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EspañolDEMOCRATIC PARTY PRIMARY, CONNECTICUT UNITED STATES SENATE ELECTION, 2006
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The '2006 Connecticut Senate Democratic Primary' was held on August 8, 2006 and pitted three-term incumbent Senator Joe Lieberman against cable executive Ned Lamont. Connecticut is a stronghold for the Democratic Party and Senator Lieberman's seat was not considered competitive and unlikely to switch parties.[3] However, Senator Lieberman had created opposition to his re-election among progressive Democrats due to his stance on many progressive issues, his continued support for the Iraq War, and perceived closeness to the George W. Bush administration.
From the ''Hartford Courant''
Lieberman's critics object to what they call Lieberman's lack of commitment to the Democratic party;[4]his opposition to affirmative action;[5] his opposition to a Connecticut state law that would require Catholic hospitals to provide emergency contraception to rape victims;[6] his opposition to same-sex marriage;[2] his membership in the bipartisan Gang of 14;[2] his support of Florida governor Jeb Bush in the Terri Schiavo case;[9] his initial willingness to compromise on Social Security privatization;[10] his alliances with Republicans[11] and attacks on other Democrats;[12][13][14] and Lieberman's rhetoric, which is believed by many Democrats, including Paul Krugman and former John Kerry advisor Ari Melber, to often support Republican talking points.[15][16][17] Paul Bass, in the ''Hartford Courant'', argues that Lieberman's voting record is not representative of his actions.[18]
Lieberman has been criticized for an editorial he wrote for ''The Wall Street Journal'', in which he suggested that criticism of the President and the war put the nation in jeopardy. He declared "we undermine presidential credibility at our nation's peril."[19]
New Republic'' senior editor and "liberal hawk" Jonathan Chait, who is critical of Lieberman on a variety of issues, writes:
Kevin Drum, in ''The Washington Monthly'', objects to this characterization of Lieberman's opponents, writing:
Many Democrats have argued that a primary race against Lieberman will divert energy and attention from other contested Senate races; Lieberman and Lamont are spending millions of dollars on a primary for what would be a safe Democratic seat. Because of Lieberman's high favorability ratings in Connecticut, some strategists consider the commitment of significant resources toward defeating Lieberman to be dubious. Democratic Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid's request to Lamont not to run was rebuffed.
Lamont's opinions regarding Israel's recent military campaign in Lebanon have been criticised. Hartford Courant columnist Kevin Rennie wrote on August 13:
Lieberman campaign ads are the work of Carter Eskew, who previously functioned in that role in Lieberman's first campaign in 1988.[20]
'"Bear cub" ad'
On June 16, 2006, Lieberman released a web-based ad on his campaign site aimed at Lamont's support from Lowell Weicker. The animated ad is a sequel to a 1988 spot portraying Weicker as a sleeping bear - this time, Lamont is Weicker's "bear cub." The narrator of the ad asks, "Remember Lowell Weicker? Well, bears never forget. He's never gotten over losing his Senate race to Joe Lieberman, but instead of coming out of hibernation, he's sent his bear cub, instead. Ned Lamont." On its initial release, the ad received a negative response from many political bloggers, some characterizing it as amateurish.[21]
'"No More Joe" ad'
Lieberman released an advertisement that aired on Fox News on July 9 and CSPAN during the first Lieberman-Lamont Debate. The ad argues that Lamont stands for little more than opposition to Lieberman. In service of this point, the Lieberman ad displays "an invented bumper sticker and fictitious website address, making them appear to be part of his primary challenger Ned Lamont's campaign."[22]
'"Bill Clinton" ad'
Lieberman began airing an ad on Connecticut broadcast television stations featuring footage from his rally with former President Bill Clinton in Waterbury on July 26.[23]
'"Unity" ad'
On August 11, Lieberman began running an ad on Connecticut TV stations outlining his rationale for a third party run, stating he wanted to bring a "unity of purpose" back to Washington.[24]
Lamont campaign ads are the work of Bill Hillsman, who has previously produced ads for Governor Jesse Ventura and Senator Paul Wellstone of Minnesota, Denver, Colorado Mayor John Hickenlooper, and Texas Independent gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman.[20]
'"Right Now" ad'
In his first television commercial, Lamont is shown talking on a sofa in a well-appointed home while supporters peer through his window and eventually storm the house.
'"Messy Desk" ad'
Lamont released a humorous ad mocking the frivolity of many of Lieberman's negative attack ads: "Meet Ned Lamont," begins a foreboding narrator, "He can't make a decent cup of coffee, he's a bad karaoke singer, and he has a messy desk."
Lamont later chimes in, "Aren't you sick of political attack ads that insult your intelligence? Senator Lieberman, let's stick to issues and pledge to support whoever wins the Democratic primary."
