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A Democrat by Any Other Name….
By Jeff Fecke | April 10, 2006
One of the fundamental principles of running for a party’s endorsement is that those seeking endorsement agree to abide by the decision of their party. This goes doubly so in primaries–those candidates who seek out and fail to earn their slot on the ballot step aside gracefully, and work for their opponent for the good of the party. Certainly, the step-aside isn’t always grateful, and the work may be no more work than is required to utter the phrase, “And now we’ll all work together to elect Joe Smedly,” but at least officially, candidates who fail in primaries bow to the will of their parties.
They certainly don’t petulantly strike out as independents. If they did that, it would damage their party’s chances to win or retain the seat, and relegate parties to mere brand labels, to be swapped or discarded at a whim.
Yet that is exactly what Joe Lieberman now appears to be contemplating.
It’s unsurprising, yet dispiriting, that Lieberman would put himself above his party. Of course, it’s not the first time he’s done so, and it certainly won’t be the last.
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