{"id":1472,"date":"2006-10-21T11:14:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-21T11:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/10\/lieberman-has-a-17-lead-over-l.html"},"modified":"2006-10-21T11:14:00","modified_gmt":"2006-10-21T11:14:00","slug":"lieberman-has-a-17-lead-over-l","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/10\/lieberman-has-a-17-lead-over-l.html","title":{"rendered":"Lieberman has a 17% lead over Lamont"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>But I thought that everyone was angry at Lieberman for his support of the war.  I thought that this election was going to be a vote against Bush.  And I thought that the power of the netroot bloggers was going to sweep Lamont into office.  What happened?  Not as powerful as they thought?<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-story-p\">\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"ap-story-p\">Democratic chairman Howard Dean praised Ned Lamont on Friday as the challenger dealt with a dose of bad news &#8211; a double-digit deficit in the latest poll.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-story-p\">&#8220;No one was going to stand up over the Iraq policy until Ned stood up and then the people stood up because Ned was a great leader,&#8221; Dean said at a rally for Lamont and other Democratic candidates. &#8220;We need Ned Lamont.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-story-p\">The campaign event at a downtown Hartford sport bar came as a new poll showed three-term Sen. Joe Lieberman leading Lamont 52 percent to 35 percent among likely voters. Lieberman is running as an independent after Lamont rode a wave of anti-war sentiment to an Aug. 8 Democratic primary victory.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Read the rest <a href=\"http:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/dynamic\/stories\/C\/CONNECTICUT_SENATE?SITE=7219&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;amp;amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;CTIME=2006-10-20-08-23-38\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\n(Link via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drudgereport.com\/\">Drudge Report<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div class=\"tag_list\">Tags: <span class=\"tags\"><a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Lieberman\" rel=\"tag\">Lieberman<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Lamont\" rel=\"tag\">Lamont<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/midterm+elections\" rel=\"tag\">midterm elections<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But I thought that everyone was angry at Lieberman for his support of the war. I thought that this election was going to be a vote against Bush. And I thought that the power of the netroot bloggers was going to sweep Lamont into office. What happened? Not as powerful as they thought? 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