Lieberman Reduces Effort to Get Out Vote (NYT)

[Human Torch]

Lieberman Reduces Effort to Get Out Vote

By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE, ANNE E. KORNBLUT and JENNIFER MEDINA
Published: August 5, 2006

With only three days left to reverse the course of the Democratic primary race, Senator Joseph I. Lieberman is scaling back on the ambitious ground operation that his supporters had hoped would pull him past his challenger, Ned Lamont, in Tuesday’s election, people affiliated with the campaign said.

Mr. Lieberman, slipping badly in recent polls, still has solid organizational support. Major unions are planning phone banks on his behalf. Firefighters are taking the day off to drive older voters to polling stations. Black churches are distributing literature focusing on some of the historically most reliable Lieberman supporters, in the belief that the more Democrats show up to vote, the better his chances are.

But in the waning hours of the most closely watched Democratic primary in the nation, Mr. Lieberman, a three-term incumbent, appears to be ceding some tactical ground to his opponent in favor of running new advertisements emphasizing his message that voters should see him for more than his vote to authorize the war in Iraq.

People affiliated with the campaign said it had dropped plans for a far-reaching — and expensive — get-out-the-vote effort that would have added as many as 4,000 new workers and volunteers to the campaign in its final days.

[Champion Jack]

1. Maybe his rethug buddies assured him

that he had DieBold in his corner.

[Iniquitous Bunny]

2. We don't have electronic voting in CT.

Not in my district anyway.

Thankfully.

[Champion Jack]

3. You're lucky

[sidpleasant]

4. Nonsense - this is disinformation from Joementum's camp

It's about lowering expectations to make Joe's impending ass - whipping look not so fatal and, hopefully, keep him alive for the general election as the sole member of the Lieberman Party. If any of these cretins from the Times had bothered to visit one of Joe's offices they'd have seen that the place is very busy.

"We stopped our GOTV so Lamont didn't really beat Senator Lieberman by that much" is what you'll hear on Wednesday morning from Joe's staff of incompetents and College Republican thugs.

[Benhurst]

5. I'm sure Lieberman would rather just

call off the election.

As The Leader once wrote, "Let freedom reign!"

:rofl:

[WhiteTara]

6. he doesn't want to sign up more voters for

Lamont! :rofl:

[hang a left]

7. Been debunked

I was reading FDL last night after this announcement was made. They sent Lamont volunteers over to his campaign offices and there were tons of people, borrowed from someone (?can't remember now) there getting lists and going door to door, street by street.