Lamont leads Lieberman in New Poll

Six weeks ago (June 8) a Quinnipiac poll showed Lieberman ahead of Lamont, 55 percent to 40 percent (months before that it was 65ish to 35ish) . The latest poll of 2,502 registered voters was conducted July 13-18 after the first and only debate between the candidates on July 6, and it shows Lamont ahead of Lieberman 51-47 with a sampling error margin of plus or minus 4. Reuters writes that "Lamont's underdog campaign in Democratic-leaning Connecticut offers an early gauge of the intensity of anti-war sentiment before November's mid-term elections, along with a measure of the influence of the Internet activists and bloggers who have rallied behind him." This bodes well for November, where a democratic majority could help stop Bush's plans to ruin Social Security, Health Care, and mislead this country into a war with Syria or Iran. While the poll indicates that Lieberman would still win if running as an independent (Schlessinger, the Republican, would lose to either Democrat), major party leaders have said they'll support whoever wins the primary, thus altering the landscape completely were Lamont to win. It is our responsibility to hold our leaders accountable; and it's about time Democrats voted for progressive candidates.

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