Posted on 08/12/2006 8:59:57 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
Senator Joe Lieberman’s decision to run as an Independent sets up a lively campaign season for Connecticut voters. In the first General Election poll since Ned Lamont defeated Lieberman in Tuesday’s primary, the incumbent is hanging on to a five percentage point lead. Lieberman earns support from 46% of Connecticut voters while Lamont is the choice of 41% (see crosstabs).
A month ago, the candidates were tied at 40% each.
(Excerpt) Read more at rasmussenreports.com ...
Any chance of the GOP candidate dropping out?
There is no recent precedent for a race such as this, so anything is possible.
Alan Schlesinger recently announced he was in the race to stay. Here's the article:
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2006/08/11/i-was-here-first/
Read it and gag.
Ping.
I suspect we will be seeing the painful lamontations of the DUmmies come November.
we want it to be close - the closer it is, the uglier it will be. we don't want Lieberman to be way ahead, we want him to have to attack the McGovern style policies of LaMont, and de-facto the national Dems, in order to secure a victory.
The media has a real problem here. If Lieberman wins, it means a pro war candidate can win even in a very liberal state. But they want to keep saying that the electorate has turned against the war.
The DUmmies have all left the country,haven't they? At least that's what they said they would do of Bush won in 2004.
Sadly, Connecticut has become an unwinnable quagmire for the Democrats.
They should set a realistic timetable from withdrawal from the state.
For the children.
I bet the RNC give him no logistical support or money. I'm thinking of sending Lieberman some money just to prevent Lamont from getting a senate seat.
Does that mean the Republican nominee only has 13% of the vote according to the poll? I know CT is a Dem state, but I didn't know it was by that large a margin.
What is best in life? To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women.Conan the Barbarian
good for him! you can bet the dems/libs are scrambling right now... and if anything good can come out of all of this, maybe it is the eye opening of their followers
I'm doing the same. I want to see the dem party crash and burn on its own stupidity in November.
Perhaps the voters have cut back on their drugs and sanity is returning. Liberalism is a mental disorder for cowards.
"46% + 41% = 87%.
Does that mean the Republican nominee only has 13% of the vote according to the poll? I know CT is a Dem state, but I didn't know it was by that large a margin."
Its worse than that. The Republican is at 6% and the rest are undecideds. Alan Schlessenger (the Republican) was at 13% a month ago but he's lost 7% due to all the attention the Dem primary received and his alleged gambling scandal problems.
Folks cheering on Lieberman should know that he has a lifetime 17% conservative voting record from the American Conservative Union. To put that is perspective, Harry Reid has a 20% lifetime conservative voting record.
with lieberman, you could disagree and not be disagreeable
I originally believed McCain was the choice to be the Evil Clinton's Ross Perot for 2008, but now I am pretty sure it's gonna be this Clinton-b*tch Joe Lieberman.
And 6-8% of the so-called conservative voters will vote for him, giving the Clintons a great chance at the backdoor into the WH (in the same way 1992 and 1996 worked out for the Evil Teensy Bent One).
And maybe saddest of all...many of the voters handing the G*DD*M evil Clintons that chance will be otherwise good, intelligent FReepers.
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