Lieberman Holds Fundraiser For Republican Collins Tonight

Lieberman Holds Fundraiser For Republican Collins Tonight
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Another independent -- Joe Lieberman, whom Bloomberg campaigned for last year -- holds a fundraiser in DC tonight for moderate GOP Sen. Susan Collins (R), who likely will face a tough re-election fight next year. To poke their nemesis Lieberman in the eye, liberal MoveOn yesterday issued a press release stating that its members had raised $350,000 for likely Collins opponent Tom Allen (D), freshman Rep. Patrick Murphy, and MoveOn's Iraq campaign. With Bloomberg's possible presidential candidacy, was Lieberman's win as an independent last year a sign of things to come?

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