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Lieberman in 2012

Lieberman is safe for now. But he may want to start thinking about his re-election in 2012. To that end, probably best to take seriously the advice of people at DailyKos.

It's time for Joe Lieberman to tap his fundraising network for the benefit of Martin as his runoff election approaches, and do whatever else the Martin campaign asks of him to help a Democrat get elected to the U.S. Senate in Georgia.

If it's personal appearances, Lieberman should hop on a Delta flight to Hartsfield International Airport today. If it's conference calls with key local leaders with whom Lieberman would have influence, he should do it. How about buying a full page ad in the Atlanta Jewish Times to place an open letter in support of Martin?

Bottom line: whatever Jim Martin wants, Joe Lieberman can do, for the good of our party. And, for that matter ...

Al Franken needs help too. I realize that the level of ideological simpatico-ness might be strained here, but Democrats help Democrats.

If Franken needs fundraising for the recount, Lieberman should provide it. If they need more lawyers in Minnesota to supervise the recount, Lieberman can spearhead the effort by reaching out to his supporters in the legal community across the country.

To the extent Lieberman feels comfortable campaigning for Franken and Martin, these are probably good ideas to begin the early transition to campaigning for re-election in 2012. He has 4 years to get back into Democrats' good graces.

Full post as published by Expressio Unius on November 19, 2008 (boomark / email).