. If he believes in the party he was a part of for so long, then he should support it, not undermine it. So who is supporting Lieberman's independent bid? Old friends who are looking at this as a personal issue for Lieberman, instead of a political issue for the state and nation. And oh yeah, Republicans.

Don't they have their own candidate to support in November? A major fundraising Republican out of California, Bruce Bialosky, announced he's going to raise $10K for the Connecticut Independent. After the election, Bialoky emailed a couple of thousand of his close personal political fundraising friends encouraging financial support for Lieberman's new campaign. How did this stout Republican fundraiser phrase the issue? He deemed it "not an issue of partisanship. This is a great American. There are certain times when we have to cross party lines. Sen. Lieberman has clarity on the most important issue of our time. His opponent doesn’t have a clue.”

So much for Republicans who are touting that it is the left wing of the Democratic party who were making Lieberman's support of Bush's war a one-issue campaign test.