CNN: Lieberman concedes to Lamont, vows to run in November

Sen. Joseph Lieberman conceded to cable executive Ned Lamont in the Democratic primary for the Connecticut Senate nomination Tuesday night but vowed to run as an “independent Democrat” this fall.

With 94 percent of the precincts reporting, Lamont led Lieberman 52 percent to 48 percent, according to The Associated Press.

Lieberman, who was former Vice President Al Gore’s running mate in 2000, is seeking a fourth Senate term. Lamont, a former Greenwich city councilman, is running his first statewide campaign.

After telling his supporters that he had called Lamont to congratulate him on his victory, Lieberman said “We’ve just finished the first half and the Lamont team is ahead, but, in the second half, our team — Team Connecticut — is going to surge forward to victory in November”

The three-term senator said he was disappointed by the results but said he was more disappointed in how the primary campaign was conducted.

“The old politics of partisan polarization won today. For the sake of our state, our country and my party, and I cannot, I will not let this result stand.”

As expected Lamont eeked out a small victory against Lieberman in the Democrat primary election.

Now, it is “game on” for Lieberman v. Lamont.

If anyone thinks the primary campaign was dirty and nasty, stay tuned…..

And Ed Koch, former Mayor of New York City is with Independent Joe.

New York’s “Mayor for Life” and one of the country’s most prominent Democrats says he’s backing Joe Lieberman’s independent run for U.S. Senate.

“There’s no blood oath binding him not to run as an independent,” Edward Koch told NewsMax.

Koch predicts that Lieberman, running as an independent, would win the general election handily. He also noted that Lieberman would continue to caucus with Democrats when he takes his seat in the Senate.

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Representative Cynthia McKinney has been defeated in the House Democrat Primary for Georgia’s 4th District.

U.S. Representative, District 4
Democrat

18% of precincts reporting
PR=Precincts Reporting
TP=Total Precincts

The “Fat Lady Has Sung” for McKinney as voters have spurned her candidacy in a massive way.

Update #1

U.S. Representative, District 4
Democrat

51% of precincts reporting
PR=Precincts Reporting
TP=Total Precincts

Update #2

U.S. Representative, District 4
Democrat

98% of precincts reporting
PR=Precincts Reporting
TP=Total Precincts

17 point plus victory for Johnson…..

But, what will McKinney’s excuse be?

Stay tuned……

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Senator Joe Lieberman has been defeated for renomination by the Democrat Party of Connecticut.

Lamont Leads In Early Results
Connecticut // U.S. Senate – – Dem Primary
128 of 748 Precincts Reporting – 17.11%
Lamont, Ned Dem 30,219 56.34%
Lieberman, Joe (i) Dem 23,414 43.66%

Update #1

This Race has tightened……..

Lamont Leads In Early Results
Connecticut // U.S. Senate – – Dem Primary
423 of 748 Precincts Reporting – 56.55%
Lamont, Ned 79,580 52.17%
Lieberman, Joe (i) 72,964 47.83%

Update #2

Joe Lieberman is on the brink of being defeated:

Connecticut // U.S. Senate – – Dem Primary
575 of 748 Precincts Reporting – 76.87%
Lamont, Ned 109,239 51.76%
Lieberman, Joe (i) 101,818 48.24%

Update #3

Connecticut // U.S. Senate - - Dem Primary
575 of 748 Precincts Reporting - 79.95%
Lamont, Ned 114,165 51.75% **Winner
Lieberman, Joe (i) 106,428 48.24%

The Fat Lady Has Sung for Joe Lieberman……

Stay tuned …….

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In early returns, incumbent Representative Cynthia McKinney trails challenger Hank Johnson:

U.S. Representative, District 4
Democrat

12% of precincts reporting
PR=Precincts Reporting
TP=Total Precincts

McKinney has alleged voting irregularities.

Shortly after the polls opened on Tuesday, allegations of voting irregularities began appearing on U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney’s campaign Web site.

Stay tuned……

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Greenwich resident and Democratic Senate hopeful Ned Lamont enters Greenwich high school with his daughter, Lindsay, 15, as he prepares to vote in the Democratic state primary in Greenwich, Conn., Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006. Lamont, a millionaire owner of a cable television company, held a slight lead of 51 percent to 45 percent over Sen. Joe Lieberman among likely Democratic voters, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Monday.

AP: Lieberman’s Senate seat in voters’ hands

With a new poll showing the race tightening between Democratic Sen. Joe Lieberman and his anti-war opponent, both sides made their final pitches to voters in the nation’s most closely watched primary election.

Lieberman crisscrossed the state in a final attempt to keep his Senate seat and reassure voters who began going to the polls Tuesday morning in Connecticut’s primary election.

As polls opened at 6 a.m., Lieberman planned stops six stops around the state throughout the day.

He said that the voters who were upset with him were trying to “send me a message,” and he assured them: “I got their message.”

If defeated, Lieberman would be only the fourth incumbent senator since 1980 to lose a primary election.

Challenger Ned Lamont, a millionaire owner of a cable television company, held a slight lead of 51 percent to 45 percent over Lieberman among likely Democratic voters, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Monday.

The telephone poll of 784 likely Democratic primary voters, conducted from July 31 to Aug. 6, has a sampling error margin of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.

The race tightened in recent days, with Lamont’s lead cut from 13 points.

U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman greets supporters as he arrives at East Haven Community Center in East Haven, Conn., Sunday, Aug. 6, 2006.

Flap has handicapped a Lieberman loss in the primary and a win in the general election as an independent candidate. There is no reason to change this assessment.

Lieberman’s surge is likely due to President Clinton’s in-state campaigning and a reassessment by voters of a divisive Left-wing driven Lamont campaign.

Flap just heard Senator Chris Dodd spinning this election as a referendum on George Bush.

Hardly so.

Joe Lieberman is a Liberal who happens to have a common sense approach to national security.

Joe Lieberman is NO George W. Bush.

A turn away/rejection of Lieberman’s Iraw War moderation (the same moderation held by Hillary Clinton) will make for interesting times in the Democrat Party. A turn to the left and the George McGovern wing will help the GOP in 2006 and 2008.

Stay tuned……

Captain Ed has Will Moderates Survive In The Democratic Party?

We will see what Connecticut voters decide today, but if the race is close, we can expect a rematch in November. If Lamont does manage to win, the only possible interpretation is that the activist Left wants to cow the moderates in the Democratic party to support a pacifist policy and to end cooperation across the aisle. Anyone thinking that this is merely a referendum on George Bush is quite mistaken.

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