'"Wishing Well" ad'
'"Where's Joe?" ad'
'"Who's Joe?" ad'
'"The Issue" ad'
'"Go for It, Mr. Lamont!" ad'
From midmorning August 7th to well past August 9th, Lieberman's official campaign site joe2006.com was taken offline; officials from Lieberman's campaign claimed "dirty politics" and "Rovian tactics" on the part of Lamont's supporters, and more specifically, a sustained Distributed Denial of Service attack that, according to the Lieberman campaign, has left the site down for several days.[26]
On Wednesday August 9th, 2006, the Lieberman website was updated with the following message among a white screen:[27]
Tim Tagaris, Lamont's Internet communications director, denied the charge and attributed the downtime to the fact that the Lieberman campaign had chosen an inferior web host, or ISP, and was only paying $15/month to operate its site (in comparison to the $1500/month being spent by the Lamont campaign).[28][29][30] He then offered to help bring their servers back up, along with providing a link to a cached version of Lieberman's site on their blog.[31]
Markos Zuniga, of Daily Kos also posted that he was able to telnet into the IP address where the Lieberman campaign's website existed, which would be impossible if a DDoS attack had occurred.[29]
Richard M. Smith, an Internet security consultant in Brookline, Mass., said Lieberman's website was the victim of a denial of service attack, though he said that the Lieberman campaign "went a little cheap" by using a "low-budget hosting service."[33][34]
On August 8th, Lieberman contacted the Connecticut attorney general's office and asked for a criminal investigation by state and federal authorities. Connecticut's Attorney General Richard Blumenthal stated in an official press release that he plans to investigate the website hacking.[35]
On December 20, 2006, a joint investigation by Blumenthal's office and the U.S. attorney's office cleared the Lamont campaign of the hacking accusations. A spokesman for U.S. Attorney Kevin O'Connor stated, "The investigation has revealed no evidence the problems the Web site experienced were the result of criminal conduct."[36]
DailyKos.com, MyDD.com, and FireDogLake.com, all liberal websites that covered the Connecticut primary extensively, all went down on Primary Day due to traffic spikes related to the primary. DailyKos estimated that at one point in the day, they were receiving 2,000 hits per minute.[37][38]
'Individuals'
★ Civil rights movement leader U.S. Rep. John Lewis, a Congressman from Georgia, endorsed Lieberman for both the Democratic primary and the general election.[39]
★ Republican Congressman Christopher Shays.[40]
★ Senator Barbara Boxer campaigned for Lieberman on July 24, 2006.[41]
★ Former President and fellow Yale University alum Bill Clinton campaigned for Lieberman at an event held in Waterbury on July 24, but continued to stress that he, like his wife, would support whichever candidate won the primary.[42][43]
★ Senators Joe Biden, Barack Obama,Daniel Inouye and Ken Salazar campaigned for Lieberman on July 31.
★ Senators Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Mark Pryor, Frank Lautenberg, Evan Bayh, Tom Carper, Dick Durbin, Diane Feinstein, Ken Salazar, Ron Wyden and Ben Nelson all endorsed Lieberman in the primary. However, Senators Mark Pryor, Ken Salazar, Tom Carper, Barack Obama, and Ben Nelson were the only Democratic Senators who endorsed Lieberman's independent run.[44]
★ Former Georgia Senator Max Cleland, a wounded Vietnam War veteran, campaigned with Lieberman at a rally in East Haven on August 6.
'Organizations'
★ Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund has endorsed Lieberman.[45][46]
★ AFL-CIO and affiliated labor organizations endorsed Lieberman.[47][48] However, Connecticut AFT, the second largest AFL-CIO union in Connecticut, endorsed Lamont (see below).
★ Planned Parenthood Federal PAC endorsed Lieberman on June 30, 2006.[49]
★ NARAL Pro-choice America PAC, which lobbies for reproductive rights nationally, has endorsed Lieberman.[50] However, Carolyn Treiss, head of Connecticut NARAL, supports Lamont.[51]
★ Human Rights Campaign, one of the largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) equal rights organizations in the United States, has endorsed Lieberman.[52]
★ U.S. Chamber of Commerce.[53]
'Newspapers'
★ ''The Hartford Courant'', the state's largest newspaper, endorsed Lieberman in its July 30 edition.[54]
★ The ''Connecticut Post'', the state's third largest paper, serving the Bridgeport area.[55]
★ ''The New York Post''.[56]
★ The Greenwich Time.[57]
★ ''The Washington Post'' published an editorial offering some praise of Lieberman,[58] but did not use the word ''endorse'' or otherwise explicitly call for his reelection.
