Posted on 10/20/2006 9:12:54 AM PDT by Mark Felton
HAMDEN, Conn. Oct 20, 2006 (AP)— Sen. Joe Lieberman has built a 17-point lead over Democratic challenger Ned Lamont, according to the first Quinnipiac University poll since the two faced off in a debate this week.
Lieberman, running as an independent after losing the Aug. 8 Democratic primary to Lamont, leads the Greenwich businessman 52 percent to 35 percent among Connecticut likely voters in the poll released Friday. Republican Alan Schlesinger trailed with 6 percent, and 7 percent were undecided.
A similar poll released on September 28 showed Lieberman with a 10-point lead.
The debate between Lieberman and Lamont on Monday was their first since the August primary. Among those in the poll who watched the debate or read or heard about it, only 3 percent said it changed their minds.
"Ned Lamont needed to score a knockout in the debates to catch Sen. Joseph Lieberman, but he apparently didn't lay a glove on him," poll director Douglas Schwartz said.
The poll suggested that Lieberman's support among Republicans and independent voters was substantial.
Lieberman leads Lamont 70 percent to 9 percent among likely Republican voters, with 18 percent for Schlesinger, and 58-36 among likely independent voters. Likely Democratic voters back Lamont, 55 percent to 36 percent.
The poll of 881 likely Connecticut voters, conducted from Oct. 17-19, has a sampling error margin of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
BTW: I've said it before, the Republicans will do far far better than the popular polling suggests.
It is this way before every major election. About 10 days before the election the news about polls will go quiet, except for occasional individual race reports.
The polls were like this in 1994, 2000, etc etc
Many were getting it wrong, pro Democrat, even on election day with exit polls.
People who answer polls before an election are overwhelmingly pro-D and mostly do not vote. They answer their land-line phones during the day while Oprah is on. Republican voters do not answer polls. besides the principle of it all they are usually at work or only using cell phones.
I know nothing about him but I can't imagine that he's as bad as Lieberman.But of the two candidates that have a ghost of a chance of winning,Lieberman is *by far* the lesser of the evils.
What`s going to be a hoot to watch is when Joe gets re-elected and the Rats discover that,A) Leiberman is now bullet proof, and B) payback can be a bi*ch.
So...you'd rather a pro-abortion liberal who happens to support the war win over Republican candidate who also supports the war?
I don't understand the Republican love affair with Lieberman. He's far too liberal, socially, and about his only saving grace is his willingness to stand up for what's right in the War on Terror. I'd much rather have the Republican win, but better Lieberman than the hand-picked anti-war candidate of MoveOn.org, I guess.
Having Joe Lieberman be elected by many Republicans hopefully will make him think to represent all of PA, not only the Democrats who threw him overboard.
Lieberman is going to owe you know who. RoveBush.. This may be their trump card.
I don't think Republicans and FReepers are thrilled about Lieberman per se.
I think they're looking for a huge SITYS and a whole lot of Shadenfruende to the extreme left wing blogosphere that got Lament elected in the primary.
Hmmm. The pubbie is polling at six percent. So the viable question is, would you rather have a liberal who supports the WOT or an ultra-liberal who does not? Because there is no viable option C here.
I hope he wins because it sticks a finger in the eye of Moveon.org but he is undeserving of re-election.
I hope he doesn't represent all of PA...I'd much rather he represent we the people of Connecticut!
GOP gains one seat (or even two) in the Senate and one in the House.
That wasn't Mark's comment. He state that he would much rather see Lieberman win rather than Schlesinger, the Republican...it wasn't about the best viable candidate.
He's so pathetic that even with the RAT vote split he still can't get 20%.
Like you, I hope Joe wins. He's got the right idea on the one main issue.
Don't look for the DBM to analyze what this means to the RAT party.
But Rosie O'Donnell told Bill O'Reilly that Lamont was a sure winner. Could Rosie be wrong?/s
You can also check out his campaign website.
He was by far the best candidate in the two recent debates that they have had.
That's a significant point.
Put Rosie right there with Zogby and the Toe Sucker.
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