John Orman

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John Orman is a politics professor at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut. He was the 1984 Democratic Party nominee for the U.S. Congress seat in Connecticut's fourth district, and briefly challenged Senator Joseph Lieberman for the 2006 Democratic Senate nomination.

[edit] Challenging Joe Lieberman

In March of 2005, Orman announced that he would challenge Senator Lieberman for the Democratic nomination because he said Lieberman was disloyal to the Democratic party and supported the failed foreign policy of President George W. Bush.

Orman's campaign generated support from bloggers across the country, but for a variety of reasons, he was never considered a serious threat to Lieberman. In September of 2005, he announced he was withdrawing from the race because of a lack of money.

Orman's campaign never generated much momentum, but it is touted by pundits as a prelude to the campaign of businessman Ned Lamont, who shocked the political world by upsetting Lieberman in the primary and winning the party's nomination for the Senate seat before losing the general election to Lieberman, who ran as an independent under the Connecticut for Lieberman party line.

When Lamont, who won 52 percent of the vote on August 8, 2006 to become the Democratic nominee, came to Fairfield University in the spring of 2006, he told those in attendance that he was "picking up where John Orman left off."

[edit] Other activities

Orman is the author of four books on American politics. He is also the faculty adviser to the Fairfield University men's basketball team, and a frequent participant in stand-up comedy and hip-hop contests. He is frequently written about in a number of local publications, including The Fairfield Mirror. He is currently the chairman of the Connecticut for Lieberman party. He elected himself to this post (as the party's only registered member) and uses the post to create satirical rules for the party.

[edit] Books

• Celebrity Politics (Prentice Hall, 2004)
• Presidential Accountability: New and Recurring Problems (Greenwood Press, 1990)
• Comparing Presidential Behavior: Carter, Reagan, and the Macho Presidential Style (Greenwood Press, 1987)
• Politics of Rock Music (Burnham, Inc., 1985)