★ The ''New Haven Register'', the state's second largest paper, endorsed Lieberman on August 6.
'Individuals'
★ Congresswoman Maxine Waters.
★ Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur.
★ Former President Bill Clinton and wife Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton endorsed Lamont in the general election despite their support for Lieberman in the primary.[59]
★ Senators Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, Russ Feingold, Tom Harkin, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Bob Menendez,and Chris Dodd supported Lieberman in the primary but supported Lamont, the official Democratic nominee.[60][61]
★ 2004 Democratic Presidential candidate and former NATO Supreme Allied Commander General Wesley Clark.[62]
★ Former Senator and 2004 Democratic Vice Presidential nominee John Edwards campaigned for Lamont.[63]
★ Former U.S. Senator and Governor Lowell Weicker, who was unseated by Lieberman in 1988 and had been considering running as an independent, gave Lamont his endorsement.[64] Weicker served in the Senate as a Republican from 1971-1989, and as Governor as an independent from 1991 to 1995.
★ Michael Schiavo, husband of Terri Schiavo, is campaigning for Lamont.[65]
★ George Jepsen, former Connecticut Senate Majority Leader and former Chair of the Connecticut Democratic Party.
★ Carl Feen, Lieberman's first finance chair, and Irv Stolberg, former Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives.
★ Christopher Donovan, Majority Leader, Connecticut House of Representatives.[66]
★ Mary Ann Handley, Deputy Majority Leader, Connecticut State Senate.[67]
★ Denise Merrill, Co-Chair, Connecticut General Assembly Appropriations Committee.[67]
★ Lieberman's former college roommate David Wyles.[69]
★ Actor Danny Glover campaigned for Lamont the week before the primary.[70]
★ On primary night, black activists Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton shared the stage with Lamont. Some commentators have questioned whether their support will be an asset in a general election. http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak13.html
'Organizations'
★ MoveOn.org endorsed Lamont's Senate campaign in an "Online Primary",[71] with Lamont winning 85% of the vote and Lieberman winning only 14%.
★ Democracy for America, a political action committee founded by Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean and run by his brother Jim Dean, endorsed and began collecting donations for Ned Lamont. Howard Dean ran against Joe Lieberman in the heated 2004 Democratic presidential primary race, and Lieberman criticized Dean for sealing some of his official papers when he left his office as the governor of Vermont. Jim Dean is a Connecticut resident.
★ The National Organization for Women, which refused to endorse Lieberman in his three previous runs for the Senate, has endorsed Lamont. The same applies to the pro-choice group Connecticut Choice Voice.[1][2]
★ Democratic National Committee - The DNC remained neutral until after Lamont won the democratic primary. After his win, Howard Dean, the Chairman of the DNC, called for Lieberman to exit the race and said the DNC would support Lamont.[74]
'Newspapers'
★ ''The New York Times''.[75]
★ ''The Hartford Advocate'' published an editorial by Alistair Highet, the newspaper's editor, critical of Lieberman and of the ''Courant's endorsement.[76]
There are many Democratic Party officials and organizations that remained on the sidelines during the primary contest, stating only that they will support the Democratic nominee. Some of the most notable examples include:
★ Al Gore declined to endorse Lieberman, his 2000 vice presidential selection.[77]
★ Connecticut gubernatorial candidate John DeStefano, Jr. endorsed Lieberman but campaigned with Lamont.[78]
Early in the race, Lieberman led by 46 points according to a May 2 Quinnipiac Poll, but by August 3, the Quinnipiac Poll showed Lamont leading by 13 points over Lieberman in the primary. That poll indicated a commanding lead for Lieberman in a hypothetical three-way race between Lieberman, Lamont, and Schlesinger.[79]
Some Democrats, believing that a contested Democratic primary would drain resources from other races and that Lieberman would help other Democratic candidates on the ballot in November, discouraged the Lamont candidacy prior to the Democratic state convention and backed Lieberman. Former Democratic State Chairman John Droney compared the Lamont challenge to "cannibalism"[80] and Senator Harry Reid asked Lamont not to run.[81]
On May 19, Lieberman received 67 percent of the vote at the state Democratic convention, and Lamont received 33% of the vote, thereby qualifying for an August 8 Democratic primary.
On May 20, Connecticut Republicans nominated former Derby, Connecticut, Mayor Alan Schlesinger to run in the November election.
On June 12, Lamont began airing radio ads promising to endorse Lieberman if he lost the Democratic primary, and challenging Lieberman to do likewise and foreclose an independent run for the Senate.
