On March 2nd, the
NY Times reported that Christopher Shays endorsed Joe Lieberman for Senate.
Mr. Shays said in interviews this week that he intended to vote for Senator Lieberman this fall, and that he had encouraged other top Connecticut Republicans to do so as well, including Gov. M. Jodi Rell and Representatives Nancy L. Johnson and Rob Simmons.
And here's a quote, from Lieberman, in today's
Washington Post (emphasis mine):
In an interview, Lieberman sounded a note of nostalgia for the old days. "John Bailey genuinely believed that primaries were not only divisive but often didn't pass the ultimate test of finding the candidate who could win," he said. If Bailey were alive, his attitude would be, "We have an incumbent senator who is quite popular in the state; we have an opportunity to elect three Democratic congressional challengers; we have a very tough race for governor. Why would we want to challenge an incumbent senator who could lead the other candidates to victory?"
I wonder what Chris Shays, Gov. Rell, and Reps. Johnson and Simmons think about this?
