Sen. Schumer Uses Narrow Defeat of Lieberman to Continue Attacks against President Bush
Says President Has “Really Botched” War in Iraq
              Senator Charles Schumer used the narrow defeat of Sen. Joseph Lieberman in yesterday’s Connecticut primary to continue his attacks against President Bush.
            ''I think there is huge dissatisfaction with the way the president is handling the war,'' Schumer said in today’s New York Times.
            ''People are divided over whether we should have a strong, aggressive foreign policy, but there's very little division, even among those for a strong foreign policy, that the president has really botched this in terms of having a plan, in terms of a direction, in terms of an endgame.''
            Schumer is the chairman of the party's Senate campaign committee, and as such, is dedicated to electing more Democrats to office in this fall’s election. Observers are saying that accomplishing his political goals this November are causing him to put his own personal career ahead of the country.
            The story in this morning’s Times said:
            “Sen. Joe Lieberman's primary defeat Tuesday night came at the hands of Democratic voters angry over the war in Iraq and demanding that lawmakers stand up to President Bush rather than stand with him.
            “It wasn't a polite message they sent their three-term senator, a former vice presidential running mate who fell to anti-war challenger Ned Lamont. It was an eviction notice, served by an electorate that has grown remarkably sour about the course their country is on.
            “That makes the result both an opportunity and a challenge for Democrats nationally as they head into a fall campaign with control of the House and Senate at stake.”
            The owner of the Times, Pinch Sulzberger, is a Democrat and close personal friend of the Senator. He was instrumental in Schumer’s being elected as Senator.