On June 16, Lieberman released a web-based ad on his campaign site aimed at Lamont's support from Lowell Weicker. Produced by political consultant, Carter Eskew, the animated ad was a sequel to a 1988 spot portraying Weicker as a sleeping bear - this time, Lamont is Weicker's "bear cub." The narrator of the ad asked, "Remember Lowell Weicker? Well, bears never forget. He's never gotten over losing his Senate race to Joe Lieberman, but instead of coming out of hibernation, he's sent his bear cub, instead. Ned Lamont."
On July 3, Lieberman announced that he would file papers to appear on the November ballot should he lose the August 8 primary stating: He stated that he would continue to sit as a Democrat in the Senate even if he was defeated in the primary and elected on an unaffiliated line, and expressed concern for a potentially low-turnout August 8 primary.[82]
On July 6, a debate between Lieberman and Lamont took place.
MSNBC characterized Lieberman as "combative," "super-aggressive and sometimes rude"[83] "often interrupting Lamont" to which Lamont retorted, "This isn’t Fox News, sir." In the debate, Lamont refused to explain why he would not release his federal and state income tax returns, as Lieberman has done.[84][85]
On July 9, Lieberman released an ad which, according to an e-mail to constituents, parodies one of Lamont's ads and features a fake bumper sticker claiming that "all Lamont has to say is 'No More Joe.'"FactCheck
On July 10, the Lieberman campaign officially filed paperwork allowing him to collect signatures for the newly formed Connecticut for Lieberman party ballot line.[86]
On July 24, former President Bill Clinton campaigned with Lieberman in Waterbury:
On July 28, Lieberman started airing a TV ad featuring Clinton's endorsement. Since Lieberman's loss in the Democratic primary, however, both Bill and Hillary Clinton have announced their support for Lamont.
On August 1, 2006, an email was sent out by College Republicans with the subject "Unconventional Primary Campaign Opportunity (LIEBERMAN)".[87]
Lieberman conceded defeat in the primary to Lamont on August 8, 2006, losing by 48 percent to 52 percent.
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★ Lamont campaign site
★ Lieberman official campaign site
★ GOP Should Ignore Democrat Playbook Criticism of Lamont supporters
★ "Don't let the Left defeat Lieberman", Jonathan Chait, LA Times, July 18, 2006
★ "Why the Left is Furious at Lieberman", Duncan Black (Atrios), LA Times, July 18, 2006
★ ''Hartford Courant'' article opposing Lieberman's campaign
The '2006 Connecticut Senate Democratic Primary' was held on August 8, 2006 and pitted three-term incumbent Senator Joe Lieberman against cable executive Ned Lamont. Connecticut is a stronghold for the Democratic Party and Senator Lieberman's seat was not considered competitive and unlikely to switch parties.[3] However, Senator Lieberman had created opposition to his re-election among progressive Democrats due to his stance on many progressive issues, his continued support for the Iraq War, and perceived closeness to the George W. Bush administration.
Democratic Primary Results
From the ''Hartford Courant''
Opposition to Lieberman
Lieberman's critics object to what they call Lieberman's lack of commitment to the Democratic party;[4]his opposition to affirmative action;[5] his opposition to a Connecticut state law that would require Catholic hospitals to provide emergency contraception to rape victims;[6] his opposition to same-sex marriage;[2] his membership in the bipartisan Gang of 14;[2] his support of Florida governor Jeb Bush in the Terri Schiavo case;[9] his initial willingness to compromise on Social Security privatization;[10] his alliances with Republicans[11] and attacks on other Democrats;[12][13][14] and Lieberman's rhetoric, which is believed by many Democrats, including Paul Krugman and former John Kerry advisor Ari Melber, to often support Republican talking points.[15][16][17] Paul Bass, in the ''Hartford Courant'', argues that Lieberman's voting record is not representative of his actions.[18]
Lieberman has been criticized for an editorial he wrote for ''The Wall Street Journal'', in which he suggested that criticism of the President and the war put the nation in jeopardy. He declared "we undermine presidential credibility at our nation's peril."[19]
Opposition to Lamont
New Republic'' senior editor and "liberal hawk" Jonathan Chait, who is critical of Lieberman on a variety of issues, writes:
Kevin Drum, in ''The Washington Monthly'', objects to this characterization of Lieberman's opponents, writing:
Many Democrats have argued that a primary race against Lieberman will divert energy and attention from other contested Senate races; Lieberman and Lamont are spending millions of dollars on a primary for what would be a safe Democratic seat. Because of Lieberman's high favorability ratings in Connecticut, some strategists consider the commitment of significant resources toward defeating Lieberman to be dubious. Democratic Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid's request to Lamont not to run was rebuffed.
