Lieberman Looks Up
The Lieberman campaign is feeling both feisty and confident. They can start checking names off their list of Democrats who turned on the three term incumbent after his August primary defeat.
The Lieberman people took delight early last week in telling a story of John Kerry’s rebuff by Senate Democratic leaders when he lobbied them to lend some aid to Democrat aristocrat Ned Lamont’s flagging campaign. Lieberman’s campaign is delighted it still has friends in high places. They received added satisfaction when Lieberman got to pile on Kerry mid-week as the haughty Massachusetts neighbor limped off the campaign field. [KEVIN F. RENNIE]
The hooting from Lieberman supporters grew louder when the Lamont campaign was reduced to featuring one of its many highly-paid consultants to fill a testimonial ad. Former Republican state chairman Tom D’Amore turned independent-turned Democrat, appears on a bench singing the praises of Lamont’s belief in the power of government for good. Maybe, but there’s no doubt that Lamont’s been good for the D’Amore exchequer, though there’s no mention of that in the ad.
During lulls in the action, the senator and his campaign found time to remind the world of their disappointment with Senator Christopher Dodd’s embrace of Lamont. Dodd has spent most of the campaign promoting the busman’s holiday that masquerades as a presidential campaign. He found a couple of days to help Lamont and shot one of the cycle’s most awkward commercials with Democratic nominee. A call for change does not flow easily from 32-year Washington veteran Dodd.
On Friday, the Lieberman campaign took its delight to the street when it chased the Lamonts and their entourage away from a Hartford campaign stop on the obligatory bus tour. Noting Lamont’s “pimped out” gold bus from Arkansas, the Lieberman blog poked fun at Lamont’s skedaddle back onto the bus after a brief encounter with swarming Lieberman supporters. “F@#$-you” and “you, too” were directed by young ladies to Lamont and suburban matron Lt. Governor candidate Mary Glassman. The Lamont campaign called them “wild-eyed thugs.”
After Tuesday, the retribution tour expects to move to the tony precincts of Capitol Hill. They’ll spend December checking their list more than twice.
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