Running the numbers on a Lieberman-Lamont-Schlesinger race

NRO ^ | 8/9/2006 | Jim Geraghty

[Panzerlied]

Interesting analysis, but the proof will have to wait until November. Until then, expect MSM polls to tell us that Lamont leads by 60% to 40% or even more (of all KOS members polled!)

[muawiyah]

But none of this matters. Connecticut ordinarily has a very low turnout at primaries.

Lamont actually got only 10% of the total possible normal Democratic vote.

There's a doggone good chance that 10% is where he maxes out!

[Tribune7]

So everybody is writing off the Pub?

[Buck W.]

As long as we're making predictions, I predict that Lieberman will win, and announce a party change to the GOP the day the new Congress is sworn in.

[MAD-AS-HELL]

Should Lieberman bring in fellow tribe member Dickie "Toe Sucker" Morris to help triangulate???

[Jameison]

"Should Lieberman bring in fellow tribe member Dickie "Toe Sucker" Morris to help triangulate???"


I could have sworn I heard ole Dick say he used to work for Lamont.

[SmithL]

I predict that Lieberman will win, but he'll remain Independent with a grudge against the MoveOn crowd.

[MAD-AS-HELL]

Yes, you are right. Dickie did work for Lamont. It would be even richer for him to work for Lieberman.

[CalvaryJohn]

Joe needs to run as Joe. And yes, Schlesinger is a wasted vote. 9% as we speak. I know a lot of Freepers consider Joe as good as a traitor for simply being a Democrat, but he has always struck me as a man of conviction and one of the most honest members of congress. Go ahead, flame away. We could do worse with a Chafee RINO any day. Or Specter. Or Snowe. Or Collins. I would put money on him for November. I think the house is in jeopardy, tho.

[dedbird]

What is the Right's obsession with Lieberman? Screw him and the guy who beat him! I was noxious listening to Hannity today talking about how Leibster was a "stand up guy, independent, etc..." To hell with him! It makes me sick to see conservatives sucking up to liberals, even if they are "moderate."

The right needs to screw its head on! I am speaking as conservative here! So he voted for the war. Are we going to have another war vote?

No!

We don't need his stupid vote for the war anymore, so throw him under the bus and forget him!

[BW2221]

Who hasn't Morris worked for?

[MinorityRepublican]

So everybody is writing off the Pub?

The RINO is corrupt.

[arthurus]

Actually I would prefer for Lamont to narrowly win. I am sorry McKinney lost in Georgia. The crats need good representation like hat.Or maybe the Republicans need for the crats to have good representation like that.

[BarbaraS.]

Does anyone remember when Liberman was running for vice-president. He changed most of his views to agree
with nutty Gore. He has no core beliefs other than
being in the Senate. He will not become a conservative.
He is jewish so he agrees w/conservatives on this one
issue.

[muawiyah]

Everybody who runs for VP advances the views of the front runner.

[Chuckster]

I predict that Lieberman will win, and announce a party change to the GOP the day the new Congress is sworn in.

Great! A new RINO

[goldstategop]

There are more independents than Democrats or Republicans in Connecticut. Lieberman is in a strong position to win re-election and when he does, he'll remember the Democrats couldn't wait to shove him out the door - despite his loyalty to the party.

(Go Israel, Go! Slap 'Em Down Hezbullies.)

[goldstategop]

He can't be worse than Lincoln Chaffee. There aren't too many Democrats with his national security and foreign views. And he's held some heretical domestic policy views at odds with liberal orthodoxy - notably support for school vouchers and personal retirement accounts in the past. Yeah, so he would be a perfect RINO. But considering what his party is becoming, that would be its loss and our long term gain.

(Go Israel, Go! Slap 'Em Down Hezbullies.)

[ClaireSolt]

I want to know how Lamont got 15,000 new dems to register to vote for him and whether it was legal. Were they paid?