Senator Joe Lieberman Watch: Latest Poll Shows Ned Lamont Beating Lieberman
Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) waits for the start of his debate with challenger Ned Lamont in Hartford, Connecticut July 6, 2006. Lieberman, facing a backlash in his own party for supporting the Iraq war, has been overtaken by a political novice in Connecticut’s Democratic Senate primary, a poll showed on Thursday.
AP: Lieberman losing ground in Senate race
Sen. Joe Lieberman, under fire from activists in his own party, has lost ground to his challenger and is narrowly trailing him for the first time in their race for the Democratic nomination, a new poll released Thursday shows.
Businessman Ned Lamont had support from 51 percent and Lieberman from 47 percent of likely Democratic voters in the latest Quinnipiac University poll — a slight Lamont lead given the survey’s sampling error margin of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
Lieberman had led in a Quinnipiac poll last month, 55 percent to 40 percent.
“This is a surge for Lamont,” said Quinnipiac University Poll Director Douglas Schwartz. “It’s rare to see such a big change in a race.”
But, Lieberman still leads in a three way independent candidacy:
In possible general election matchups:
- Lieberman defeats Republican challenger Alan Schlesinger 68 – 15 percent;
- Lamont beats Schlesinger 45 – 22 percent, with 24 percent undecided;
- Running as an independent, Lieberman gets 51 percent, to 27 percent for Lamont and 9 percent for Schlesinger.
This is the best case scenaro for the GOP and the worst case for the Dems:
Lamont wins the Democrat primary and Lieberman wins the general election as an independent with GOP help.
And “SLICK” is coming to the rescue.
Stay tuned…..
Captain Ed has his analysis: Lieberman Slides Into Second
A Lieberman primary victory would be the best outcome for the Democrats; it would keep the state’s party from fracturing in the general election. It doesn’t look good for that result at the moment. Lamont may well top Lieberman in the first round, but an eventual Lieberman victory looks all but assured. That means that the national party leaders will have to be very careful in how they support Lamont, if they decide to do so at all. If they antagonize Lieberman enough, he may give Democrats a few more headaches in the next session of Congress. (via The Moderate Voice and Taegan Goddard)
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