A Match Made in Heaven
Posted on | September 6, 2006
Insight magazine cites a senior GOP source, identifying Senator Joe Lieberman as the recipient of millions from major Republican donors–incidentally explaining the senator’s confused loyalties:
A senior GOP source said the money was part of Deputy White House Chief of Staff Karl Rove’s strategy to maintain a Republican majority in the Senate in November. The source said Mr. Rove, together with Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman, directed leading pro-Bush contributors to donate millions of dollars to Mr. Lieberman’s campaign….
The source said that under Mr. Rove’s direction, the GOP has abandoned its Senate candidate in Connecticut, Alan Schlesinger, who has dropped to about five percent in the polls. Mr. Schlesinger has failed to win the support of any national Republican and has virtually no contact with the White House.
In contrast, Mr. Lieberman, who has called for the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, was deemed a major component of the GOP strategy in November. Mr. Lieberman is expected to win the general election after losing the Democratic primary to anti-war challenger Ned Lamont….
Lieberman, working with Rove to ensure that his Senate seat (literal and metaphorical) stays in Republican hands?
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