@Squareroot
quoting an article from Right wing Murdoch CT Post about internal CT Democratic Politics, what a joke.
I am probably the best qualified in the CR ti speak to Lieberman/Lamont history.
I knew Joe Lieberman very well for 55 years. I worked in his first campaign, a primary to unseat State Senator Edward Marcus in 1970, and many campaigns after that. I was a delegate at the National convention that nominated the Gore/Lieberman ticket.
My friendship and support continued through the middle of his second term in the Senate. He may have been pro-Israel, but he ignored the needs and wishes of his constituents as he gained prominence in Washington.
Current Governor Lamont was not backed by the party’s left fringe, but by middle of the road Old school Dems who had been abandoned by Lieberman moving to the right and becoming a awk on foreign policy. I was a delegate a the state convention that denied Lieberman the renomination. He was no longer the best man to represent the citizens of CT.
He had enough name power to win the general election as an independent, Similar to Lowell Weicker’s run for Governor. Lieberman was not sent to the Senate to represent the Jewish people, the interests of Israel, etc. He was sent to represent the 5 million residents of CT.
I knew both of Lieberman’s wives, all his children, his mother, sister and Hadassah’s parents. I attended his funeral (invited by his son Mathew). Just because his politics moved on the right and I didn’t support him in his third run for Senate, did not end a 55 year friendship.