The Associated Press has declared Joe Lieberman the winner in Connecticut, avenging his loss to Ned Lamont in this summer’s Democratic primary.
Lamont lost the momentum in this race literally days after his stunning primary triumph– when he took off for a vacation in Maine. His campaign manager’s ugly verbal attack on the Read More
With word circulating that an exit poll has Ned Lamont leading Joe Lieberman, Dan Gerstein, Lieberman’s campaign press secretary, says he’s not surprised. “We expect this will be a two or three point race,” he said shorty after 7:00. “It’s going to be close.” There is anecdotal evidence, Gerstein said, of higher-than-expected turnout — “but Read More
Running as an independent has offered Joe Lieberman the advantage of broad, bi-partisan voters. The downside, of course, is that his name doesn’t appear until way down on the ballot.
Dan Gerstein, Lieberman’s spokesman, says that 1,200 volunteers have been dispatched to outside polling stations to hand out information to inform voters know where to Read More
Sincerest apologies for the absence of posts over the last couple of hours. We’ve been having some tech issues that are, for the moment, resolved.
And now, as we were saying…
If there was any doubt how Ned Lamont might try to revitalize his campaign, this ad should answer your question.
Here’s what it Read More
Quinnipiac throws a little bit of a wet blanket (a slightly dampened blanket?) on hopes of a suspenseful election tomorrow, releasing polls on three key races that show:
Alan Hevesi leading Chris Callaghan by 12 points;
Bob Menendez leading Tom Kean, Jr. by 5;
and Joe Lieberman leading Ned Lamont by Read More
Ned Lamont, Connecticut’s Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, crossed the rainy street alone. Struggling to keep an umbrella convex above his head, he froze at the curb to pat down his pockets, looking very much like someone who realizes he’s left something behind.
Life for Mr. Lamont has changed dramatically since the heady Read More
Less than a week from the elections, it’s getting increasingly easy to envision what for the Republicans would be a historically gruesome Election Night scene:
Rick Santorum’s wearing toe tags. Lincoln Chafee’s sleeping with the fishes in Narragansett Bay. Mike DeWine’s just trying to hang on until the priest arrives. All that’s left of George Read More
Ned Lamont, Connecticut’s Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, crossed the rainy street alone. Struggling to keep an umbrella convex above his head, he froze at the curb to pat down his pockets, looking very much like someone who realizes he’s left something behind.
Life for Mr. Lamont has changed dramatically since the heady Read More
Today’s Quinnipiac poll =out of Connecticut has Joe Lieberman leading Ned Lamont 49-37% among likely voters, with the Republican candidate Alan Schlesinger at 8%.
In the Oct. 20th Q poll, Lieberman led Lamont 52-35%.
Lieberman leads Lamont among likely Republican voters (73-6), Democratic voters (56-37) and among independent voters (51-36).
Q pollster Douglas Schwartz Read More
There’s been no shortage of told-you-so criticism in recent days for Ned Lamont’s Senate campaign, which, conventional wisdom now has it, has failed to define the candidate since his primary victory as anything other than a liberal insurgent backed by the blogosphere.
Commentators have seemed particularly put off by Lamont’s television advertising. He never Read More
