Reply #13: How do you know this? [View All]

[salvorhardin]

Do you have polling data that backs up this speculation?

Lamont was basically a one issue candidate, and like it or not, Democrats in Connecticut on a whole tend to be more conservative in their views than Democrats in, for instance, Massachusetts, Vermont or New York. Many of them supported the Iraq War or at least feel that Lieberman has good reasons for supporting it. Finally, Lieberman has one of the most liberal voting track records in all of Congress. Is it any wonder that Connecticut voters turned out in droves for the guy.

Just because you don't like Lieberman doesn't mean his constituents don't. If there was a groundswell of Republicans voting for him, more likely than not it was a vote against both the Republican candidate and Lamont.