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Originally Posted by KSigkid
If you look at Lieberman's voting record overall, he votes strongly with Democrats. I can't see how you can say he's NOT a democrat, to tell you the truth. The American Conservative Union gives him an extremely low rating, and Americans for Democratic Action gives him a high rating.
The problem, image-wise, is that he falls in with the Scoop Jackson wing of Democrats, which tends to be more in favor of intervention in global disputes. It's a hot button issue that causes some Democrats, and some who don't know much about politics, to brand him as a fake Dem, or a Republican in Democrat's clothing.
Maybe it's because I'm from CT and moving back there in the fall, but this whole election is really interesting. If someone like Ned Lamont, with little political experience and a weak platform, can oust a longtime senator like Lieberman (who has done a great deal for CT), I don't know if it says a whole lot about CT democrats.
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I respect him because I think he votes his beliefs and not party line. Which is what I want out of my representation. Of course, he isn't my senator.
But I like Barack Obama even better
