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Ms. Fabrizio has summed up the situation in Connecticut between Lieberman and Lamont quite well. To add just a bit of history, this might well be the final clash between the former "young Turks," Toby Moffett/ Chris Dodd wing of the Connecticut Democratic Party, that came to power in the mid '70s, early '80s, versus the Ella Grasso/ Bill O'Neill wing, that constitutes what's left of the conservative Democrats. It will be interesting to analyze the results to see what seismic shifts have occurred over the years.

But even if Lamont does defeat Lieberman in the August primary, as Ms. Fabrizio has opined, Lieberman will run as an Independent and probably win. The Kos kids might be upset with this, but, their senior senator, Chris Dodd, will ride to their rescue. Not one to be left out of the limelight, Dodd has recently appeared on national TV calling for a major battle over the confirmation of John Bolton. What impeccable timing. Just when Bush, Rice and Bolton are speaking with a firm voice that the Lebanese/Hezbollah situation not be allowed to return to the status quo, with another meaningless UN ceasefire, just for the sake of "stopping the violence," the clueless Senator Dodd moves to thwart this paradigm shifting effort. All this from a man who has spent the last 26 years in the U.S. Senate.

p>Dodd is but one of the many shining examples within the U.S. Congress that speaks eloquently for the need for term limits. Dodd, who now fancies himself as a presidential contender, stands for the proposition that a neophyte like Lamont, with no national public policy experience, could be elected to the Senate and not be any less informed nor more dim witted than any other current Senate Democrat. A comforting thought, don't you think? br> -- A. DiPentima /p>

Good article by Lisa Fabrizio. Yes, I think she has it down pretty good about the Democrats and Senator Lieberman. The Democrats only strategy for the upcoming election is hate, hate, hate. In fact, that has been their only strategy for many years. Call it the Howard Dean approach, as that is how he ran his campaigns up in Vermont. I think Sen. Lieberman will make it past his primary all right. If he doesn't, well like Ms. Fabrizo says, there will be another independent in Washington come November. Anyway -- the irony of it: The left is so full of hate, they will back a millionaire former Republican who owns Halliburton stock. That is the epitome of blind hatred. The irony of the whole thing beggars the imagination.

p>A little note here about Mr. Dorell -- I don't know the man and I really don't care too, but he too seems to have that same arrogant outlook many so-called intellectuals have. That is a real waste. Too have such a fine mind and keep it so closed. Debate and informed dissent are the cornerstones of a democratic society. To have neither leads to intellectual morass and dictatorships. br> -- Pete Chagnon /p> p> OLD SALTS br> Re: Jonathan Aitken's Facing the Deep

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