Lieberman and Cheney Go Partisan to Blast Lamont

[ECW]

link (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/14/politics/main1893163.shtml)

(AP) The thwarted terrorist airline plot in Britain is sparking a bitter new round of finger-pointing in Connecticut's bruising Senate race.

Democratic nominee Ned Lamont, the anti-war candidate who toppled Sen. Joe Lieberman in the Connecticut primary last week, said he was surprised by Lieberman's and Vice President Dick Cheney's claims that his views on Iraq could embolden terrorists.

"My God, here we have a terrorist threat against hearth and home, and the very first thing that comes out of their mind is how can we turn this to partisan advantage. I find that offensive," Lamont said in an interview Sunday with The Associated Press.

After British officials disclosed Thursday that they had stopped a terrorist airline bombing plot, Lieberman warned that Lamont's call for a phased withdrawal of troops from Iraq would be "taken as a tremendous victory" by terrorists.

Cheney suggested Wednesday that Lamont's victory might encourage "the al Qaeda types" who want to "break the will of the American people in terms of our ability to stay in the fight and complete the task."

Lamont said Lieberman's swipe at his candidacy "sounded an awful lot" like Cheney.

"It surprised me," he said. "It seemed almost orchestrated. It's sort of demeaning to the people of Connecticut. ... I thought the senator and the vice president were both wrong to use that attack (strategy) on the voters of Connecticut."

For those of you that thought that Joe was still a Democrat, guess again. When you talk to Karl Rove everyday and you have Cheney as your attack dog bitch, you are not a Democrat anymore. Say goodbye, Joe.

[PittsburghAfterDark]

I look forward to Wednesday morning in November when Ned Lament has lost.

He's already down 5 points.

Joe Lieberman (CT for Lieberman) 46%
Ned Lamont (D) 41%
Alan Schlesinger (R) 6%
dailykos.com (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/8/11/63924/8204)

[Labrocca]

Any updates on the race?

[Nathan Brazil]

Lieberman warned that Lamont's call for a phased withdrawal of troops from Iraq would be "taken as a tremendous victory" by terrorists.

The problem is....Lieberman is absolutely correct. Since when is stating facts a partisan act?

Oh, it's partisan because the Democrats aren't comfortable with that particular fact. I get it.

[Drocket]

He's already down 5 points.

Joe Lieberman (CT for Lieberman) 46%
Ned Lamont (D) 41%
Alan Schlesinger (R) 6%

Actually, that's *EXTREMELY* good news for Lamont: he is, after all, someone who was just a couple of months ago a complete unknown, running against a 3-term incumbent senator. He's gaining on Lieberman amazingly quickly, going up 2-3 points in similar polls every week. Its far from guaranteed for Lamont at this point, but if he wants to win, Lieberman is going to have to do a much better job of campaigning, because his ship is sinking fast.

[dsanthony]

I look forward to Wednesday morning in November when Ned Lament has lost.

He's already down 5 points.

Joe Lieberman (CT for Lieberman) 46%
Ned Lamont (D) 41%
Alan Schlesinger (R) 6%
dailykos.com (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/8/11/63924/8204)


It's the same mistake the Dems make, over and over again. The 20% of Dems who control the party (radical, pseudo-intellectual elitists) nominate pansies like Dukakis, Mondale, Kerry or this CT clown, then act surprised when they lose.

[Drocket]

It's the same mistake the Dems make, over and over again.Â*Â*The 20% of Dems who control the party (radical, pseudo-intellectual elitists) nominate pansies like Dukakis, Mondale, Kerry or this CT clown, then act surprised when they lose.

Um, people you're criticizing are the ones who supported Lieberman in the primary. Lamont is NOT liked by the Democratic establishment, as he's an upstart nobody who dared to challenge an establishment incumbent, backed by the grassroots.