Lamont's opinions regarding Israel's recent military campaign in Lebanon have been criticised. Hartford Courant columnist Kevin Rennie wrote on August 13:
Primary Political ads
Lieberman
Lieberman campaign ads are the work of Carter Eskew, who previously functioned in that role in Lieberman's first campaign in 1988.[20]
'"Bear cub" ad'
On June 16, 2006, Lieberman released a web-based ad on his campaign site aimed at Lamont's support from Lowell Weicker. The animated ad is a sequel to a 1988 spot portraying Weicker as a sleeping bear - this time, Lamont is Weicker's "bear cub." The narrator of the ad asks, "Remember Lowell Weicker? Well, bears never forget. He's never gotten over losing his Senate race to Joe Lieberman, but instead of coming out of hibernation, he's sent his bear cub, instead. Ned Lamont." On its initial release, the ad received a negative response from many political bloggers, some characterizing it as amateurish.[21]
'"No More Joe" ad'
Lieberman released an advertisement that aired on Fox News on July 9 and CSPAN during the first Lieberman-Lamont Debate. The ad argues that Lamont stands for little more than opposition to Lieberman. In service of this point, the Lieberman ad displays "an invented bumper sticker and fictitious website address, making them appear to be part of his primary challenger Ned Lamont's campaign."[22]
'"Bill Clinton" ad'
Lieberman began airing an ad on Connecticut broadcast television stations featuring footage from his rally with former President Bill Clinton in Waterbury on July 26.[23]
'"Unity" ad'
On August 11, Lieberman began running an ad on Connecticut TV stations outlining his rationale for a third party run, stating he wanted to bring a "unity of purpose" back to Washington.[24]
Lamont
Lamont campaign ads are the work of Bill Hillsman, who has previously produced ads for Governor Jesse Ventura and Senator Paul Wellstone of Minnesota, Denver, Colorado Mayor John Hickenlooper, and Texas Independent gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman.[20]
'"Right Now" ad'
In his first television commercial, Lamont is shown talking on a sofa in a well-appointed home while supporters peer through his window and eventually storm the house.
'"Messy Desk" ad'
Lamont released a humorous ad mocking the frivolity of many of Lieberman's negative attack ads: "Meet Ned Lamont," begins a foreboding narrator, "He can't make a decent cup of coffee, he's a bad karaoke singer, and he has a messy desk."
Lamont later chimes in, "Aren't you sick of political attack ads that insult your intelligence? Senator Lieberman, let's stick to issues and pledge to support whoever wins the Democratic primary."
'"Wishing Well" ad'
'"Where's Joe?" ad'
'"Who's Joe?" ad'
'"The Issue" ad'
'"Go for It, Mr. Lamont!" ad'
Lieberman allegations of website attack
Joe2006.com on the day of the primary election.
From midmorning August 7th to well past August 9th, Lieberman's official campaign site joe2006.com was taken offline; officials from Lieberman's campaign claimed "dirty politics" and "Rovian tactics" on the part of Lamont's supporters, and more specifically, a sustained Distributed Denial of Service attack that, according to the Lieberman campaign, has left the site down for several days.[26]
On Wednesday August 9th, 2006, the Lieberman website was updated with the following message among a white screen:[27]
Tim Tagaris, Lamont's Internet communications director, denied the charge and attributed the downtime to the fact that the Lieberman campaign had chosen an inferior web host, or ISP, and was only paying $15/month to operate its site (in comparison to the $1500/month being spent by the Lamont campaign).[28][29][30] He then offered to help bring their servers back up, along with providing a link to a cached version of Lieberman's site on their blog.[31]
Markos Zuniga, of Daily Kos also posted that he was able to telnet into the IP address where the Lieberman campaign's website existed, which would be impossible if a DDoS attack had occurred.[29]
Richard M. Smith, an Internet security consultant in Brookline, Mass., said Lieberman's website was the victim of a denial of service attack, though he said that the Lieberman campaign "went a little cheap" by using a "low-budget hosting service."[33][34]
On August 8th, Lieberman contacted the Connecticut attorney general's office and asked for a criminal investigation by state and federal authorities. Connecticut's Attorney General Richard Blumenthal stated in an official press release that he plans to investigate the website hacking.[35]
On December 20, 2006, a joint investigation by Blumenthal's office and the U.S. attorney's office cleared the Lamont campaign of the hacking accusations. A spokesman for U.S. Attorney Kevin O'Connor stated, "The investigation has revealed no evidence the problems the Web site experienced were the result of criminal conduct."[36]
