ABC: Lieberman Blogged Down in Connecticut

[NVMojo]

Bloggers are the voices of Americans. What part of this doesn't LIEberman understand? Americans are his customers.

Aug. 9, 2006 — There are any number of reasons why Sen. Joe Lieberman got slaughtered like a Paschal Lamb on Tuesday night in his primary battle to hold on to his Senate seat, losing to anti-war multimillionaire Ned Lamont, 52 percent to 48 percent.

Chief among them: the former Democratic vice presidential nominee's support for the extremely unpopular war in Iraq.

At Lamont headquarters Tuesday night, crowds chanted "Bring them home!," a reference to U.S. troops.

An anti-incumbency mood is also sweeping the nation. Private polls indicate that more than 90 percent of Connecticut Democrats feel the United States is on the "wrong track" — a staggeringly high number.

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http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Technology/story?id=2291085&page=1

[zbdent]

1. Ah, but bloggers were valid

when it came to one guy in his momma's basement questioning the veracity of Dan Rather's papers - that he tivo'd off the 60 minutes broadcast ...

edited to add :sarcasm:

[NVMojo]

2. very good point

[MissWaverly]

3. I vote with the 90%

an imperial presidency which takes on all comers and is now threatening to prosecute whistle
blowers while their leak of a CIA agent's status for political purposes was glossed over,
then we have the report of the lead up to the Iraq War, which is being overseen by Sen.
Pat Roberts, Chair of the Select Intelligence Committee. We may hear about it next year,
then again we may not.

[ShortnFiery]

4. Here's a useful site: Vote Out Incumbents Democracy!

http://voidnow.org/

Vote Out Incumbents Democracy (VOID) provides Americans who have lost confidence in our political system, an opportunity to restore responsible, ethical, and efficient government. The vote is the power our Constitution provides the people to direct their elected representatives and shape the results of government. A vote for incumbents is a vote supporting a candidate's participation in, and results of, that government. A vote against an incumbent and for a challenger is a vote for change in government and indicates a disapproval of the incumbent's participation in, or, results of, government.

VOID's mission is to educate and organize Americans, who are dissatisfied with the results of their government or elected officials, around the power of their voter registration and vote to change political system and government for the better.