Reply #43: Obama stumped for Holy Joe about a week before the primary vote when Joe needed a boost [View All]

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_primary%2C_Connecticut_United_States_Senate_election%2C_2006#Opposition_to_Lieberman

==Senators Joe Biden, Barack Obama,Daniel Inouye and Ken Salazar campaigned for Lieberman on July 31.==

Here is what the most recent polls looked like when Obama made the trek to CT to campaign for Holy Joe (the first number is Joe):

==Rasmussen (likely primary voters) July 20, 2006 41% 51%
Quinnipiac (likely primary voters) July 20, 2006 47% 51%==

The race was very much in play when the rock star intervened on behalf of Holy Joe. Obama had a real choice; he chose Lieberman over Lamont and the netroots.