Other related website outages on Primary Day
DailyKos.com, MyDD.com, and FireDogLake.com, all liberal websites that covered the Connecticut primary extensively, all went down on Primary Day due to traffic spikes related to the primary. DailyKos estimated that at one point in the day, they were receiving 2,000 hits per minute.[37][38]
Opinion Polls
| Source | Date | Lieberman | Lamont |
|---|---|---|---|
| ''Actual Primary Results'' | August 8, 2006 | 48.21% | '51.79%' |
| Quinnipiac (likely primary voters) | August 7, 2006 | 45% | '51%' |
| Research 2000 (likely primary voters) | August 4, 2006 | 43% | '53%' |
| Quinnipiac (likely primary voters) | August 3, 2006 | 41% | '54%' |
| Rasmussen (likely primary voters) | July 20, 2006 | 41% | '51%' |
| Quinnipiac (likely primary voters) | July 20, 2006 | 47% | '51%' |
| "Democratic internal poll" (JTA) (Jewish voters) | July 5, 2006 | 41% | '50%' |
| Rasmussen (likely primary voters) | June 14, 2006 | '46%' | 40% |
| Quinnipiac (likely primary voters) | June 8, 2006 | '55%' | 40% |
| Quinnipiac (all Democrats) | June 8, 2006 | '57%' | 32% |
| Quinnipiac (all Democrats) | May 2, 2006 | '65%' | 19% |
| Rasmussen | April 27, 2006 | '51%' | 31% |
Endorsements
For Lieberman
'Individuals'
★ Civil rights movement leader U.S. Rep. John Lewis, a Congressman from Georgia, endorsed Lieberman for both the Democratic primary and the general election.[39]
★ Republican Congressman Christopher Shays.[40]
★ Senator Barbara Boxer campaigned for Lieberman on July 24, 2006.[41]
★ Former President and fellow Yale University alum Bill Clinton campaigned for Lieberman at an event held in Waterbury on July 24, but continued to stress that he, like his wife, would support whichever candidate won the primary.[42][43]
★ Senators Joe Biden, Barack Obama,Daniel Inouye and Ken Salazar campaigned for Lieberman on July 31.
★ Senators Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Mark Pryor, Frank Lautenberg, Evan Bayh, Tom Carper, Dick Durbin, Diane Feinstein, Ken Salazar, Ron Wyden and Ben Nelson all endorsed Lieberman in the primary. However, Senators Mark Pryor, Ken Salazar, Tom Carper, Barack Obama, and Ben Nelson were the only Democratic Senators who endorsed Lieberman's independent run.[44]
★ Former Georgia Senator Max Cleland, a wounded Vietnam War veteran, campaigned with Lieberman at a rally in East Haven on August 6.
'Organizations'
★ Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund has endorsed Lieberman.[45][46]
★ AFL-CIO and affiliated labor organizations endorsed Lieberman.[47][48] However, Connecticut AFT, the second largest AFL-CIO union in Connecticut, endorsed Lamont (see below).
★ Planned Parenthood Federal PAC endorsed Lieberman on June 30, 2006.[49]
★ NARAL Pro-choice America PAC, which lobbies for reproductive rights nationally, has endorsed Lieberman.[50] However, Carolyn Treiss, head of Connecticut NARAL, supports Lamont.[51]
★ Human Rights Campaign, one of the largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) equal rights organizations in the United States, has endorsed Lieberman.[52]
★ U.S. Chamber of Commerce.[53]
'Newspapers'
★ ''The Hartford Courant'', the state's largest newspaper, endorsed Lieberman in its July 30 edition.[54]
★ The ''Connecticut Post'', the state's third largest paper, serving the Bridgeport area.[55]
★ ''The New York Post''.[56]
★ The Greenwich Time.[57]
★ ''The Washington Post'' published an editorial offering some praise of Lieberman,[58] but did not use the word ''endorse'' or otherwise explicitly call for his reelection.
★ The ''New Haven Register'', the state's second largest paper, endorsed Lieberman on August 6.
For Lamont
'Individuals'
★ Congresswoman Maxine Waters.
★ Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur.
★ Former President Bill Clinton and wife Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton endorsed Lamont in the general election despite their support for Lieberman in the primary.[59]
★ Senators Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, Russ Feingold, Tom Harkin, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Bob Menendez,and Chris Dodd supported Lieberman in the primary but supported Lamont, the official Democratic nominee.[60][61]
★ 2004 Democratic Presidential candidate and former NATO Supreme Allied Commander General Wesley Clark.[62]
★ Former Senator and 2004 Democratic Vice Presidential nominee John Edwards campaigned for Lamont.[63]
★ Former U.S. Senator and Governor Lowell Weicker, who was unseated by Lieberman in 1988 and had been considering running as an independent, gave Lamont his endorsement.[64] Weicker served in the Senate as a Republican from 1971-1989, and as Governor as an independent from 1991 to 1995.
★ Michael Schiavo, husband of Terri Schiavo, is campaigning for Lamont.[65]
★ George Jepsen, former Connecticut Senate Majority Leader and former Chair of the Connecticut Democratic Party.
