Joementum outstrips Nedmentum

Toldja Ned Lamont was a losing horse.

September 28, 2006 - Lieberman Has 10-Point Lead In Connecticut, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Dem Challenger Gains No Ground On Rell
Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman, running for reelection as an independent, holds a 49 - 39 percent likely voter lead over Democratic candidate Ned Lamont, with 5 percent for Republican Alan Schlesinger and 7 percent undecided, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.

This compares to a 53 - 41 percent Sen. Lieberman lead over Lamont, with 4 percent for Schlesinger in an August 17 poll by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh- pe-ack) University.

In this latest survey, Lieberman leads Lamont 69 - 15 percent among likely Republican voters, with 12 percent for Schlesinger, and 50 - 36 - 4 percent among likely independent voters, while likely Democratic voters back Lamont 57 - 37 percent.

Connecticut voters say 47 - 38 percent that Lamont does not have the right kind of experience to be a U.S. Senator.

“Ned Lamont has lost momentum. He’s gained only two points in six weeks. He’s going to have to do something different in the next six weeks or Sen. Joseph Lieberman stays in for another six years,” said Quinnipiac University Poll Director Douglas Schwartz, Ph.D. “Lamont wins among those who say Iraq is the most important issue to their vote, but that is only 35 percent of the electorate. Lieberman wins on all the other issues voters say matter most to them, including terrorism and the economy.”

Connecticut likely voters give Lieberman a 51 - 24 percent favorability rating, with 22 percent mixed.

Lamont gets a split 31 - 28 percent favorability rating, with 23 percent mixed and 17 percent who haven’t heard enough to form an opinion.

The war in Iraq is the most important issue in their vote for Senator, 35 percent of Connecticut voters say, followed by 25 percent who list the economy, 13 percent who list terrorism and 10 percent who list health care.

The U.S. is losing the war in Iraq, voters say 55 - 25 percent, and losing the war on worldwide terrorism, voters say 43 - 38 percent.

Let me just re-spin that spun statement a few lines up.  “The war in Iraq is the most important issue in their vote for Senator, 35 percent of Connecticut voters say” should read “Sixty-five percent of Connecticut voters do not agree with Ned Lamont that the Iraq War is the single most important issue facing voters.”

Bottom line?  Ned Lamont was all smoke & mirrors, a candidate created by the Kos Kids in yet another bid to try to push the Democratic party as far to the left as they can.  Luckily, even here in good old Blue State Connecticut, that strategy is being rejected by Democrats and Independants alike.

Posted by JimK at 03:30 PM on September 28, 2006
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