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     Foj Citizen Username: Foger Post Number: 1672 Registered: 9-2004 |
New CT Rasmussen: Ned ahead by 10, TIED UP in 3-way A third poll has now shown Ned Lamont ahead of Joe Lieberman in the Connecticut Democratic primary for United States Senate. This time, Rasmussen shows Lamont with a solid 51-41 lead (currently, the poll is only available for subscribers to Rasmussen). The previous Rasmussen poll, conducted in mid-June, showed Lieberman ahead 46-40. .... In a three way race, Rasmussen shows Lamont and Lieberman tied at 40% each, with the Republican at 13%..... http://www.mydd.com/story/2006/7/22/132827/508 Poll: Lamont Has Narrow Lead - Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday has Democratic challenger Ned Lamont leading the US Senate race over incumbent Joe Lieberman......... http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-poll-lamont-lieberman-0720,0,7839292.story? coll=hc-headlines-home -Ned Lamont's surprisingly strong showing at the state Democratic convention gained him a lot of headlines and probably has helped increase his poll numbers- http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x11362.xml?ReleaseID=922 My partisian/slanted/liberal/spin/BS/viewpoint. If Lamont wins, the DNC will dump Millions into Neds campaign. Joe will be cut off from any DNC money, IIRC DCCC money too. How is Joe going to make up for the DNC millions Lamont gets? | ||
| cjc Citizen Username: Cjc Post Number: 5773 Registered: 8-2003 |
McCain will float him some of his PAC money. Hillary will launder her donations through the Rose Law Firm. | ||
| Factvsfiction Citizen Username: Factvsfiction Post Number: 1158 Registered: 4-2006 |
Nothing like giving Rove the ability to scare the national populace with claims the dems are all looney isolationist cut-and-runners right before another Presidential election. Attaboy progressives! BTW, Ned seems a bit too rich to be an extreme left posterboy. | ||
| anon Supporter Username: Anon Post Number: 2887 Registered: 6-2002 |
FvF: If we are still in Iraq by the time of the next Presidential campaign "cut and run" will be a pretty popular position. And I would suggest that right-wing isolationism ala Pat Buchanan is always popular. | ||
| John Caffrey Citizen Username: Jerseyjack Post Number: 391 Registered: 11-2005 |
When is the Ct. primary election to be held? | ||
| Dave Supporter Username: Dave  Post Number: 10195 Registered: 4-1997  |
8/8 If Lieberman loses he'll need to file 7500 signatures to run as an independent on 8/9. | ||
| John Caffrey Citizen Username: Jerseyjack Post Number: 392 Registered: 11-2005 |
I believe he already has "backed up" and filed as an independent. | ||
| Dave Supporter Username: Dave Post Number: 10197 Registered: 4-1997 |
He may have signatures, but he can only file on that day. | ||
| anon Supporter Username: Anon Post Number: 2890 Registered: 6-2002 |
Is there enough time for Jamie Ross to establish residence, gather signatures and file to run? | ||
| Foj Citizen Username: Foger Post Number: 1676 Registered: 9-2004 |
Looks like Joe will lose the Primary. | ||
| Factvsfiction Citizen Username: Factvsfiction Post Number: 1193 Registered: 4-2006 |
I hear the sound of Karl Rove jumping up and down.  | ||
| Dr. Winston O'Boogie Citizen Username: Casey Post Number: 2276 Registered: 8-2003  |
if he can spin a Ned Lamont victory among Democrats in CT as an ascendancy of radical communists, then maybe he is a genius. | ||
| Foj Citizen Username: Foger Post Number: 1683 Registered: 9-2004 |
"the sound of Karl Rove jumping up and down. " Is he with Jeff Gannon/Guckert? | ||
| Dr. Winston O'Boogie Citizen Username: Casey Post Number: 2277 Registered: 8-2003 |
"the sound of Karl Rove jumping up and down" I always wondered what 200 pounds of lard in oscillation sounds like . | ||
| Factvsfiction Citizen Username: Factvsfiction Post Number: 1198 Registered: 4-2006 |
Lard, Karl Rove may be, but he remains your winning enemy. Guys, even Bill showed up for Lieberman, dont' you get it? Thankfully I am a recovering democrat, and not joining the "lemming" contingent. | ||
| Foj Citizen Username: Foger Post Number: 1688 Registered: 9-2004 |
Joe & Bill are DLC. Dean the Chair of the DNC has declared war on the DLC, and that means Joe will be made an example of. Right next door to NY and Senator Clinton (DLC). FvF, I'm just sayin'......... | ||
| Factvsfiction Citizen Username: Factvsfiction Post Number: 1202 Registered: 4-2006 |
Foj, So crash and burn. What do I care. You will then be doing 20 threads a week about how crappy President Gingrich is anyway. | ||
| sbenois Supporter Username: Sbenois Post Number: 15421 Registered: 10-2001  |