★ Carl Feen, Lieberman's first finance chair, and Irv Stolberg, former Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives.
★ Christopher Donovan, Majority Leader, Connecticut House of Representatives.[66]
★ Mary Ann Handley, Deputy Majority Leader, Connecticut State Senate.[67]
★ Denise Merrill, Co-Chair, Connecticut General Assembly Appropriations Committee.[67]
★ Lieberman's former college roommate David Wyles.[69]
★ Actor Danny Glover campaigned for Lamont the week before the primary.[70]
★ On primary night, black activists Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton shared the stage with Lamont. Some commentators have questioned whether their support will be an asset in a general election. http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak13.html
'Organizations'
★ MoveOn.org endorsed Lamont's Senate campaign in an "Online Primary",[71] with Lamont winning 85% of the vote and Lieberman winning only 14%.
★ Democracy for America, a political action committee founded by Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean and run by his brother Jim Dean, endorsed and began collecting donations for Ned Lamont. Howard Dean ran against Joe Lieberman in the heated 2004 Democratic presidential primary race, and Lieberman criticized Dean for sealing some of his official papers when he left his office as the governor of Vermont. Jim Dean is a Connecticut resident.
★ The National Organization for Women, which refused to endorse Lieberman in his three previous runs for the Senate, has endorsed Lamont. The same applies to the pro-choice group Connecticut Choice Voice.[1][2]
★ Democratic National Committee - The DNC remained neutral until after Lamont won the democratic primary. After his win, Howard Dean, the Chairman of the DNC, called for Lieberman to exit the race and said the DNC would support Lamont.[74]
'Newspapers'
★ ''The New York Times''.[75]
★ ''The Hartford Advocate'' published an editorial by Alistair Highet, the newspaper's editor, critical of Lieberman and of the ''Courant's endorsement.[76]
Neutral
There are many Democratic Party officials and organizations that remained on the sidelines during the primary contest, stating only that they will support the Democratic nominee. Some of the most notable examples include:
★ Al Gore declined to endorse Lieberman, his 2000 vice presidential selection.[77]
★ Connecticut gubernatorial candidate John DeStefano, Jr. endorsed Lieberman but campaigned with Lamont.[78]
Timeline
Early in the race, Lieberman led by 46 points according to a May 2 Quinnipiac Poll, but by August 3, the Quinnipiac Poll showed Lamont leading by 13 points over Lieberman in the primary. That poll indicated a commanding lead for Lieberman in a hypothetical three-way race between Lieberman, Lamont, and Schlesinger.[79]
Some Democrats, believing that a contested Democratic primary would drain resources from other races and that Lieberman would help other Democratic candidates on the ballot in November, discouraged the Lamont candidacy prior to the Democratic state convention and backed Lieberman. Former Democratic State Chairman John Droney compared the Lamont challenge to "cannibalism"[80] and Senator Harry Reid asked Lamont not to run.[81]
On May 19, Lieberman received 67 percent of the vote at the state Democratic convention, and Lamont received 33% of the vote, thereby qualifying for an August 8 Democratic primary.
On May 20, Connecticut Republicans nominated former Derby, Connecticut, Mayor Alan Schlesinger to run in the November election.
On June 12, Lamont began airing radio ads promising to endorse Lieberman if he lost the Democratic primary, and challenging Lieberman to do likewise and foreclose an independent run for the Senate.
On June 16, Lieberman released a web-based ad on his campaign site aimed at Lamont's support from Lowell Weicker. Produced by political consultant, Carter Eskew, the animated ad was a sequel to a 1988 spot portraying Weicker as a sleeping bear - this time, Lamont is Weicker's "bear cub." The narrator of the ad asked, "Remember Lowell Weicker? Well, bears never forget. He's never gotten over losing his Senate race to Joe Lieberman, but instead of coming out of hibernation, he's sent his bear cub, instead. Ned Lamont."
On July 3, Lieberman announced that he would file papers to appear on the November ballot should he lose the August 8 primary stating: He stated that he would continue to sit as a Democrat in the Senate even if he was defeated in the primary and elected on an unaffiliated line, and expressed concern for a potentially low-turnout August 8 primary.[82]
On July 6, a debate between Lieberman and Lamont took place.
MSNBC characterized Lieberman as "combative," "super-aggressive and sometimes rude"[83] "often interrupting Lamont" to which Lamont retorted, "This isn’t Fox News, sir." In the debate, Lamont refused to explain why he would not release his federal and state income tax returns, as Lieberman has done.[84][85]
On July 9, Lieberman released an ad which, according to an e-mail to constituents, parodies one of Lamont's ads and features a fake bumper sticker claiming that "all Lamont has to say is 'No More Joe.'"FactCheck
On July 10, the Lieberman campaign officially filed paperwork allowing him to collect signatures for the newly formed Connecticut for Lieberman party ballot line.[86]
On July 24, former President Bill Clinton campaigned with Lieberman in Waterbury:
On July 28, Lieberman started airing a TV ad featuring Clinton's endorsement. Since Lieberman's loss in the Democratic primary, however, both Bill and Hillary Clinton have announced their support for Lamont.
