Guest Post by Michael J.W. Stickings
According to the Hartford Courtant, Ned Lamont donated another $2 million to his Senate campaign” yesterday. As well, “[t]he Lamont campaign questioned $387,000 in cash disbursements by Lieberman’s campaign shortly before the Democratic primary”.
Lamont is down by 17 points, according to the latest Quinnipiac poll. Will this latest injection of cash make a difference? Or is it too late? I’m afraid it might be over for Lamont.
I hope he goes negative.
In Dem strongholds an ad with three images
1. Dead soldiers
2. The Kiss from Bush
3. His statement about Hastert.
In Rep strongholds:
1. With Al Gore and Clinton
2. Budget Deficits
3. And Maybe the kiss from Bush
I suspect there are stronger images.
How in hell has lamont fell by 17 behind??
Congratulations Herr Rove…
Your 30 pieces of silver are working miracles in Connecticut.
Over or not, too late or not, it is better to try and fail, rather than fail to try. Regardless of the outcome, Joe Lie will discover the full measure of what it means to be a sell-out. He will know that the majority of Connecticut Democrats do not want him. He will experience the hollow shell that comes from dining at the enemy’s table.
Will Republicans pay off his campaign debts? In a word—No.
Will all those who remained loyal to Party and the Primary winner pay off his campaign debys? Again—No.
Joe Lie will find himself in the unusually Quixotic position of jousting a windmill—but for him, he lacks not only the lance, but also the horse, the armor, and even the windmill itself.
Democrats in the rank-and-file will remember what their “leadership” has done—and they will remember with their voices, and their wallets….
Matt (#2): Lamont has managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory because he hired typical (read that as losing) Dem consultants to muddle his message and water down his offense. I believe these folks were Hillary’s advice. When will the Dem candidates forsake the “experts” that ensure they lose elections?
Frak’s right. Lamont ran a great primary that went against conventional wisdom (and largely against the party), and then the DC expert crowd moved in and ruined his message and his approach. Maybe that was their plan, because the Dem establishment never really approved of him taking Lieberwhiner down.
Terribly disappointing, but also predictable. The surprise this time around is the number of candidates, mostly netroot candidates, who tell the “experts” to pack their bags.
I was afraid this would happen 🙁
As I recall, at the time he won the primary, the polls gave Lieb over 50% in a 3-candidate race, so it always looked pretty grim for Lamont.
Being down this far this late in the race is the last thing I wanted to see for Ned Lamont. If he’s a good closer, he should be able to narrow the gap but I don’t think he can erase a 17-point deficit if all he’s counting on are the votes of Dems and Independents. I, too, would like to know how it’s come to this unless Loserman is successfully driving up his negatives. If that’s the case, Ned should go nuclear on the sanctimonious fraud’s ass. He should run an ad showing Loserman laughing it up at the WH Press corp dinner while Bush “looks” for WMD under the table, etc. The message should be:
The parents, spouses, children, and friends of the men and women Bush and Loserman have sent to Iraq to die in *their* war don’t think it’s very funny. [Close up on Loserman’s face as he laughs at the notion of no WMD found in Iraq.]
I say, hit the old piece of shit hard and don’t apologize. Ever.
17 points was one rather dubious local poll where the pollster has a history of making pro-Lieberman statements. The most recent Zogby poll had the lead at 6 points. Realistically, Lamont is probably behind 5-10 points, which isn’t good but isn’t insurmountable.
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