NYT on bloggers and CT Primarcy

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Monday March 07, 2005 · 6:38 AM PST

2005/03/07 · 06:38

Now some in Mr. Lieberman's home state wonder if he qualifies as a Democrat at all.

In recent weeks, he has angered Democratic activists nationwide for expressing a willingness to work with President Bush to change Social Security. Critics say that is just his latest act of disloyalty to the party. He already had supported the war in Iraq and Mr. Bush's cabinet choices - and received a televised presidential smooch at the State of the Union address.

This starts out as a crappy article because Kirkpatrick and Hulse refuse to acknowledge that people are mad because he's working to phase out Social Security, not "change" it.

Anyway, they point out that the organizing has begun:

"I think he has betrayed his constituency and he is leaning way too far to the right," said Marjorie Clark, a Web designer in New Haven and former supporter of Howard Dean's presidential bid who met Wednesday with about 30 other former Dean supporters and discussed a statewide "Dump Joe" effort. Others are trying to recruit a primary opponent while passing out bumper stickers that read "Anybody But Joe."

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DumpJoe/

On the ground organizing in February, a year out?

Other liberal bloggers have been labeling Mr. Lieberman a DINO, for Democrat in Name Only, adapting a coinage conservatives often use for moderate Republicans. Several took up a campaign for a National Call Joe Lieberman Day, a rallying cry that made its way to the liberal radio program "Majority Report."

Yup.

Still, another Democratic senator who did not want to be identified said that given Mr. Lieberman's popularity at home, the agitation about a primary challenge was something less than a meaningful threat. "Is it serious? No?" the senator said. "Is it an annoyance? Yes."

No, it would not be an annoyance, it would be a shitburger. First of all, it would be one of the most ruthless campaigns ever waged and even if Lieberman won it would be after being dragged through the mud with smears, innuendo and worse. Second, look at the geography, an hour and a half from New York, an hour and a half from Boston...the army would be raised. Finally, it would be a very well financed army. So yes, it would be an annoyance, but on a very grand scale.

BTW, the bloggers have a Political Action Committee.

If Social Security is phased out, then maybe it is time to invest in the blogosphere retirement program.

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