Lieberman Leads in Post-Primary CT Poll
By amba | Related entries in Elections, General Politics, Polls46% to 41%. (H/T: Althouse.)
Do you think this is a response to security concerns in the wake of the London terror plot?
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August 13th, 2006 at 5:38 pm
No, this is a response to the fact that Lieberman is now more attractive than ever to independents and to cross-over Republicans. And to Democrats who are determined not to become a wholly owned subsidiary of George Soros Enterprises.
In exchange for this, Lamont gets the booby prize: the Kos-Holes who hated Lieberman anyway. The Kos-Holes who have just cost the Dems a seat in the Senate.
The idea that the terror plot was concocted to give Lieberman a bounce is, of course, ridiculous. Nevertheless, I encourage Lamont supporters to believe it with all their hearts, and to say it loudly and often.
August 13th, 2006 at 6:08 pm
Have they really cost the Dems a seat in the Senate if Lieberman is still going to consider himself a Dem?
Otherwise: Word!
August 13th, 2006 at 7:03 pm
People who consider themselves Dems don’t count for control of the
Senate. That’s a rather important consideration right now, unless Dems are just determined to never control the Senate again.
August 13th, 2006 at 9:03 pm
Schlesinger’s numbers went down significantly as Joe’s went up. I think a lot of Republicans are planning to vote for Joe because they know Schlesinger doesn’t stand a chance and Lamont scares them to death.
August 13th, 2006 at 10:45 pm
Except calling Leiberman a democract is like calling Zell Miller a democrat. Emperor Palpatine wasn’t doing anything but making the dems look more the GOP.
August 14th, 2006 at 6:04 am
No, it isn’t. If you can’t tell the difference between Miller and Lieberman you’re politically tone-deaf.
August 14th, 2006 at 7:59 am
Lieberman has run in three statewide senatorial elections in the last 18 years, and before that was ran statewide for attorney general, and thus has much higher name recognition that Lamont. Although the Democratic primary campaign had statewide visibility, it was aimed at Democrats. There are a lot of campaign efforts like mailings, personal appearances and get out the vote efforts that are not aimed at the general electorate. In addition, many high recognition Democrats, including Bill Clinton, appeared at Lieberman’s side during the primary. Those Democrats will now be campaigning for Lamont, which will reinforce his mainstream credentials.This poll is reflective of the fact that Lamont has undertaken virtually no campaigning aimed at voters statewide. Wishful thinking Republicans will try to spin this as a rejection of Lamont, but I think we’ll see those numbers start to change as the campaign goes on. While there’s certainly no guarantee that Lamont will win, I suspect that lot of the commentary you’ll read around this poll will read much the same as the commentary when he entered the primary. Except his numbers then were in the single digits, not 44 percent. There’s still a long way to go before the election.
And a lot of the predictions about Lamont’s demise are based on the conventional wisdom that only a hard-core, committed cadre of far leftists will support an anti-war candidate. I think a reading of every poll out there puts the lie to that.
August 14th, 2006 at 8:15 am
A Senator with 18 years in the Senate is leading by 5 points in August. That is not good news. Lieberman also hasn’t broken the 50% mark. That is not good news. I am not sure how this poll can be described as a good sign for Lieberman.
August 14th, 2006 at 3:28 pm
Kos-Holes
Hehehehe, man that’s a good one! I got one of them on my post about this. He was all about the pending “treason trials” up for GWB in the winter when the “awakening liberal party” takes over. He was a VERY angry individual.
I wouldn’t think the left COULD claim Lieberman in their “control count” since he’s running as an Independant… Thus would not have the party recognition.
August 14th, 2006 at 4:18 pm
Indeed, Lieberman and Miller are two very different creatures. Looking back to Miller’s “spit-wad” speech in 2k4’s Republican convention, and he came out as an ideologue. Lieberman’s position has been more moderate, although interestingly along the same axis…
August 14th, 2006 at 6:48 pm
Honestly, I’m all for this Lamont business precisely because it means a stronger chance that neither Lieberman nor Lamont will win the seat. Then again, I don’t particularly want to see a Republican minion in that seat either. Its really starting to seem like I don’t like anyone in politics and my opinions are more firmly rooted in schadenfreude than anything else.
August 17th, 2006 at 9:50 am
Are you kidding? There’s less chance of a Republican winning that seat than there is Ross Perot EVER being President.
Supporting Lieberman at least get’s us a moderate democrat in the house and one less seat on the Democrat rolls.