Dean is nuts. Lieberman is one of the few national Democrats worth listening to. Vote for Rudy. | ||
| Foj Citizen Username: Foger Post Number: 1689 Registered: 9-2004 |
Anti-war Connecticut U.S. Senate candidate Ned Lamont has surged to a razor-thin 51 - 47 percent lead over incumbent Sen. Joseph Lieberman among likely Democratic primary voters, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. This compares to a 55 - 40 percent lead for Sen. Lieberman among likely Democratic primary voters in a June 8 poll by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University. [...] here:L http://houseoflabor.tpmcafe.com/blog/blogswarm/2006/jul/20/analysis_of_ned_lamon ts_lead_over_joe_lieberman | ||
| Foj Citizen Username: Foger Post Number: 1694 Registered: 9-2004 |
Looks like the NYT is endorsing Lamont: http://electioncentral.tpmcafe.com/blog/electioncentral/2006/jul/29/times_endors es_lamont | ||
| Foj Citizen Username: Foger Post Number: 1695 Registered: 9-2004 |
If Mr. Lieberman had once stood up and taken the lead in saying that there were some places a president had no right to take his country even during a time of war, neither he nor this page would be where we are today. But by suggesting that there is no principled space for that kind of opposition, he has forfeited his role as a conscience of his party, and has forfeited our support." http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/30/opinion/30sun1.html | ||
| notehead Supporter Username: Notehead Post Number: 3655 Registered: 5-2001  |
Lamont sounded great (and played along well) on Colbert last night. Made some great points and clearly has a good brain in his head. | ||
| joel dranove Citizen Username: Jdranove Post Number: 802 Registered: 1-2006 |
Netroots vs. Rightroots By Michelle Malkin · August 02, 2006 11:36 AM She is another informed blogger. START: With so much breaking news in the Middle East, I've been neglecting politics on the homefront. So, here are a few links and asides on a few noteworthy campaign developments on both sides of the aisle: The netroots/nutroots are putting their proverbial eggs in the Ned Lamont basket. They are pulling out all the stops with ad hominen attacks on Sen. Joe Lieberman. Don Lambro looks at the uncivil war faced by pro-Iraq war Democrats. Ian Schwartz has the Lamont-Colbert video. Look at the Photoshop that unhinged Jane Hamsher has posted of Sen. Lieberman at the Huffington Post: blackfacehamsher.jpg I am so sure the Congressional Black Caucus and the NAACP and the civil rights brigade will be protesting this disgusting use of blackface in political discourse. Oh, wait, never mind. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are campaigning against Lieberman, too. Meanwhile, "ImpeachPAC" is playing the Nazi card against Lieberman--essentially blaming his support for the war on an infiltration of skinheads into the US military. Lamont is a millionaire with money to burn. This piece reports he "has now given $3 million of his own money to his campaign and has increased his TV advertising for the final two weeks." Like so many wealthy Dem elites, he's spending much of that money trying to convince voters he's a..."populist." He's also whining about criticism of his membership in an exclusive private club. He calls the scrutiny "dirty politics." In the Right corner of the blogosphere, there's a Rightroots effort underway to counter the insanity. John Hawkins has all the details and a slate of candidates is here. Ed Morrissey reports on fund-raising efforts so far and a challenge from Rep. Jack Kingston. Lorie Byrd at Wizbang has more. I can guarantee you there will be no blackface Photoshopping on our side. *** Sweetheart of the blogosphere Mary Katherine Ham of Townhall.com is onboard with Rightroots and Chris Muir is commemorating. We have Mary Katherine. They have Jane Hamsher. Need I say more? Digg this | ||
| Factvsfiction Citizen Username: Factvsfiction Post Number: 1275 Registered: 4-2006 |
Lamont is now being supported by : Al Sharpton Jesse "Hymietown" Jackson Are there now two better reasons to support Lieberman and cut him a check? | ||
| Rastro Citizen Username: Rastro Post Number: 3681 Registered: 5-2004  |
Why? I'm sure Bush was supported the by the Klan and ultraright paramilitary groups. Should people have made their decisions based on those "endorsements?" You are not defined by the people who might support you. You hve no control over that. You are defined better, IMHO, by the people you oppose or you support. | ||
| Factvsfiction Citizen Username: Factvsfiction Post Number: 1279 Registered: 4-2006 |
