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Monday, August 07, 2006
Monday Morning Round Up
Twenty twenty twenty-four hours to go... GOTV!
- New Quinnipiac poll shows Ned Lamont up 51-45. It's worth noting the dates on these polls - while they were released 4 days apart, they were actually taken one week apart. The more amazing number is that 90% of respondants say their minds are made up. As always, predicting likely voters is really close to impossible. And this is anybody's race tomorrow, as it has been for weeks. This is a close race, and anyone who was going to sit on their hands should take this as a wake-up call.
- The New York Times seriously put these two sentences in the same article, without comment:
1) "That's something that separates me from my opponent — I don't hate Republicans," [Lieberman] said....
2) Mr. Lieberman also said Mr. Lamont was a "center-right Democrat" and not as liberal as Mr. Lamont's antiwar message might suggest. He noted that Mr. Lamont, as a Democratic selectman in Greenwich, frequently cast the same votes as the two other board members, who were Republicans. - The Chicago Tribune has an interesting article about old friends of Joe who feel obliged to support Ned Lamont, a story that's being told time and time again across the state:
For months, they agonized, unhappy with Lieberman's support for the war in Iraq. "It's the worst blunder in American history in my time," said Tom [Gaines], 83.
But even that was not enough to push the couple into the Lamont camp.
Then came Lieberman's announcement that he would run for re-election as an independent if he loses the Democratic primary. The Gaineses were horrified, fearing that Lieberman's decision would split the party, throw Connecticut's seat to a Republican and deny Democrats the opportunity to take control of the Senate--though polls have indicated Lieberman would win a three-way race.
"He's sacrificing American history for his own ambition," Tom Gaines said. "The worst thing possible is for Republicans to get that seat. I just can't live with that. It's immoral." - It's the final day of the campaign. And this is what tomorrow is all about:
"You want to stay the course or do you want to change course? do you want to leave the troops in Iraq or is it time to start bringing them home," says Lamont.
Rock the boat. - Had to link to this from Sunday... Lamont spokesperson Liz Dupont-Diehl absolutely destroyed Lieberman campaign manager (at least for another day) Sean Smith on Fox61's "Beyond the Headlines."
- GOTV. At this point, nothing else matters.
posted by tparty at 8:27 AM 
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Clearly, what Joe is saying is that Ned Lamont hates himself. You don't think that someone who hates themself can be an effective Senator for Connecticut, do you?
Looks like Lamont just lost the "energy analyst" vote. Add that to military industrial complex and corporate lobbyists, and it doesn't look like there are going to be that many people turning out for Lamont. I would note that given that Lieberman has established that Ned Lamont hates himself, the relevant question is "WILL HE KILL THEM BEFORE HE KILLS HIMSELF?"
How's that Iraq War and resulting instability in the Middle East affecting energy prices, energy analyst?
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