Roxxxanne wrote:Column: Lamont effort to beat Lieberman is gaining surprising strength
RAY HACKETT
On Politics
[..] I think it's possibly that Lamont could pick up 30 to 35 percent of delegates.
[..] How serious is all this? Consider:
# There are rumors that half of New Haven's 69 delegates intend on voting for Lamont at the convention. Lieberman's official residence in Connecticut is New Haven.
# In New Britain, a Democratic stronghold, reportedly the majority of its 31 delegates are backing Lamont.
Well, the columnist got the overall number right (Lamont got 33%), but not the localities. Lamont did get an ample majority of the New Britain delegates, but in New Haven 57 of 69 went to Lieberman.
That said, diving into the blogs, one thing that's mentioned by friend and foe is that if the ballot had been secret, rather than one of delegates publicly declaring their vote, Lamont would have had a lot more still - some say even the majority.
The blogs are impressive. Look at the
Ned Lamont for Senate blog itself, with lots of easy-to-view YouTube video links that convey the excitement. Then there's this
Joe Must Go blog that does some good factchecking on prominents' endorsements of Lieberman (as well as a well-deserved snub of Hillary's).