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...wake of his political victory over incumbent Joseph I. Lieberman in Connecticut’s Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, Edward “Ned” Lamont, Jr. ’76 now needs to prove that he can unify his party and constructively lead his state in a divided Senate.In an interview with The Crimson last Friday, Lamont said he was up to the task.“I started out a business from scratch. I think I can work with people,” he said, arguing that his business success will spill over...
...bring students together from all parts of the campus to hang out rather than do problem sets. Groups that previously met in Loker will move to new locations next year. The math question center that used to meet there during the week will operate from the forthcoming cafe in Lamont library, and student groups that held meetings in Loker’s coffeehouse area will instead be able to meet in renovated student group space in Hilles this fall, according to Corker. But before the Queen’s Head will be available for beers or performances, it will need...
...Some senior Democrats hoped Lieberman would bow out to avoid underscoring party divisions. For instance, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, who is close to the Lamont family, will campaign for the Democratic nominee, an aide said...
...once within a few hundred votes of being Vice President of the United States, is now "not liberal enough" for the Democratic Party. Republican officials, who have had little but bad news for months as Iraq festered and U.S. voters showed increasing signs of pessimism and discontent, said the Lamont victory gave them a chance to paint Democrats as a party that had become captive to the liberal wing symbolized by the MoveOn.org civic action group. Mary Matalin, an outside adviser to the White House, signaled the message when she said on Fox News Channel shortly after the polls closed...
...television and in speeches in coming days, party officials and strategists plan to talk about their respect for Lieberman as a distinguished public servant and argue that Lamont's victory represents the end of the long tradition of strong-on-national-defense Democratic leaders in the mold of Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and John F. Kennedy. The GOP plans to try to broaden the argument beyond Connecticut, a liberal stronghold, and work to convince viewers and voters that Democratic nominees across the country have more in common with Michael Moore and liberal bloggers than Main Street America...