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CT-Sen: GOTV tool
The Lamont campaign has this handy tool, their Family, Friends, and Neighbors gizmo. The Lamont campaign considers the tool to be a huge part o...

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CT-Sen: Lieberman’s precarious lead, and other campaign udpates
American Research Group. 10/20. Likely voters. MoE 4% (9/19 results) Lieberman (CfL) 49 (47) Lamont (D) 37 (45) Schlesinger (R) 8 (2) In this po...

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CT-SEN: Lieberman Funded by “White House Donor Network”
From the diaries. More proof that a vote for Joe is a vote for Bush. mcjoan (Partially cross-posted from LamontBlog.) David Lightman of the Hartford Courant digs into Joe's FEC filing today and...

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CT-Sen: “The Kiss” Revisited
Stoller finds this gem, from Joe's BBF, W: You know, the Democrat Party made a clear statement about the nature of their party when it came to how they dealt with Senator Joe Lieb...

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CT-Sen: Stoller’s debate rundown
Stoller has a hilarious write-up on today's debate. It'll air tomorrow evening on C-SPAN, supposedly, but for now this is all we've got. Schlesi...

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CT-Sen HQ: Today’s Debate Round-Up
(From the diaries -- kos) "This is amazing, the carnival is back in town." -- Matt Stoller The buzz is back, folks.  The carnival-l...

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CT-Sen: Lieberman unites everyone against him
Lieberman is just like his friend George Bush -- a uniter, united all sides of the political spectrum against him. From today's debate, which weirdly won't be televised until tom...

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CT-Sen: Unfair Attack on Lieberman
A billboard now up in Connecticut unfairly attacks Joe Lieberman: Weighing in on Connecticut's hotly contested congressional races, a group of religious activists have unveiled a giant billboa...

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CT-Sen: Schlesinger! And Lieberman flips on Bolton
Schlesinger was the big winner of yesterday's debate, so by extension, so was Lamont. With a forceful debate performance, Schlesinger reminded ...

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CT-Sen: The immigration factor
It's early in the process, but I haven't heard anyone highlight the significance of this moment in today's debate. Republican Alan Schlesinger, who wa...

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CT-Sen: Second debate thread
No spin -- All three are doing well. Schlesinger is actually quite impressive as a debater. Lamont is head and shoulders above his last debate. What's...

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