Lieberman’s Re-Election Is A Reaffirmation of Centrism
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HARTFORD, Conn. — The re-election of Senator Lieberman, this time as an independent, not a Democrat, is a welcome reaffirmation of centrism at a time of extremist lunacy.
Whether it was a contentious ideological battle or the unveiling of powerful new weapons, the Senate contest among Democrat Ned Lamont, Mr. Lieberman, and Republican Alan Schlesinger has unleashed the beginnings of a turbulent period in American politics. The bloodying over the course of the campaign of Mr. Lieberman, a respected 18-year incumbent who served as his party’s nominee for vice president in 2000, as well as the electrifying compounding impact of the Internet on campaigning, foreshadows what undoubtedly will be a clamorous and wild presidential primary season.
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