"libertarian Republicans"? What are those... pink elephants? M
Eric Dondero Rittberg wrote: > > This is great news for the libertarian movement. This means > Lieberman will formally switch to Independent, and will most likely > win the General Election in Novemember. > > Great news for a multitude of reasons. Number one, it plays up the > legitamacy of Third Party/Independent bids. Number two, it cuts off > the "Rational wing" of the Democrat Party, and moves the Dems even > further into whacky out-of-touch Cindy Sheehan/Moveon.org territory > which ultimately strengthens the libertarian Republicans. > > Go Joe!! Here's one advocate of libertarianism who hopes you KICK ASS, > as an > Indie, of course. > > Lieberman losing ground in Senate race 50 minutes ago > > > HAMDEN, Conn. - Sen. Joe Lieberman, under fire from activists > in his own party, has lost ground to his challenger and is narrowly > trailing him for the first time in their race for the Democratic > nomination, a new poll released Thursday shows. > > ADVERTISEMENT > > Businessman Ned Lamont had support from 51 percent and Lieberman > from 47 percent of likely Democratic voters in the latest Quinnipiac > University poll — a slight Lamont lead given the survey's sampling > error margin of plus or minus 4 percentage points. > > Lieberman had led in a Quinnipiac poll last month, 55 percent to 40 > percent. > > The new poll suggests that Lieberman still could win a fourth term, > even if he loses the Democratic primary Aug. 8, however. > > Lieberman filed papers last week that will allow him to petition his > way onto the November ballot. The poll found that among all > registered Connecticut voters surveyed, including non-Democrats, > Lieberman had the support of 51 percent, followed by Lamont with 27 > percent and Republican Alan Schlesinger with 9 percent. > > The telephone survey of 2,502 registered voters, 653 of them likely > Democratic voters, was conducted July 13-18. The margin of error for > the overall survey was plus or minus 2 percentage points. > > Lamont, a multimillionaire and founder of a cable television company > that has wired college campuses, has gained national attention in > his challenge to Lieberman. Liberal blogs have built Lamont up while > taking shots at Lieberman for his support of the Iraq war and > other moves perceived to support for congressional Republicans and > Bush. > > "We think the voters of Connecticut are continuing to realize that > Ned represents the kind of change they want in Washington," said > Lamont campaign spokeswoman Liz Dupont-Diehl. "It's clear that Joe > Lieberman is just interested in hanging on to power." > > Lieberman campaign spokeswoman Marion Steinfels said the poll simply > shows that the race is "competitive." > > "We've been treating it that way, and we continue to work hard to > make sure Joe Lieberman wins on Aug. 8," she said. The campaign > announced Thursday that former President Clinton would help > campaign for Lieberman. > > Lieberman was the Democratic Party's vice presidential nominee in > 2000 and ran for the presidential nomination in 2004. > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/KlSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
