Rasmussen Show’s Lamont Gaining

Well, except it was only a sample of 218 people and there's a huge margin of error. As I have said many times, I am not a big fan of polls or polling in general, but I generally think Rasmussen does a respectable job. The really, really bad news for Lamont is that Lieberman wins big in the polling for the general election, whether he runs as a Democrat or an Independent.

There is much wailing and gnashing of teeth from the Lamont camp because Lieberman refuses to pledge his support for Lamont should Lamont win the primary. Uh, gee, let's see; you try to destroy a man's political career with a campaign that is being pushed hard by people who do not live in the state. A campaign where there is a lot of very vitriolic commentary about Lieberman coming from those people. And you seem surprised that the victim of your assaults won't pledge to back you? Well, ok, then.

Frankly, the more you appear to be pitching a fit over an issue like that, the less credible you get. Lamont may be very close to the edge on this one. If he is seen as a rank amateur, or as behaving petulantly, he may sink himself.

And if you push Lieberman to run independent, you really lose. Hard.

UPDATE: See Hot Air as well.