Rastro- That argument is a stinker, sorry to say. You certainly are defined by those that choose to support you, ( an expect something from you in return ). I guarantee "You have no control" over the people that support you would make the oldline dem ward heelers laugh at you, not with you. Applying the people who oppose Lieberman like Jesse and Al, as a better criteria, it says vote Lieberman. | ||
| Rastro Citizen Username: Rastro Post Number: 3684 Registered: 5-2004 |
I am not pro- or anti-Lieberman, so your last sentence means nothing to me. Yes, you can get people you want to support you to do so by granting them favors or buying their support. However are you suggesting that you have control over those that you do not want support from, but support you anyway? I owe nothing to someone who supports me without my requesting their support (either implicitly or overtly). Besides, I doubt very much whether Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton have much sway over Connecticut voters. | ||
| Dr. Winston O'Boogie Citizen Username: Casey Post Number: 2293 Registered: 8-2003 |
I guess the implication is that it's anti-Semitic to oppose Lieberman or support Lamont. I should have seen that one coming. And if that's not meant to be the implication, why the "hymietown" reference?  | ||
| notehead Supporter Username: Notehead Post Number: 3664 Registered: 5-2001 |
CNN reports that as of this morning, Lamont continues to maintain a double-digit lead, and this in spite of Clinton's endorsement of Lieberman. | ||
| notehead Supporter Username: Notehead Post Number: 3666 Registered: 5-2001 |
More good news is that the infamous election corruption specialist Kate Harris is a good 37 points behind Dem Bill Nelson. | ||
| Rastro Citizen Username: Rastro Post Number: 3690 Registered: 5-2004 |
You think a measly 27 point gap will stop Harris? | ||
| notehead Supporter Username: Notehead Post Number: 3669 Registered: 5-2001 |
Even the GOP has said they're not supporting her, so I don't think she'll try to pull any sneaky moves. | ||
| Factvsfiction Citizen Username: Factvsfiction Post Number: 1298 Registered: 4-2006 |
Lieberman is a statesman, the other guy is being supported by two of greatest hucksters of the 20th and 21st centuries. No more need be said. | ||
| anon Supporter Username: Anon Post Number: 2917 Registered: 6-2002 |
two of greatest hucksters of the 20th and 21st centuries. There are plenty of people who would readily apply that description to Lieberman supporters Bill and Hillary Clinton. | ||
| Dr. Winston O'Boogie Citizen Username: Casey Post Number: 2300 Registered: 8-2003 |
Here's why Joe is in trouble. He's out of step with most of America, and certainly with the overwhelming majority of CT Democrats on the most important issue of our time. This is democracy in action. Lieberman's constituents feel he no longer represents their beliefs. Pretty simple stuff, and actually pretty admirable that voters in CT aren't just accepting the inevitability of incumbency. And frankly, not only does that Op-Ed piece show Joe out of step, but given the events of the past half year, it suggests he's out of touch with reality in Iraq as well. | ||
| Factvsfiction Citizen Username: Factvsfiction Post Number: 1310 Registered: 4-2006 |
I am sure anon, Winston, notehead, and Foj can get into the same select country club that Neddie belongs to.  Talk about "strange bedfellows". Plus latest projections show Lieberman winning CT in a general election. The anti-war progressive putzes really want him to vote with the repubs next year. | ||
| Dr. Winston O'Boogie Citizen Username: Casey Post Number: 2303 Registered: 8-2003 |
three weeks ago the "latest projections" showed Lieberman beating Lamont in the primary. | ||
| Nohero Supporter Username: Nohero Post Number: 5697 Registered: 10-1999  |
http://www.scrappleface.com/?p=2302 | ||
| pseudonymous Citizen Username: Berry_festival Post Number: 256 Registered: 9-2003 |
Ouch. Associated with Zell Miller? Poor Lieberman. | ||
| Factvsfiction Citizen Username: Factvsfiction Post Number: 1312 Registered: 4-2006 |
Hey guys, so Ned is just a regular working stiff kind of dem with an estimated fortune of a 90-322 million? That "republican" swell Lieberman is worth about a million or so. But it's the principal of the thing that matters ! Jeez, if Lamont is elected I am sure he is not going to do anything for those corporate fat cats, like those rich republicans that get elected. No he will be even more of a friend to the working man than Lieberman. Heh-heh. Does Ned know the price of milk? My question: does opposition to the Iraq war mean you have to lose your mind? P.T. Barnum said there is a sucker born every minute. Say, any progressives out there want to buy a bridge? |
