Baldwin Steps Down From Political Fight With Lieberman

ALEC BALDWIN has pulled out of a proposed political battle with former U.S. Vice-President candidate JOE LIEBERMAN, insisting he no longer plans to run against the Connecticut Senator in the 2012 election.

The actor, a fervent Democrat, recently admitted in a Playboy interview that he was toying with the idea of challenging Independent Lieberman.

He stated, “I have sometimes thought I could move to New Jersey or Connecticut and run. I’d love to run against Joe Lieberman. I have no use for him.”

But, after the Senator responded to Baldwin’s comments and stated he “respected” the Pearl Harbor star as “an actor and as a comedian,” and welcomed his bid to run against him, Baldwin, it seems, is happy to let Lieberman fight with others.

On his blog, Baldwin writes, “I am not moving to Connecticut to run against Joe Lieberman. As much as I think Lieberman is an enormous letdown to the party that gave him their nomination for Vice President, I am sure that Democratic Party leaders in that state will take care of themselves.”

Lieberman was a longtime Democrat before switching his political affiliation to Independent in 2006.