On August 1, 2006, an email was sent out by College Republicans with the subject "Unconventional Primary Campaign Opportunity (LIEBERMAN)".[87]
Lieberman conceded defeat in the primary to Lamont on August 8, 2006, losing by 48 percent to 52 percent.
Notes
1. http://www.now.org/press/05-06/05-16.html/
2. http://www.connecticutchoicevoice.com/
3. 2006 Senate Ratings. Cook Political Report. December 3, 2004. Last access date August 18, 2006.
4. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/04/nyregion/04lieberman.html?ex=1309665600&en=b7084acf5ed65d2e&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
5. http://www.nytimes.com/library/politics/camp/080800wh-lieberman-record.html
6. http://www.yaledailynews.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=32333
7. http://www.connecticutchoicevoice.com/
8. http://www.connecticutchoicevoice.com/
9. http://www.floridabaptistwitness.com/1712.article
10. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/07/politics/07lieberman.html?ex=1267938000&en=9c4ea5f10f7a9786&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland/
11. http://www.swingstateproject.com/2006/06/ctsen_lieberman_3.php
12. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/20/AR2006062001439.html
13. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5138-2001Jul16.html
14. http://www.nebraskademocrats.org/blog/59/what-lieberman-can-learn-from-ben-nelson
15. http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2005/03/joenertia_ii.html
16. http://www.forward.com/articles/lieberman-democrats-have-no-place-in-an-oppo/
17. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2003046421_harrop08.html
18. http://www.courant.com/news/local/northeast/hc-pbass0604.artjun04,0,7611693.column
19. http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-black18jul18,0,7362225.story?coll=la-opinion-center
20. http://connecticutlocalpolitics.blogspot.com/2006/04/lamont-hires-bill-hillsman.html
21. http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2006/06/post_239.php
22. http://www.factcheck.org/article403.html
23. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/blog/2006/07/political_video_of_the_day_ii_2.html
24. http://www.courant.com/news/local/statewire/hc-12115915.apds.m0559.bc-ct--connaug12,0,5249613.story?coll=hc-headlines-local-wire
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26. http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/08/08/lieberman.website/
27. http://www.joe2006.com/
28. http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-blog0809.artaug09,0,3246904.story?coll=hc-headlines-local
29. http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/8/8/181016/9275
30. http://www.wonkette.com/politics/top/lieberman-campaigns-website-woes-own-damn-fault-192917.php
31. http://nedlamont.com/blog/1000/well
32. http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/8/8/181016/9275
33. http://www.wfsb.com/news/9662312/detail.html
34. http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/connecticut/ny-bc-ct--liebermanwebsite0810aug10,0,4156499.story?coll=ny-region-apconnecticut
35. http://www.ct.gov/ag/cwp/view.asp?Q=318546&A=2426
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37. http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/8/11/12659/4086
38. http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/8/10/201858/453
39. http://www.nbc30.com/news/9496790/detail.html
40. http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=4571485
41. http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2231205
42. http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2006/07/20/lamont_leads_lieberman_in_latest_poll/
43. http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/nation/15087004.htm
44. "No Big Rush to Support Lieberman" - ''The Hill''
45. http://www.defendersactionfund.org/releases/071706b.html
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50. http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/states/endorsed-candidates.html
51. http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/15/naral-ct-head-backs-ned-lamont/
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57. http://www.greenwichtime.com/news/opinion/editorial/scn-gt-editorial8.4aug04,0,6624167,print.story?coll=green-editorial-headlines
58. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/29/AR2006072900680.html
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62. A Message from Wes Clark
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73. http://www.connecticutchoicevoice.com/
74. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/09/washington/09cnd-senate.html?_r=1&hp&ex=1155182400&en=386129a0dcd5f147&ei=5094&partner=homepage&oref=slogin
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87. http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/8/2/14247/70377
External links
★ Lamont campaign site
★ Lieberman official campaign site
★ GOP Should Ignore Democrat Playbook Criticism of Lamont supporters
★ "Don't let the Left defeat Lieberman", Jonathan Chait, LA Times, July 18, 2006
★ "Why the Left is Furious at Lieberman", Duncan Black (Atrios), LA Times, July 18, 2006
★ ''Hartford Courant'' article opposing Lieberman's campaign
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