No Conservatives Left

Since Lieberman is running as an independent, and thus splitting the liberal vote, one would think that the Republicans would have no trouble in capturing a plurarity of the vote to ensure a Senate seat steal. Alas, this simple assertion depends upon a fallacy, namely that traditional conservatives still exist in significant numbers. They do not.

Senator Joe Lieberman’s decision to run as an Independent sets up a lively campaign season for Connecticut voters. In the first General Election poll since Ned Lamont defeated Lieberman in the Connecticut primary, the incumbent is hanging on to a five percentage point lead. Lieberman earns support from 46% of Connecticut voters while Lamont is the choice of 41% .

A month ago, the candidates were tied at 40% each.

Republican Alan Schlesinger earns just 6% of the vote, down from 13% a month ago.

Despite a dominant record in recent elections, the Republican Party is, for all practical purposes, dead. When the adherents of a pro-life, pro-gun, anti-tax party will support, en masse, a candidate who is diamertrically opposed to everything Republicans once ostensibly stood for, the party has revealed itself to be completely unprincipled.

If you still think there's a real difference between the two parties, you need to start paying more attention. The obvious corollary is that it matters not who represents us. The biggest decision I will face come November is what I should be drinking to commemorate yet another step in the direction of irrelevancy for this once noble republic.

I'm thinking whiskey. Irish whiskey. Yum.