Bush Refuses to Back GOP Candidate over Lieberman Contributed by Bill Faith
White House Press Secretary Tony Snow said this morning that President Bush will not endorse Connecticut U.S. Senate candidate Alan Schlesinger (R) over Sen. Joe Lieberman even though he's the Republican nominee.
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Hat tip:
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James Joyner
Republican pollster * contends that Joe Lieberman remains the odds-on favorite to retain his Senate seat despite being beaten in his own party primary and holding a narrow lead in the latest three-way polls.
The key to winning Connecticut is not winning Democrats…it’s winning moderates. After all, Republicans do hold three of the five Congressional Districts in the state and Governor Rell (a Republican) is up 21 points on the gubernatorial ballot, despite only getting 36% among Democrat voters. Lamont is only polling 38% among moderate voters and his image is a divisive 48% favorable - 46% unfavorable with them. By comparison, Average Joe is getting 50% of the moderate vote and has a two-to-one favorable image with these voters (67% fav - 33% unfav).
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: Nedrenaline. "
Contributed by Bill Faith on August 14, 2006 at 11:24 AM in , , , |