Emboldened by their role in the Dem sweep, liberal bloggers are now targeting Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-CA 10), a Bay Area centrist, pro-business Dem in the mold of Joe Lieberman.
But defenders of Tauscher note that Kos and some others in the blogosphere sharply targeted the moderate Lieberman -- and got credit for getting him defeated in the Democratic primary -- only to find their influence was viewed as profoundly weakened when he was handily re-elected as an independent in the mid-term elections.
Tauscher can't run as an independent once she loses and it was the same blogs that BEAT LIEBERMAN that also put Tester and Webb over the top. I don't know who views flipping the senate as "profoundly weakened" influence, but Marinucci should stop listening to them.
Considering the fact that Ellen Tauscher is Joe Lieberman's BFF in congress, it isn't surprising that Ellen Tauscher is scrubbing Joe Lieberman pics from her website. While this an acknowledgment she is running scared, for some reason Ellen Tauscher is failing to realize why Lieberman was rejected by Democrats in each of the last two cycles.
While the internets have slammed Counterproductive Katie for suggesting the successful primary campaign against Lieberman was misguided, it is Ellen Tauscher herself who has the money quote on Joe Lieberman's rejection.
Swanson derided supporters' glee over the Internet wave washing over the ad.
``Sixteen thousand hits? That's a drop in the bucket compared to the 4 to 5 million people they'll need to convince,'' Swanson said. ``Everyone heralded the netroots as the next great thing, and you saw it propel Howard Dean initially. But when it came to translating it to votes, it didn't happen.''
The irony is that this story is about an ad from Bill Hillsman and talks about the Lamont campaign, which translated enough votes to win, beating a sitting US Senator.
(More Lamont spin...this time from the GOP - promoted by SFBrianCL)
It didn't take long for the Lamont spin to make its way into California politics. Let's take a look at what they're saying. (in the Contra Costa Times.
