Poll: Lieberman Leads Lamont in Conn.

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They can't keep a good man down........

Poll: Lieberman Leads Lamont in Conn.

HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) - Sen. Joe Lieberman has a 10-point advantage over Democrat Ned Lamont among likely Connecticut voters, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday.

Lieberman, a three-term Democrat running as an independent after losing the party nomination in a primary, is favored by 49 percent to 39 percent over Lamont in the three-way race. Republican Alan Schlesinger trails with 5 percent.

The race has tightened slightly since an Aug. 17 poll that showed Lieberman leading 53 percent to 41 percent.

"Ned Lamont has lost momentum," said poll director Douglas Schwartz said. "He's gained only two points in six weeks. He's going to have to do something different in the next six weeks or ... Lieberman stays in for another six years."

The race is seen as many as a referendum on President Bush's handling of the Iraq war. Lamont, a political newcomer and multimillionaire, ran on an anti-war platform to upset Lieberman in the Aug. 8 primary.

Lieberman, the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2000, is a staunch supporter of the war.

The Quinnipiac poll showed that Lieberman has higher favorability ratings among likely voters, 51 percent to Lamont's 31 percent. While Lamont has slightly higher favorability numbers among Democrats (47 percent to 43 percent), Lieberman far outdistances his challenger among likely Republican and unaffiliated voters. Seventy percent of Republicans view Lieberman favorably compared to 12 percent for Lamont, and 48 percent of independent voters view Lieberman favorably compared to 30 percent for Lamont.

Unaffiliated voters outnumber Democrats and Republicans in the state.

"Lamont wins among those who say Iraq is the most important issue to their vote, but that is only 35 percent of the electorate," Schwartz said. "Lieberman wins on all the other issues voters say matter most to them, including terrorism and the economy."

The telephone poll was conducted between Sept. 21-25. Quinnipiac surveyed 1,181 likely voters and the poll has a sampling error margin of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

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The Dems proclaimed that since Lamont's platform was "anti-Iraq war" and since he was given the Democratic nomination, that this was clear statement by the (very-liberal) population of Conneticut that they were opposed to the war as well. But now that Lieberman is beating Lamont by double digits, the reverse has not been proclaimed.

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The Dems proclaimed that since Lamont's platform was "anti-Iraq war" and since he was given the Democratic nomination, that this was clear statement by the (very-liberal) population of Conneticut that they were opposed to the war as well. But now that Lieberman is beating Lamont by double digits, the reverse has not been proclaimed.

Democrats never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity, Lieberman is an honest politician, with moderate values.
The upcoming election is an open opportunity for change and progress, I have 50 bucks that says the Dems will screw it up again.