Democrats Counter G.O.P. and Lieberman on Iraq (Lamont press conference)

NYT: Democrats Counter G.O.P. and Lieberman on Iraq
By JENNIFER MEDINA
Published: August 17, 2006

NEW HAVEN, Aug. 16 — Democratic leaders supporting Ned Lamont’s Senate campaign struck back yesterday at attacks suggesting that their party’s support of him portrayed the Democrats as weak on national security.

White House officials, national Republican leaders and Mr. Lamont’s opponent, Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, have said that Mr. Lamont’s position on the war — calling for a timeline for troop withdrawal in Iraq — would embolden terrorists.

Mr. Lamont’s campaign has sought to identify Mr. Lieberman with the Republicans, saying that the senator’s criticism of Mr. Lamont shows his alignment with the Bush administration’s policy in Iraq....

Mr. Lamont held a press conference Wednesday afternoon specifically to counter the attacks from Republicans, calling them “outrageous” and “disrespectful” of Connecticut voters.

“We don’t need any sermons on the meaning of 9/11,” Mr. Lamont said of remarks by Vice President Dick Cheney, adding that Mr. Lieberman was “becoming more and more the de facto Republican candidate.”...

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