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Joe Lieberman to Retire: Instant Reactions
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsSo long, Joe. Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman will announce Wednesday that he will not seek re-election in 2012, according to a source close to the senator. The Democrat-turned-independent has served four terms in the Senate and was the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2000. Four years later, while running in the Democratic presidential primary, Lieberman coined the term "Joementum" to describe his campaign's potential -- although he failed to capture the nomination. Now that the "Joementum" is coming to an end, pundits and commentators are registering their reactions. Daily ...
Tuesday Primaries: McMahon, Bennet Win
By not in system - AOL News(Aug. 11) -- Democrats came off in Tuesday night's primaries as the staid party, not overly eager to rebel against the establishment. Republicans, meanwhile, continued their propensity to take flyers. In Colorado, Sen. Michael Bennet struck a blow for establishment candidates on the line this year by surviving a stiff Democratic primary challenge from former state House speaker Andrew Romanoff. Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper ran unopposed for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. And in Connecticut, attorney general Richard Blumenthal ran unopposed for the Democratic Senate nomination. ...
Linda McMahon's Primary Win Sets Up a Money-Talks Senate Race
By Walter Shapiro - Politics DailyWhen Linda McMahon won the endorsement of the Connecticut State Republican convention in May, the wrestling mogul promised to "lay the smack-down" on her Democratic rival, Richard Blumenthal, for the Senate seat being reluctantly vacated by Chris Dodd. There were no wrestling metaphors from McMahon Tuesday night as she easily won the three-way Senate GOP primary, albeit with only half the vote after spending $22 million of her own money. But make no mistake, McMahon's free-spending battle with Blumenthal to become the state's first Republican senator since the 1980s promises to be a steel-cage ...
Ned Lamont Loses Bid for Connecticut Governor
By Walter Shapiro - Politics DailyFour years ago, antiwar crusader Ned Lamont, then the darling of the liberal blogosphere, pulled off a stunning upset by narrowly defeating hawkish incumbent Sen. Joe Lieberman in the Democratic primary. But despite spending $17 million of his own money, Lamont saw his 2006 dreams die in November when Lieberman got his comeuppance by decisively winning the general election running as an independent. This year Lamont, who threw another $9 million on the fire in his quest to become Connecticut's first Democratic governor since 1991, never survived primary night. Former Stamford Mayor Dan ...
Linda McMahon, the Connecticut Primary and, Yes, Potholders
By Walter Shapiro - Politics DailyUNIONVILLE, Conn. -- Linda McMahon -- the wrestling entrepreneur and already the fourth most lavish self-funder in American congressional campaign history -- has no hesitancy in justifying the $22 million she has spent so far in Tuesday's Republican Senate primary. "I'm glad in this race I've been able to fund it myself and not take any special interest or PAC money," she said Monday afternoon seated comfortably in a booth at the half-empty Caffeine Cafe during an unpublicized smile-and-hand-shake stop on her primary-eve tour of the state. Drawing a contrast with typical candidates who must ...
Ned Lamont-Dan Malloy Race for Connecticut Governor Nod Too Close to Call
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyThe race for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination has tightened into a "too close to call" contest between Ned Lamont, the man best-known for wresting the party's Senate nomination from Joseph Lieberman in 2006, and Stamford Mayor Dan Malloy, according to a Quinnipiac University poll conducted Aug. 3-8. Lamont is leading Malloy going into Tuesday's primary by 45 percent to 42 percent with 12 percent undecided. The margin of error is 3.8 points. In early August, Quinnipiac had him ahead by 45 percent to 40 percent. Thirty percent of likely primary voters say they may still change their ...
Democrats May Win Connecticut Governor Seat for First Time in Two Decades
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyBoth of the Democrats seeking the party's gubernatorial nomination in Connecticut -- Ned Lamont and Dan Malloy -- run ahead of potential Republican opponents in general election match-ups, according to a Quinnipiac University poll conducted July 7-13. The last Democrat to serve as governor, despite the party's dominance in the state, was William A. O'Neill whose final term ended in January, 1991. Businessman Ned Lamont leads former ambassador Tom Foley, the front runner for the GOP nomination, by 45 percent to 33 percent with 5 percent preferring someone else or not planning to vote and 17 ...
Tom Foley, Ned Lamont Lead Their Parties' Races for Governor in Connecticut
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyRepublican Tom Foley, former ambassador to Ireland, and Democrat Ned Lamont, the man who took the Democratic nod from Sen. Joseph Lieberman four years ago, lead rivals for their party's gubernatorial nominations in Connecticut by healthy double-digit margins although many voters are still undecided, according to a Quinnipiac University poll conducted May 24-25. Foley, who was endorsed by state Republicans on Sunday, is leading his closest rival, Lt. Gov. Michael Fedele, by 37 percent to 11 percent with 8 percent favoring other candidates and 42 percent undecided. Both men have picked up 7 ...
GOP's Foley Leads Potential Democratic Rivals in Conn. Governor's Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyRepublican Tom Foley, former ambassador to Ireland, is leading Democrats Ned Lamont and Dan Malloy in the race to succeed GOP Gov. Jodi Rell who is not seeking re-election, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted April 1. Foley still needs to win the GOP nomination, but in a Quinnipiac University poll conducted March 9-15, he led his closest challengers -- Lt. Governor Michael Fedele and Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton -- by 30 percent to 4 percent for each of them, although the real leader was "undecided" at 50 percent. The primary date for both parties is Sept. 7. Foley leads Lamont, a ...
GOP's Foley, Democrat Lamont Lead Primary Races for Connecticut Governor
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyRepublican Tom Foley, a businessman and former ambassador to Ireland, and Democrat Ned Lamont, best known for wresting the Democratic senatorial nomination from Joseph Lieberman in 2006, remain the frontrunners for their parties' nominations for governor of Connecticut, but large numbers of voters are still undecided, according to a Quinnipiac University poll conducted March 9-15. Lamont leads Stamford Mayor Dan Malloy, 28 percent to 18 percent, with three other candidates dividing 7 percent and 44 percent undecided. Three percent prefer another choice and 2 percent said they wouldn't vote. ...
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