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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: 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: 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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CT-Sen: Debate
The debate will be streamed here. Consider this a live debate thread. Update: From the comments, here's how Mac users can watch the debat...

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CT-Sen: Lieberman Refuses to Say Dems Should Win Back House
(From the diaries. Incredible. As if we need more evidence that Lieberman has completely left the Democratic Party and is merely doing his be...

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CT-Sen: The sky isn’t falling
Univ of Conn for the Hartford Courant. 10/4-9. MoE 3.9% (no trend lines) Registered voters Lieberman (CfL) 48 Lamont (D) 40 Schlesinge...

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CT-Sen: Why is Lieberman so negative on Lieberman?
It's obvious you can't trust Lieberman's word. ...

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