Lieberman trailing in early returns (CT Senate primary)

Associated Press ^ | August 8, 2006 | Robert Tanner

[Recovering_Democrat]

dont forget
McKinney is going down

Thanks for that image right before I head off to bed.

[Dave Burns]

I'll never forgive Joe "count every ballot" for throwing the military ballot in the paid.

[Paleo Conservative]

If this were linear, it'd mean that by 76% return it'd appear as a dead-heat, and Lieberman winning with 52.5% at 100% of returns. Hehe. :)

Careful there, some of the math geeks coming across this thread might start posting even more sophisticated models.

[MaDeuce]

"dont forget
McKinney is going down"

Please rephrase that statement, it brings to mind a terrifying image.

[The Electrician]

Lieberman will almost certainly run as an Independent, and IMHO he will win handily...

[Izzy Dunne]

Ned Lamont 	69,466	52%	
Joe Lieberman 	64,056	48%	

[right-wingin_It]

I'll never forgive him either. And he's a surface-scum parasite like all other Democrats. I would never vote for him...I just think if he ran as Independant, he'd probably get it. Nothin' I/we can do about that.

[The Electrician]

Yep - if you thought that Kerry was doing flip-flops in the run-up to the 2004 election, wait 'til you see the backflips that Hillary and Richardson and others will be doing between now and 2008 trying to play both sides...

[Paleo Conservative]

Looks like the Admin Moderator got him pretty good.

[Will_Zurmacht]

lord I hope lamont does win!

We need more Lamont's and less Liebermans in the Dem party.
It helps to clarify the distance between the two parties.
Fewer and fewer traditional dems have anyone in the party to represent them, and I want the world to see the Dems as they really are.....the kooks, cranks, MoveOn, ActUp, CodePink, Burn the Flag, Acid, Amnesty, Abortion, Surrender Now Crowd.

If we run a mainstream Rep against a mainstream Dem there's always a chance voters will go with the "normal" Dem ...that hurts us, but a losing Joe Lieberman in the Senate to Bozo the Clown can only help us...

We do better when we can point to the Dems as the Party of Pelosi, Lamont, Kennedy, Rangel...

[lepton]

so...44% at 19% returned. 46% at 38% returned. 47% at 44% returned.

This seems to be closing fast.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Sens. Donald Stewart (D-AL), Dick Stone (D-FL) and Mike Gravel (D-AK) were 3 other 1980 renomination losers (along with Javits).

[Dave Burns]

If things were linear you could improve your bowling score one point a day and be bowling over 365 by year end.

[NeoCaveman]

Gravel(D-AK) Stewart (D-AL) and Stone (D-FL) also lost in 1980. In 1992 Dixon lost to Carol Moseley-Braun,
Javits (Rino - NY) 1980
Bob Smith (R-NH) to Sununu Jr.
We missed Shelia Frahm losing to Brownback in 1996

LIEBerman would be number 8

[randita]

The key question is, if Lamont wins, what will Alan Schlesinger do? If he drops out, the GOP can win this race.

Not if Lieberman runs as an Indy, which he says he may do.

[Clintonfatigued]

55% of precincts counting:

Ned Lamont 76,347 52%
Joe Lieberman 70,337 48%

[carrier-aviator]

I don't know why Lieberman would want to associate with a party that has abandoned him. He oughta go with the GOP. He would certainly be no worse than Chafee, Snowe, or Collins.

[Dave Burns]

Well stated!

[The Electrician]

I mean "doom" as in the Green Party or Reform Party level of doom...

[Halls]

Foxnews just said it is closing in at 55%precincts reporting Lamont is 52% and Lieberman is 48%. With each precinct reporting it appears Lieberman is gaining significant ground. He may very well be the winner tonight!