Ned Lamont defeated Joe Lieberman tonight in the Democratic primary election in Connecticut. Lieberman sponsored the CURES Act and co-sponsored FRPAA, the two strongest OA bills ever introduced in Congress. Lieberman won't be the Democratic Party's nominee in November but he may run as an independent.
Update. Lieberman has decided to run as an independent. More coverage.
For readers outside the US I can say that Lieberman lost this election because of his support for George Bush and the war in Iraq, not because of his views on OA. By running as an independent, he may be re-elected to the Senate, but it's more likely that he'll split the Democratic vote and give the seat to a Republican.
I'm not a one-issue voter and I don't expect others to be. However, this is a one-issue blog. Lieberman's defeat will be a loss for OA and I'll try to uncover and blog the consequences for OA. But I won't comment, here, on whether his defeat will be a net loss for the country.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 8/08/2006 11:18:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
