No matter what happens in the next 27 hours, Joe Lieberman will no longer be the senior senator from Connecticut. This has special meaning for me because six years I had a crappy night because Ned Lamont had just conceded after losing pretty badly. I had taken a semester off from school to organize the first congressional district for the campaign that started in the upstairs (funky) room of La Paloma Sabanera, where I had worked for Luis Cotto. That November evening was a long descent from the August night where we were so high with elation we thought we were single-handedly end the war in Iraq and pass universal healthcare. Those things finally (sort of) have come to pass and I like to think that beginning in 2006 there was a wave that started in Connecticut.
Anyway, I'm really glad that I can vote for Chris Murphy tomorrow and truly hope he wins.
Huzzah! Won't miss Joe. Well, I'll miss him in a war mongering stubborn uncle kind of way.
ReplyDeleteGet out and vote!
It's amazing to think Lieberman has been in for 24 years now. I miss Lowell Weicker.
ReplyDelete(I must admit, I did vote for Lieberman once, in 1994, when he was running against Gary Franks. Not much of a choice there.)
I never voted for him. I wasn't old enough to vote in 2000.
ReplyDeleteLinda McMahon is forever on my "do not like" list.
ReplyDeleteBrendan, thanks for making me feel old.
ReplyDelete(1994 was the second year I was able to vote, though.)
Wasn't trying to make you feel old. Sorry about that.
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