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Poll: Lieberman Trails Badly In 2012 Match-Ups
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT)
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The new Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll of Connecticut provides a further data point that independent Sen. Joe Lieberman, who is next up for reelection in 2012, may be unelectable.
In a two-way race with second-term Democratic Rep. Chris Murphy, Lieberman trails Murphy by a 45%-26% margin. In a three-way race with Gov. Jodi Rell, who is retiring this year, Rell comes in first with 47%, with Murphy in a distant second at 25%, and Lieberman with 23%.
Two weeks ago, a survey from Public Policy Polling (D) found that Lieberman had alienated every partisan group in the state -- Democrats, Republicans and independents -- by both weakening progressive efforts on the health care bill but ultimately voting for the Senate bill itself.
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Q Jordon
January 18, 2010 5:41 PM
Poor Joe. It could not happen to a nicer guy. I hope he has the ability to find a job after he is sent packing. One can only imagine he will be working for the banking industry, or perhaps, the insurance companies.
To me, he was never a Democrat. At best, he was Republican Lite.
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jdb316
January 19, 2010 12:00 AM in reply to Q Jordon
It doesn't matter now. Lieberman did the things he did probably knowing he wouldn't run again in 2012 anyway. He just wanted to screw the Democrats for primary-ing him in 2006. In fact, if the Dems decide they don't want to kow tow to him anymore, I wouldn't be that surprised if he flat-out resigned and allowed Jodi Rell, Connecticut's Republican Governor, to appoint a Republican in his place.
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CT Voter
January 18, 2010 5:44 PM
Thanks Eric! Couldn't have happened to a more deserving politician.
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TaylorB1
January 18, 2010 5:55 PM
I would't put it past Lieberman to run again, just so he could keep a good Dem like Chris Murphy out of the Senate.
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kenga
January 18, 2010 6:06 PM in reply to TaylorB1
I'd be willing to bet that Connecticut for Lieberman could be talked into bringing a candidate, just to liven things up. http://ctforlieberman.blogspot.com/
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Viva!America!
January 18, 2010 5:58 PM
This makes me feel warm and tingly all over.
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Overreach THIS!
January 18, 2010 7:05 PM
I can imagine conservative Jewish voters, or Likud-disposed voters (including a bunch of neocons of whatever religion) voting for Traitor Joe. Oh, and insurance people, the better paid, that is.
That's all I can think of. Who else would want this guy, and how could you??
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jdb316
January 19, 2010 12:03 AM in reply to Overreach THIS!
Most religious conservatives would never vote for Lieberman anyway because he's pro-choice. Lieberman is a foreign policy hawk and has been a royal pain in the ass on health care reform, but he's actually quite liberal on most social issues. This was another reason why Reid & Co. were afraid of burning their bridges with him - they have other socially progressive laws they want to pass and will need his vote to do it.
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kgb999
January 19, 2010 2:23 AM in reply to jdb316
Certainly seems as if it would have been better strategy to bring the ones he's needed on first. Then doing whatever(?) to him wouldn't really matter so much.
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mames, syr
January 18, 2010 8:06 PM
This self-serving, smarmy, steaming pile of Judas is the reason the Dems. have been perceived as ineffective and incapable of moving this country forward. Why are we worried about losing a 60 seat supermajority? We never had one.....thanks Joe. He couldn't beat Obama in '08 so he's methodically worn away at our collective patience and our image as a party to keep the focus on himself. Now no one has any use for him.
I guess now he'll have more time to spend on the Sunday talk show circuit with his man-crush McCain.
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Marinus van der Lubbe
January 19, 2010 8:23 AM
I wouldnt be surprised if McCain's other buttbuddy Graham has similar troubles in SC with his continued censureship by far right groups, loss of popularity, associations with McCain and Leiberman and teabaggers moving against him in a primary. Just being aligned with McCain is poisonous for any GOP running now. He is synonymous with losing and moderation, no matter how far right he pretends to swing in fending off a challenge by Hayworth.
Leiberman made his bed a long time ago and desrves to stay in it after 2012. All need to just go away....
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Qwerty
January 19, 2010 8:41 AM
"..had alienated every partisan group in the state -- Democrats, Republicans and independents -- by both weakening progressive efforts on the health care bill but ultimately voting for the Senate bill itself."
The question is, are the "centrist" Dems learning at all from this approach? Lieberman I'm sure is all set up for his golden parachute with Aetna.
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The Commenter Formerly Known as NCSteve
January 19, 2010 9:33 AM in reply to Qwerty
"Centrist" Dems hate him too. Lieberman doesn't have an ideology. He has a personality disorder. One that's grown progressively worse over the years until the trauma of 2006 elevated it to the point that he became almost completely dysfunctional on an interpersonal level.
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The Commenter Formerly Known as NCSteve
January 19, 2010 9:35 AM in reply to Qwerty
"Centrist" Dems hate him too. Lieberman doesn't have an ideology. He has a personality disorder. One that's grown progressively worse over the years until the trauma of 2006 elevated it to the point that he became almost completely dysfunctional on an interpersonal level.
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The Commenter Formerly Known as NCSteve
January 19, 2010 9:36 AM in reply to The Commenter Formerly Known as NCSteve
Dammitahell, I hate it when that happens. Sucks all the life out of a comment by attaching an implicit taint of technical incompetence to it.
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