The Dem Dems Love To Dunk On: Calls Grow For Lieberman To GTFO Of GA Senate Race

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Matt Lieberman, son of former Sen. Joe Lieberman, is running for Georgia Senate as a Democratic candidate – and the party wants him to get lost.

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1334344
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Lieberman will never drop out but he’s being such a jackass that he will drive down his share of the vote below 5% as Warnock consolidates. Warnock has an outside shot at 50% b/c Loeffler and Collins are killing each other and folks don’t like them. Lots of GOPers and Indies may leave that race blank while voting at the Presidential level while Dems vote en masse for Warnock. I think Warnock will finish first in this phase, but if Loeffler and Collins get 45% or less combined, Warnock has a shot at 50%. If I’m the Senate Dems, I’m running ads blasting Loeffler on ethics issues and Collins for being a right wing nut. Drive Indies away from them and towards Warnock. Get GOPers to not vote for that race.

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“We need Matt Lieberman to understand that he is not called to this moment.”

That’s a very kind way of saying “Just like your daddy, we don’t want you. Period.”

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.Thank you for the inside knowledge

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Current polling (as of 2 days ago):

Loeffler: 23%
Collins: 22%
Warnock: 21%
Lieberman: 11%

Top two go to runoff election in January, which means for a little while the senate will have 99 members.

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man, the apple really doesn’t fall far from the tree, does it?

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So is he just like daddy, a plant in the party to through the election to the republicans?

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What’s in it for Lieberman to quit? Judgeship? Ambassador? I don’t think he can run for anything again on the D ticket without a name change.

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We’d have a damn good shot a both seats if he dropped out.

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Turds don’t fall far from the bunghole…

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Yeah, Lieberman… hard to swim with that anchor.

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“I would encourage Matt to search his conscience"

I suspect that not having a conscience is a hereditary defect in that family.

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Schlomo D. Schmuck?

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Just like his father, he is a republican troll masquerading as a democrat. The whole point of his candidacy is to dilute the Democratic vote so that the two republicans face off in the runoff. He will not quit.

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Is that like a Republican without the courage to call themselves a Republican?

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O/T but man talk about killing your people
I understand Florida is at about 3000 cases a day

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Like father, like son. (ugh!)

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Lieberman is the Kanye West of the Georgia election.

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We need and outbreak in the Villages.

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Yeah Holy Joe Lieberman. I know plenty of Connecticut Democrats and independents who stuck by the moderate Republican Senator Weicker instead of him in 1988.
I always considered him to be Al Gores biggest mistake. A few people suggested that Gore put a woman on the ticket like a spunky fiery Barbara Mikulski or Feinstein.
Sure he wanted to appeal to moderates, the moral scold had an appeal to some plus having him on the ticket might have given him Florida but he was such a Casper Milquetoast he was hard to inspire people.
Additionally in 2017 he sat right behind DeVos at her confirmation hearing giving her the patina of approval.

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