CT State Democratic Party V. Leiberman ?

Can the CT State Dem Party sue Leiberman,
keeping him off the November ballot,
arguing there's no such party as the
Independent Demoratic Party?

He's running as a I-D, so..?
There is no such party.
Blow, Joe!

If the party wanted to make this an issue, it could. It clearly does not. There's no need to sue. But there's probably no way to force the state party to act.

I hope he runs on the slip & fall
on a banana peel party.

wouldn't surprise me if they rolled over for him

.... House candidates by pursuing this demented independent run. He's staying "neutral" on the House races.

on the "Connecticut for Lieberman Party," not the "Independent Democractic Party."

Actually, it should be called the "Lieberman for Lieberman" Party.

That party was created with the signatures he gathered.

He could not run on the "Independent Democratic" ticket because CT law prohibits candidates from creating parties incorporating other parties' names in them. Both "Independent" and "Democrat(ic)" are already registered parties in CT.

"Independent Democrat" is just something he says.

From
http://www.westport-news.com/opinion/ci_4237879

John Orman, a professor of politics at Fairfield University has gone a step further. He has filed a complaint with the state Elections and Enforcement Commission asserting that Lieberman's name should not appear on the ballot in November.

Orman, whose efforts to win the Democratic nomination for Senate ended in 2005, makes some interesting points in an Op Ed piece published in yesterday's Hartford Courant.

Orman charges Lieberman with "Misrepresentation of Contents of a Petition." He claims that Lieberman "has absolutely no intent of forming a legitimate third party."

"Mr. Lieberman's phony party, 'Connecticut for Lieberman,' violates the spirit and intent of our state laws covering third-party development. This law was never intended to allow defeated majority party candidates to run again after they have been defeated," Orman said in his opinion piece.

Lieberman IS a sore loser after all.