Having staked their entire movement on the Lieberman/Lamont race, it appears Daily “Screw Them” Kos is feeling the heat of polls showing a Lieberman resurgence. Suddenly, Kos and compatriots over at MyDD are trying to distance themselves from the spotlight they so proudly sought in this race.

To me, it’s insulting and rude to the real heroes of the Lamont effort — win or lose — who have done ALL the work. I didn’t make a single phone call, I didn’t walk a single precinct, I didn’t lick any envelopes, or staffed an information booth at the local farmer’s market.

No, but you did appear in his commercials, hosted Lamont at your annual meeting, and had more than 250 posts supporting him on your site.

I wrote about the race and suddenly people want to give this blog (and me) all sorts of credit/blame. Only the laziest of lazy reporters and pundits can lay this at the feet of me or any other blogger.

Sounds like some hedging to me.

Meanwhile, it looks like the Nutroots are up to their old tricks. Lieberman’s campaign website has been hacked today.

UPDATE: Lieberman has conceded. No doubt the Kos kids will now try to reclaim the spotlight they were hastily trying to abandon earlier. (Hey, at least they’re not 0 for 20 now) Lieberman will now make it a 3-way race and undoubtedly pull some Democrats to his Independent campaign. This ought to leave the race wide open for a Republican to mobilize the base and beat them both.

UPDATE 2: Kathryn sums it up best: “If the best the “netroots” can do is a 51-49 (in essence a draw) in CT of all places, this could be fizzling more than an Illudium Q-38 Explosive Space Modulator.”

UPDATE 3: RealClearPolitics: “And as much as mainstream Democrats may try to downplay this result as a Connecticut issue, the rejection of a three-term Senator who was the party’s VP nominee only six years ago will have repercussions throughout the country and they don’t help the Democratic Party.”

1. Eyes On Connecticut

   I eagerly await the results of today’s primary in Connecticut. I see either result of today’s election between Lieberman and Lamont as being a potential victory for the Republican Party. How so, you might ask? It’s very simple, if Lamont…

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2. Kos is taking the spotlight off himself and giving it to the people who really deserve it, the campaign workers. Compared to doing donor research, canvassing neighborhoods, and all the other nitty gritty that goes on with campaigns, what Kos did was relatively easy.

   You are blowing this out of proportion.

   Comment by NovaNardis — 6:53 pm
   

3. Lieberman is not my favorite politician, but he is one of my favorite Democrats. I would vote for him over many republicans.

   Comment by The Gentle Cricket — 7:09 pm
   

4. Hacked? Hardly.

   The server Lieberman’s campaign site is running off of is shared with plenty others, and their sites are all functioning properly.

   Additionally, the mail server on the same domain (joe2006.com) is functioning properly.

   Comment by Forrest — 7:14 pm
   

5. It Ain’t Lookin’ Good…

   …for “Joementum,” that is. Here are the early results as of 9:44 pm EDT, via The Drudge Report: Connecticut // U.S. Senate - - Dem Primary 423 of 748 Precincts Reporting - 56.55% Lamont, Ned 79,580 52.17% Lieberman, Joe (i)…

   Trackback by Conservative Blogger — 7:59 pm
   

6. Isn’t going to happen. Republicans are already talking about supporting Lieberman, leaving the poor shmuck who won the Republican primary hanging out to dry.

   Comment by Eric Kirk — 11:04 pm
   

7. […] h/t to Texas Rainmaker […]

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8. From what I understand, the GOP candidate in CT is scandal-plagued. Lieberman is the way to go.

   Comment by Jonathan — 7:48 am
   

9. Republicans have term limits. Democrats don’t.

   Comment by Doiw — 10:49 am
   

10. […] Texas Rainmaker ” The Nutroots Brace for Another Loss […]

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