It’s 8:12 Pacific, and Chris Bowers is calling the election for Lamont.
At 7:47 PDT:
80 percent reporting. Lamont 117K to 103K for Lieberman. That makes around a 6 percent spread. Getting even closer.
From earlier today, on Yahoo News:
But one thing is sure: the Fox News Channel is still campaigning for Lieberman. An Election Day report on the neoconservative cable channel featured an image of the neoconservative senator’s anti-war challenger in today’s contest for Connecticut’s Democratic Senate nomination, Ned Lamont, above the line: “HAVE THE DEMOCRATS FORGOTTEN THE LESSONS OF 9/11.”
The same report featured images of Lamont and Lieberman on a split screen with an image of an Israeli tank, all above the line: A LAMONT WIN, BAD NEWS FOR DEMOCRACY IN MIDEAST?”
Apparently, the network is delivering on Fox personality Sean Hannity’s pledge of support from earlier this year. “If you ever want me to do anything, for you and your re-election,” Hannity told the senator in February, adding that, “I think we ought to have Conservatives for Lieberman, a big fundraiser in Connecticut, and if I could ever do that, I’d make it the biggest blowout celebration ever.”
It’s 6:03 PDT and just saw that Lieberman apparently has lost in his home district:
# Direct word from the campaign: 6,500 vote margin for Lamont with 15% reporting. And Lieberman did lose his home precinct.
# Lamont 56%–Lieberman 44%. 7% reporting. The vote margin is around 2,700 votes. I just heard that Lieberman lost his own precinct. I can’t verify that.
First returns at 5:20 PDT are interesting but in no way indicative of how the evening will go:
Lamont 57 percent– Lieberman 43 percent. 1 percent reporting.
Steven Colbert of the “Colbert Report” said it best when he stated that ” My favorite republican is Democratic Senator Joe Lieberman.”
Say it ain’t so, Joe. Actually, good riddance Joe.
Take it like a man and don’t chump out and run as an Independent…
You can still kiss your Dear Leader’s nether regions, just not as a Senator.
Greg Bacon
Ava, MO