Posted on 10/29/2006 9:15:14 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
(10-29) 04:00 PST Waterbury, Conn. -- Three months ago, Sen. Joe Lieberman was written off as political roadkill after being beaten by Greenwich businessman Ned Lamont in a Democratic primary that was seen as a referendum on the 18-year incumbent's support for the Iraq war.
Top Democratic leaders urged him to accept the will of his party's voters and quit the race. His opponent and liberal bloggers denounced him as a traitor for continuing to run as an "independent Democrat."
But to the chagrin of his many critics, Lieberman now appears poised to win a relatively easy re-election. A recent Quinnipiac University poll showed him leading Lamont by 17 percentage points.
If he wins, it won't be with the support of Democrats -- a majority of whom back Lamont -- but with the votes of independents, the state's biggest voting group, and Republicans, who are choosing Lieberman over the party's scandal-plagued nominee.
"Do the math," said Stamford Mayor Dan Malloy, a Democrat who's backing Lamont, but admits Lieberman has a big edge. "If you get most of the Republican votes and some of the Democrats and you do a little better than break even with the unaffiliateds, you win."
Lieberman's rebound shows how difficult it is to knock off an incumbent, especially one who was the party's vice presidential nominee in 2000 and who has deeply entrenched support after almost four decades in Congress, the state Senate and as Connecticut's attorney general.
The latest polls also show that Lamont's anti-war message, which propelled him to victory in the Aug. 8 Democratic primary and made him a hero to the left, hasn't been enough to win over middle-of-the road voters, even in a staunchly anti-war state like Connecticut.
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Lieberman never served in Congress. He ran and lost.
As much as I despise Lieberman, who is nothing but another liberal Dem at heart, it is still gratifying to see the voters slap down the leftwing antiwar moonbats and their allies in the Democrat Media.
My, what a short memory young Master Zachary has:
Connecticut Senate: Two Days After Primary, Lieberman Ahead by 5 (Lieberman 46%, Lamont 41%)
Lieberman never served in Congress.
"Congress" consists of the House and the Senate.
"Lieberman's rebound shows how difficult it is to knock off an incumbent, especially one who was the party's vice presidential nominee in 2000 and who has deeply entrenched support after almost four decades in Congress, the state Senate and as Connecticut's attorney general."
No it doesn't. It shows that when demonrats run their typical wet dream, (a crazy liberal) vs a regular liberal, people, even Northeastern liberals, understand the crazy liberal is waaay too much and vote accordingly.
My, what a short memory young Master Zachary has
The author means written off by our betters in the media, not by the ignorant slobs who actually vote.
Second, how is it possible that a get-the-job-done-in-Iraq candidate isn't losing in a place like CT to a cut-and-run candidate like Lamont? I expect the stay-the-course sentiment is much more widespread throughout the country than reported in the Big Media. I guess we'll see on election day.
It will be interesting to note the difference in treatment that Lieberman receives from the same media who were lionizing Jumpin' Jim Jeffords for his "independence" not so very long ago.
Maybe in MA but where I'm from, Congress, at least in common parlance, refers to the House.
How is it possible to be this stupid? No one wrote him off accept the drive by idiots and their kissin cousins in the DNC.
Why? It seems like a fitting end to a meaningless misspent life.
Perhaps, but Lieberman is still a liberal Democrat.
"The latest polls also show that Lamont's anti-war message, which propelled him to victory in the Aug. 8 Democratic primary and made him a hero to the left, hasn't been enough to win over middle-of-the road voters, even in a staunchly anti-war state like Connecticut."
I thought the media told me that everyone in America was against this war. If that is true then Lamont must be winning in a slam dunk state like Conneticut.
It kind of makes you wonder whether the media might have it wrong nationally if they cannot figure out a small state like Conneticut.
On domestic policy, yes. But at least he is still a hawk on foreign affairs. We used to call these "Scoop Jackson Democrats."
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