August 13, 2006
Lieberman Leads in ConnecticutSo says Rasmussen:
Senator Joe Lieberman’s decision to run as an Independent sets up a lively campaign season for Connecticut voters. In the first General Election poll since Ned Lamont defeated Lieberman in Tuesday’s primary, the incumbent is hanging on to a five percentage point lead. Lieberman earns support from 46% of Connecticut voters while Lamont is the choice of 41%.A month ago, the candidates were tied at 40% each.
Republican Alan Schlesinger earns just 6% of the vote, down from 13% a month ago.
57% of the state's voters view Lieberman as politically moderate while 51% see Lamont as liberal.
Half (52%) of Lamont voters believe Bush should be impeached and removed from office. Just 15% of Lieberman voters share that view.
The fact that half of Lamont's supporters in this poll want President Bush impeached is all we need to know about them - Lamont was elevated to the nomination for Senator on the strength of ignorant political lunatics. And the bad part for the Democrats: Lamont is supported by 40% of the Connecticut voters, and that probably represents substantially more than 50% of all Democratic voters. The Democratic Party took a while to reach this point, but the failure of the Gephardts, Reids, Bayhs and Dodds to keep the likes of Michael Moore, MoveOn and Al Sharpton at a distance essentially ensured an eventual leftwing takeover, and that is now accomplished.
Another interesting part to the poll is the "Joe-mentum" - Lieberman has increased support, while Lamont's has been flat. This, to me, is very indicative of what weill actually happen in November: an increasingly leftwing Democratic Party will both mobilise the GOP and turn off the non-left in the Democratic Party. Its going to be a meltdown for the Democrats by November.
Posted by Mark Noonan on August 13, 2006 04:05 PM
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Ned Lamont is a syptom of a condition, and whether or not Joe Lieberman wins this election, I think you must view this as a bad omen for Republicans. The condition is loathing of the status quo, and that is bad for the party in charge.
A good piece was posted on HuffingtonPost by Joe Scarborough, though it wasn't written for HP specifically I think. He said the conservative wing of the Republican party - him included - took over after the 1994 primaries and people were terrified they would lost since they weren't centrist enough, yet the opposite happened.
Lamont is only down by 5, and I think that surprised me the most. He is a good campaigner with a long race in front of him to make that up. Statistically 5% is not much in a poll, if it is even significant at all. How can Republicans view this race as a good sign for their party if YOUR candidate only polls at 6%? This race has become between a conserative and a liberal Democrat, and they outpoll the Republican by about 8- points.
Posted by: NovaNardis at August 14, 2006 11:39 AM
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