Foxx's foe says primary is indicator

By Mary M. Shaffrey
Winston-Salem Journal

WASHINGTON

The Democrat challenging 5th District Republican Rep. Virginia Foxx says he sees the defeat of a high-profile Democratic incumbent in Tuesday's primary elections as a good omen.

Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., a former vice-presidential candidate for his party, was defeated in what some pundits considered an indicator of how the war in Iraq will affect the November election.

"The vote in Connecticut was a referendum against those in power and what they are doing in relation to this war," said Roger Sharpe, the Democrat challenging Foxx.

"We are baby-sitting now a civil war. Whatever this administration is doing, it's not working," said Sharpe, a former state senator and official within the Carter administration.

Sharpe said he supports establishing a timetable for withdrawal, but he did not offer specifics.

I don't see how Lieberman's defeat in a Democrat primary in Conn. is a bellwether for what is going to happen in the 5th district race in the fall. I guess it's wishful thinking on Sharpe's part.