I just did a post over Adam Green's diary, but this deserves a diary. I am one of the original founders of the Connecticut for Lieberman Party, along with Jon Kantrowitz and Chair Dr. John Orman.
Dr. John Orman, at our first meeting.
We signed the party over to Dr. Mertens in 2008, with the understanding that it would be used to support or cross endorse the candidate running against Lieberman in 2012.
However, if Dr. Mertens doesn't get 1% of the vote, the party will cease to be. And he is using it as a vanity party to run himself as a candidate against a Democrat, Chris Dodd, and the others.
He also got caught spamming Facebook.