>>I wonder if Obama would be doing so well if he belonged to another party or if he were independent? I think he would. Also, while not the presidential election, Senator Lieberman switched parties and won. He's considered an 'Independent Democrat' because he votes along (mostly) Democrat party lines but lost the primary as a Democrat and turned around and ran as an independent and won.
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http://lieberman.senate.gov/about/>
>This is the pseudo-exception which actually proves the rule. Would Lieberman have had any chance if he was never affiliated with either party? Or, better/worse: would he have had any chance if he was with a third party?
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>He got all the exposure he wanted while he was (pretending to be) a Democrat.
He was pretending for decades? Wow, just wow.
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