[dsanthony]

That's disingenous (hard to believe, from a liberal)... the Dem machine, for the most part, disagreed with Liebermann violently on Iraq and supporting the Prez. If they campaigned for him (some did, most stayed out of the way) it was to keep his seat in Dem hands. The smart ones knew (as Dean proved when he urged Liebermann not to run) that Liebermann would win as an independent candidate. While he might still vote with Dems on most issues (except for national security) the loss of his seat would weaken the Dems.

The Dem leadership pushes an anti-military, anti-defense agenda and have done so since 1968. They are not to be trusted with leadership of this country.

[Drocket]

They don't want Lieberman to run because, if he didn't, Lamont would have an extremely safe seat. With Lieberman running, CT is a competative race that needs to have money spent on it, money that could otherwise have been spent on races in other states. That was pretty much the main reason that the DC establishment supported Lieberman in the primary. That support, however, couldn't overcome one simple fact: voters just don't like Lieberman.

Again, this poll is EXTREMELY good news for Lamont. Lieberman is still ahead, but only by a narrow margin. Just a couple of weeks ago, Lamont was behind by 10 points, and a month ago by 20. The more CT voters actually pay attention to the election, the more they like Lamont and dislike Lieberman. That's BIG trouble for Lieberman, with the 'real' election season just starting and almost 3 months to go. Unless Lieberman manages to completely reverse his completely inept performance campaigning in the primary, he's going to be in big trouble in November.

[PittsburghAfterDark]

Again, this poll is EXTREMELY good news for Lamont.Â*Â*Lieberman is still ahead, but only by a narrow margin.

Lieberman Leads Among Likely Connecticut Voters, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Strong Democratic Boost Gives Rell 2 -1 Lead

August 17, 2006

Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman, running as an independent, gets 53 percent of likely voters, with 41 percent for Democratic primary winner Ned Lamont and 4 percent for Republican Alan Schlesinger, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.

Among registered voters, Sen. Lieberman gets 49 percent, followed by Lamont with 38 percent and Schlesinger with 4 percent. This compares to a 51 - 27 percent Lieberman lead over Lamont, with 9 percent for Schlesinger in a July 20 poll by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University.

In this latest survey, Lieberman leads 75 - 13 - 10 percent among likely Republican voters, and 58 - 36 - 3 percent among likely independent voters, while likely Democratic voters back Lamont 63 - 35 percent. Two percent are undecided, but 28 percent of those who name a candidate might change their mind before Election Day.

"Sen. Lieberman's support among Republicans is nothing short of amazing. It more than offsets what he has lost among Democrats. As long as Lieberman maintains this kind of support among Republicans, while holding onto a significant number of Democratic votes, the veteran Senator will be hard to beat," said Quinnipiac University Poll Director Douglas Schwartz, Ph.D.

"Ned Lamont's Democratic primary win was based on a very small percentage of voters statewide. He must expand beyond this base if he is going to beat Lieberman."

Connecticut voters approve 55 - 40 percent of the job Lieberman is doing and likely voters give him a 46 - 30 percent favorability rating, with 23 percent mixed.

Lamont gets a negative 25 - 30 percent favorability rating among likely voters, with 19 percent mixed and 26 percent who haven't heard enough to form an opinion.

Likely voters say 53 - 40 percent that Lieberman deserves reelection. Among those who oppose his reelection, 24 percent cite his position on the war in Iraq.
Link (http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x11362.xml?ReleaseID=948)

For those of you scoring at home? That's a 7 point jump for Lieberman in the "likely voter" category in one week.

The barking moonbats are going to lose this one badly.

[Rider]

I'm not at all sure that it will be a good thing for Republicans for Lieberman to be re-elected, unless he were to change parties, and that's not likely to happen. If he lost the election the Dems would only validate mainstream American's suspicion that the Democratic Party is radicalized and not to be trusted.

[ECW]

The GOP's candidate is in the middle of a gambling scandal so he has no chance of being elected. Republicans and disaffected Democrats may quite possibly re-elect Joe to the Senate.