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Aug

by Moonage

A lot has been made of the anti-incumbency “trend” gripping the US right now. IMO, this is just wishful thinking by hard-core Democrats that would justify the fact that their party really has no agenda other than whining about Bush. So far, the tally’s looking pretty ugly for that argument. The ultimate flame-out in my opinion was not Joe Lieberman, but Cynthia McKinney. For people running and losing, those two stick out the most I think. The season’s not over tho I will admit. However, for those Democrats that are pushing for a huge anti-incumbency wave to sweep the nation, dig this:

Ned Lamont, whose anti-war campaign rattled the political landscape by toppling Sen. Joe Lieberman last week in Connecticut’s Democratic primary, is gaining support in November’s three-way Senate race, according to a poll released Thursday.

But the Quinnipiac University poll shows that Lamont still has an uphill battle against Lieberman, the 2000 nominee for vice president who is now running an independent campaign.

What really surprises me about this poll is it’s not even close. Joe is whipping Ned 49-38 right now. That’s not a race, that’s a beating.

Now, best I recall, Joe IS the incumbent. That means so far, one Republican has gotten beat, and one Democrat. In the Senate, this is supposed to be the year Democrats regain control ( off-season lame-duck election ), however, it looks like the real winner this year might be the Independents. Which, in the political real world, is a huge win for the Republicans.

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