Lamont Victory Fuels Lawless’ Enthusiasm, Puts Langevin on Notice

“Tonight, Senator Lieberman learned the cost of siding with Republicans instead of everyday Americans. Jim Langevin’s next,” says Lawless.

WARWICK, RI – Jennifer Lawless, candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives from Rhode Island’s 2nd Congressional District, this evening released the following statement regarding Ned Lamont’s victory in Connecticut’s Democratic Senate primary.

“Tonight, Senator Lieberman learned the hard way the cost of siding with Republicans instead of everyday Americans. On September 12th, Jim Langevin will learn the same lesson.

“Connecticut Democrats just registered an undeniable opinion that being an incumbent and personally likable won’t save you if you aren’t willing to fight back against the agenda of President Bush and the Republican Congress. Rhode Island Democrats are ready to register the same opinion.

“I believe that when Rhode Island Democrats understand that Langevin votes with Congressional Republicans nearly 60% of the time, that he’s voted 27 times against a woman’s right to choose, that he won’t hold President Bush accountable for having no plan to win or leave in Iraq, that he voted to arrest terminally ill cancer patients for using medical marijuana, and that he voted for President Bush’s assault on our privacy by renewing the Patriot Act, I’m going to make the same kind of political history as Ned Lamont.

“Whether it’s Connecticut or Rhode Island, Democrats are ready for change. And whether it’s the Republican economic agenda, Iraq, privacy, or a woman’s right to choose, I’ll fight back where Jim Langevin hasn’t.”

Lawless also noted that a February 16, 2006 Quinnipiac poll showing Lieberman beating Lamont 68% - 13% turned out not to be an accurate prediction of the campaign’s final result.

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