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nuttin to root about!

Drudge is reporting the earliest polls, and it appears that Lieberman lost.

Connecticut // U.S. Senate - - Dem Primary
29 of 748 Precincts Reporting - 3.88%
Lamont, Ned Dem 6,814 59.77%
Lieberman, Joe (i) Dem 4,586 40.23%

This will complicate things for Hillary, I guess.

Who know how it might play in the Fall?

UPDATE: Different results here, which show Lamont slightly down:

CT SEN: Lamont 56.2% | Lieberman 43.8% | 7.35% in

(Via Glenn Reynolds.)

Too early to tell, but it doesn't look good for Lieberman.

UPDATE (09:42 p.m.): With over half the vote in, it's getting closer, but Lamont is still ahead:

Connecticut // U.S. Senate - - Dem Primary

404 of 748 Precincts Reporting - 54.01%BR> Lamont, Ned 74,396 52.13%
Lieberman, Joe (i) 68,718 48.02%

Is this a trend?

Might it be counted on to continue?

MORE (9:46 p.m.): At the Hotline, it looks even closer:

CT SEN: Lamont 51.98% | Lieberman 48.02% | 54% in

AND MORE (09:48): Drudge:

Connecticut // U.S. Senate - - Dem Primary
484 of 748 Precincts Reporting - 64.71%
Lamont, Ned 89,814 51.60%
Lieberman, Joe (i) 84,231 48.40%

The "trend" (which it probably wasn't, as these are just numbers pouring in) seems to have leveled off.

They're 5600 votes apart, and if the rural, outlying precincts are the last to come in. . . .

Lieberman still might take it.

Anyone wanna lay odds?

MORE (9:53): It's ever so closer to being a race right now, although it's not a cliffhanger yet:

Connecticut // U.S. Senate - - Dem Primary
537 of 748 Precincts Reporting - 71.79%
Lamont, Ned 100,425 51.61%
Lieberman, Joe (i) 94,148 48.39%

Ditto, Hotline:

CT SEN: Lamont 51.61% | Lieberman 48.39% | 71.79% in

MORE (10:03): Drudge has the flashing light up; headline says "LIEBERMAN ON THE BRINK:

Connecticut // U.S. Senate - - Dem Primary
575 of 748 Precincts Reporting - 76.87%
Lamont, Ned 109,239 51.76%
Lieberman, Joe (i) 101,818 48.24%

On the brink of what? The 51/48 numbers haven't yet changed.

MORE (10:10): Drudge reports nearly 80% of the precincts in, and no sign of any further closing of the gap:

Connecticut // U.S. Senate - - Dem Primary
575 of 748 Precincts Reporting - 79.95%
Lamont, Ned 114,165 51.75%
Lieberman, Joe (i) 106,428 48.24%

MORE (10:13): Drudge now projects Lamont the winner:

Connecticut // U.S. Senate - - Dem Primary
608 of 748 Precincts Reporting - 81.28%
Lamont, Ned 116,387 51.71% **Winner
Lieberman, Joe (i) 108,683 48.29%

Barring a last minute flood of conservative Democratic votes from rural areas, I think the gap is not going to close.

MORE (10:18): Drudge Headline -- "LIEBERMAN LOSES DEM PRIMARY"

There's nothing left to live blog at this point, so I'm signing off.

BUT WAIT! Elsewhere, one of loser Cynthia McKinney's staffers grabbed a reporter after McKinney motioned the reporter over to her car. (I guess she didn't want to lose without a fight.)

Comments

Considering that [Bill] Clinton stumped for Lieberman late, it could be particularly complicated for Hillary should Lieberman follow through on his threat to run as a third party candidate in the event of a primary loss. Still, the netroots people are already viciously opposed to Hillary, so I don't think there's really going to be a change in magnitudes of trouble for her.

Interesting thought: what if Hillary, rather than doing a standard presidential run on the Democratic ticket, jumped onto a new third party ticket from day 1?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, it'll never happen.

Beck · August 8, 2006 09:20 PM

I hope she does just that. But it won't happen.

Eric Scheie · August 8, 2006 10:09 PM

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