IT’S OVER: Lieberman concedes defeat, vows to run as independent in the general.
Georgia Blowout. Johnson declares victory over McKinney. 59%-41%.
While the rest of the blogosphere was watching the returns come in from Connecticut, TPMmuckraker’s Justin Rood was digging into the Lieberman camp’s hacking allegations.
Apparently, the FBI was too.
Rep. Katherine Harris (R-FL) has proved she can call for an apology — but can she give one? That and other news of the day in today’s Daily Muck.
Reid and Schumer on Lamont …
âThe Democratic voters of Connecticut have spoken and chosen Ned Lamont as their nominee. Both we and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) fully support Mr. Lamontâs candidacy. Congratulations to Ned on his victory and on a race well run.
âJoe Lieberman has been an effective Democratic Senator for Connecticut and for America. But the perception was that he was too close to George Bush and this election was, in many respects, a referendum on the President more than anything else. The results bode well for Democratic victories in November and our efforts to take the country in a new direction.â
Pollard redux?
A Navy Petty Officer, Ariel J. Weinmann, is being held in the brig at Norfolk Navy base and will likely be charged with stealing a laptop with classified info on it and giving that info to a foreign government. That much is reported today in the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot. The Pilot earlier reported that Weinman was arrested March 26th.
The Jerusalem Post reports today that the Saudi paper Al-Watan is claiming that the foreign country is Israel. As near as I can tell, this is the first and so far only report making this connection.
Certainly not great timing, if the Watan story is accurate. And if it’s true and the charges are proven, by all means, lock the traitor up and throw the book at him.
Weinmann Case Update: A Navy official has now told the Navy Times that the country in question is “definitely not Israel.”
See this earlier post for the details of the case I’m referencing.
Late Update: Late reports are pointing to Russia as the country in question.
So Lamont won. But it was pretty close. The final spread was 52% to 48%. Actually a hair’s breadth less than 52%.
And that makes me think back to Joe Lieberman’s disastrous and highly revealing decision to hedge his bets by running in the Democratic primary and opting to run as an independent if he didn’t win the primary.
Given the narrow margin, what do you think would have happened yesterday if Lieberman would have made a bold and clear decision to fight for the support of and abide by the decision of Connecticut Democrats?