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Originally posted by Spanky
He knew it would make him vulverable from the left and in his own primary. Once it became apparant that he might get a challenge on the left he still stuck by his guns. He risked his seat for what he though was right and it will probably cost him his seat. If that isn't courageous I don't know what it.
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If all that were true, and if you set aside Penske's view that he's a shoe-in for the general election, it might be considered courageous. But that's not Joe. Joe never thought he was vulnerable from the left. He thought he was presidential material in 2004. He hasn't had a hard election since 1988. It's pretty apparent that he never took Lamont seriously, and never thought he'd have to run for the seat. The most obvious evidence of this is that he never bothered to set up a GOTV ground operation, and then had to scramble at the last minute to pay people to do what other campaigns have volunteers do. He was taking it all for granted.
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