Connecticut Primary Roundup
Tom Bevan at the always-excellent RealClearPolitics has a good sampling of stories to prime the pump for political junkies, and offers the following brief commentary:
Hang on to your hats. Lieberman’s campaign is claiming Democrats are “coming home” to their candidate after flirting with Lamont. Doug Schwartz, director of the Quinnipiac poll, says momentum has shifted and the race remains “unsettled.” The last QPoll shows Lieberman making up significant chunks of ground in three of the five Congressional districts, and 7% of those surveyed remain undecided. There are roughly 700,000 registered Democrats eligible to vote today, 29,000 of which are new voters who have reigstered since May 1 (suggesting they’re independents/crossovers). It’s all down to turnout now.
If true, that still suggests a Lamont victory – but a much tighter one than would have been supposed last week…soon, it’ll all be over but the crying – but which side will be buying the extra Kleenex?…
You can’t get odds on a win yet…New Haven voting machines were still locked as of 7 am and residents waiting in line for the “vote before you go to work” crowd left, frustrated, and didn’t get to vote.
And we can’t even blame that on the Republicans, or swinging chads.
Mark, this isn’t the election, it’s only the primary. And regardless of what happens today, Lieberman will win the election over Lamont. If anything, its probably better for the Democrats (and the country) if Lieberman wins re-election as an independant, as it will offer a much more stinging rebuke the the nutters than a mere primary defeat would.
Hopefully the people of Connecticut will realize when they are in the voting booth that pulling the lever for Lamont makes about as much sense as voting for Ralph Nader –