CT GOV: Lamont, Malloy lead GOP gubernatorial challengers in latest Rasmussen poll

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MALLOY HOLDS FOLEY TO A LOWER % THAN LAMONT

HE ALSO HAS MORE ROOM TO GROW!!!

EAT THAT LAMONTISTAS!!!1!

(Sorry, just getting that out of the way early here.)

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by: mattw @ Fri Feb 05, 2010 at 18:11:51 PM CST

Lamont has the highest positives of all candidates (0.00 / 0)

And this is a conservative polling organization.  Lamont's 19% "very favorable" rating is ahead of Malloy's 15%, and far ahead of both Republicans.

So much for the conservative pundits' suggestion that the race cries out for better known candidates.  Lamont is well known and well liked.

Give 'em hell, Ned!!!

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by: thomashooker @ Fri Feb 05, 2010 at 23:59:31 PM CST

Uhhh.. (0.00 / 0)

Did you read the whole thing?  His NEGATIVES are higher than his positives (20% to 19%), plus he has the highest very unfavorable by twice as much (20%, next closest is Malloy with 10%, 7% Fedele, 5% Foley).

I'm just saying you should probably put that in context.  We all like Ned, but let's be honest, he will be a hard guy to sell to an ever more tacking right electorate (even in New England).

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by: kennadie @ Sat Feb 06, 2010 at 09:43:15 AM CST

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My dear troll... (4.00 / 1)

His negatives might be higher, but his positives are higher as well.  People know and like Ned Lamont (his net position is positive).  People don't know Dan Malloy- still don't- and probably won't.

"Tacking right"?  Is that why Joe Lieberman's job approval rating is in the thirties?  Because the electorate is "tacking right"?  Give me a break!  And our electorate is "tacking right", so that's the reason that Ned Lamont leads all comers?  I think it is you who should look closer at the polling data.

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by: thomashooker @ Sat Feb 06, 2010 at 11:03:37 AM CST

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Realistically ... (0.00 / 0)

 ... it's a statistical dead heat. The fact that Foley -- a virtual unknown -- is even close to Lamont and Malloy should be a major warning sign.

You're right in that there's no shift right (or left, for that matter). What's interesting to me is that the leaders seem to be the guys NOT from Hartford. New blood, new ideas, new energy, new experience seems welcome.

The candidate who can best tap into that outsider's spirit can win, and either Lamont or Malloy can do that. I honestly hope that the Lamont team doesn't tear down the Malloy team, and vice versa. We want a Democrat as governor. If we can stay positive during this primary and pull together afterwards, we might actually get one.

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by: CaptCT @ Sat Feb 06, 2010 at 12:28:50 PM CST

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Good points (0.00 / 0)

But I tend to see the Democratic leads as very positive and a sign that voters want a change from whomever is in charge, though that cuts both ways.  Connecticut has suffered through two dozen straight years of Republican governors, and the elections haven't been close.  For voters to be favoring two Democrats over two Republicans should chagrin Republicans in this state.

I hold both Ned Lamont and Dan Malloy in great respect.  Two very fine, intelligent, able, forward-looking and forward-thinking men.  But an election is an election, and I don't see how it is possible for either of those fighters to campaign softly.  Ned learned that you don't assume that your opponent will be "nice" to you; you have to hit hard.  I was sorry to see Dan Malloy lose out to DeStefano last time.  But one will have to lose this time.

Just hope the winner will have enough funds left to take on the Republican in the general.  DeStefano ran out of money, as did Diane Farrell in her first run against "Both Ways" in 2006.

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by: thomashooker @ Sat Feb 06, 2010 at 14:04:42 PM CST

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Ned Lamont Hires Creigh Deeds' ex-Campaign Manager? (4.00 / 1)

Kevin Rennie blogs It Has to Get Better Than It Was in Virginia.

VA Dems add their comments to this newsbit
Ned Lamont hires Joe Abbey

...when I think of Ned Lamont - or at least the 2006 version - I think of a netroots activist-oriented, liberal/progressive candidate and campaign. That's simply not how I see Joe Abbey, whose last two gigs were with moderate-conservative, top-down Democrats Mark Warner and Creigh Deeds.

On the other hand, Abbey also worked for Chap Petersen -- who I'd describe as economically progressive/populist, socially moderate, and netroots friendly -- in his victorious 2007 State Senate campaign against Jeannemarie Devolites-Davis.

SNIP

and Open Left commenters add their view too
Ned Lamont Hires Creigh Deeds' Former Campaign Manager?

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by: Larkspur @ Sat Feb 06, 2010 at 22:14:27 PM CST

I put my money with tack to the center (0.00 / 0)

If you haven't seen Ned's stump speech, here is a video from CTBOB's January archives.  I don't know how to drop in the video, so scroll down to it...
http://ctbob.blogspot.com/2010...

The shoutouts tend to support a candidate attempting to redefine (or prevent pre-judging) of his candidacy and alignments.

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by: greenpeas @ Sun Feb 07, 2010 at 12:54:02 PM CST

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hey GP (0.00 / 0)

Did you see the new campaign manager talking with any of the regulars at the DFA the other day? I got there just as the event was starting, so I didn't get a chance to observe him in action. But you can tell a lot about a campaign staffer by whether or not they dive in and meet the front-line activists.  

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by: mattw @ Sun Feb 07, 2010 at 21:24:46 PM CST

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got there not much earlier than you did (0.00 / 0)

and really wasn't in the loop as to who he was at that point.  I know who to ask, though ;)

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by: greenpeas @ Sun Feb 07, 2010 at 22:04:30 PM CST

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