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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (4099)	8/7/2006 10:09:52 PM
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Lieberman closing gap in Democratic showdown: poll Aug 7, 2006 By Av Harris HARTFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) - Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman gained ground on primary challenger Ned Lamont in a poll released on Monday, one day before a closely watched Democratic showdown focused on Lieberman's support for the Iraq war. Lieberman, a three-term senator and former vice presidential nominee, trailed Lamont among likely voters in Tuesday's contest by six percentage points, 51 to 45 percent, in the Quinnipiac University poll. Lamont, a wealthy cable television executive has been hammering Lieberman for months for supporting the Iraq war. Lieberman has said he will run as an independent if he loses the primary, although a lopsided loss would build pressure on him to step aside. "Today, after these great poll results, I am thinking victory tomorrow. I am thinking we will win the primary, I'm believing we are going to win," Lieberman said during an appearance at a Hartford restaurant. Lamont, a relative political newcomer, has come from nowhere to threaten the career of Lieberman, the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2000 and a presidential candidate in 2004. "If I spent too much time paying attention to polls I would have never gotten in this race," Lamont, a virtual unknown before challenging Lieberman, told Reuters last week after the earlier poll showed him with a double-digit lead. DRUMMING UP SUPPORT Both Democrats made campaign appearances across the state on Monday to drum up support in a primary where turnout will be crucial and unpredictable. Connecticut Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz said she expects about 200,000 people to vote on Tuesday, including about 27,000 newly registered Democrats who can cast ballots in the Senate primary. Independents and unaffiliated voters had until midday on Monday to register as Democrats to vote in the Senate primary. The new Quinnipiac poll showed 54 percent of Lamont's supporters were primarily anti-Lieberman voters, and more than one-third of them said Lieberman's support for the Iraq war was the main reason they were voting for Lamont. But Lieberman, who has stressed his deep roots as a Democrat and rejected accusations he is an ally of Bush, said a victory for him on Tuesday would show that Democrats are willing to accommodate a wide range of opinions. "My victory tomorrow will say to voters throughout America that the Democratic Party is a big party and welcomes a diversity of points of view," he said. "Good Democrats can combine a real socially progressive agenda on domestic policy and strength in national security," he said. The new Quinnipiac poll showed only 4 percent of voters remain undecided while 90 percent of voters who named a candidate had made up their minds. Jorge Cabrera, a metal worker who decided on Sunday to back Lieberman, said he was upset with Lieberman's support of the war but felt Lieberman had more clout in the Senate than a newcomer would. He held up a sign outside Lieberman's appearance reading: "Can we afford to throw out the seniority that comes with Senator Lieberman? The answer is No." (Additional reporting by Svea Herbst-Bayliss in Boston)