50 former Congressmen, Senators, Clinton vets launch 'Dems for Joe' Lieberman
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Thursday September 28, 2006
Print This Email This Fifty former Senators, Congressmen and Clinton Administration veterans have launched "Dems for Joe" to support Senator Lieberman's campaign to be reelected as an Independent after losing Connecticut's Democratic primary in August, according to Roll Call.
"Democratic Congressional leaders may be keeping their distance from Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.) since he opted to seek re-election as an Independent, but a group of more than 50 former Senators, House Members and Clinton administration officials will proudly announce the creation of 'Dems for Joe' today," writes Nicole Duran for Roll Call.
"A common thread among the geographically and ideologically diverse group is a sense that Lieberman was unfairly being portrayed as a 'bad' Democrat," the article continues.
Roll Call also reports that Connecticut Democratic primary winner Ned Lamont received an endorsement from the liberal group, People for the American Way Voters Alliance.
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“It just seemed to me, and apparently a lot of the folks who also know Joe, that here is a really good Democrat with a great Democratic voting record and background,” said former Rep. Norman D’Amours (N.H.), who helped get the group off the ground.
“It just seemed ‘Hey what’s going on here?’” he asked. “This guy is a Democrat and people should know that. We just started talking to each other and it grew.”
Other founding members include former Sens. David Boren (Okla.), Bob Kerrey (Neb.), John Breaux (La.) and Dennis DeConcini (Ariz.); former Reps. Mel Levine (Calif.) and Leon Panetta (Calif.), who served as chief of staff to President Bill Clinton; former Clinton Agriculture Secretary and former Rep. Mike Espy (Miss.); and former Clinton CIA Director James Woolsey.
They join a much smaller group of incumbent Democratic Senators who have endorsed Lieberman in the general election. Sens. Tom Carper (Del.), Ken Salazar (Colo), Mark Pryor (Ark.), Mary Landrieu (La.) and Ben Nelson (Neb.) all have decided to stick by Lieberman.
The group is not taking any issue positions, and its support does not translate into an endorsement of Lieberman’s stance on the Iraq War or any other specific issue, organizers and the Lieberman camp stressed.
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