Joe Lieberman: he's got a $3,594,524 head start on his 06 opponents

[ISUGRADIA]

http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.asp?CID=N00000616&cycle=2006

2001-2006 Total Receipts: $4,926,358
2001-2006 Total Spent: $2,655,916
Cash on Hand: $3,594,524
Debts: $0
Date of last report: September 30, 2005
First elected: 1988
Next election: 2006

[RobertSeattle]

1. Reminder - be sure to vote in the Lieberman-Weicker Poll at the Courant

http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-weicker1206.artdec06,0,5292517.story?coll=hc-headlines-politics-state

Who would you vote for, for U.S. Senate?

26.0% Joseph Lieberman (1367 responses)
69.5% Lowell Weicker (3650 responses)
4.4% Other (232 responses)
5249 total responses

[Howardx]

3. joe is tanking on that poll

maybe that memo helped;)

[katinmn]

17. Poll: 81% indicated support for Weicker

Who would you vote for, for U.S. Senate?

14.9%
Joseph Lieberman (1543 responses)


80.9%
Lowell Weicker (8402 responses)


4.3%
Other (442 responses)


10387 total responses
Results are not scientific

[iconoclastNYC]

22. source?

[katinmn]

25. See reply post #1. Click on link.

Now 82.3%

Who would you vote for, for U.S. Senate?

13.4%
Joseph Lieberman (1732 responses)


82.3%
Lowell Weicker (10612 responses)


4.3%
Other (549 responses)


12893 total responses
Results are not scientific

[iconoclastNYC]

26. thanks.

Didn't see that.

[expatriot]

2. maybe there should be a law that controls the amount of money

incumbent elected officials can keep in their "warchest" after an election. That is just an insane amount of money he has saved up.

[spindrifter]

4. Who is behind the numbers?

I understand the majority is individual contributions, but that is a lot of rubber chicken dinners.

[katinmn]

5. Top contributors:

http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.asp?CID=N00000616&cycle=2006
JOE LIEBERMAN (D-CT)

1 Lehman Brothers $140,650
2 United Technologies $124,150
3 Purdue Pharma $79,800
4 Hartford Financial Services $70,850
5 Irell & Manella $69,200
6 Aetna Inc $61,750
7 UBS Americas $58,600
8 Guardsmark Inc $51,200
9 Plastech Engineered Products $46,000
10 Wise Metals Group $45,000
11 Citigroup Inc $41,500
11 National Westminster Bank $41,500
13 St Paul Travelers Companies $37,319
14 Schulte, Roth & Zabel $34,250
15 Goldman Sachs $32,000
16 NV Perricone Md $31,400
17 Time Warner $29,900
18 Paul, Hastings et al $29,750
19 Merrill Lynch $29,650
20 Kleiner, Perkins et al $29,200

[AX10]

8. evidence of a DLCer.

[spindrifter]

13. Thanks!

[OzarkDem]

15. Lots of insurance companies

who will work to defeat any meaningful health care reform.

[Totally Committed]

23. All those contributors will get his attention and concern

before any of his constituents do. It's a crying shame!

TC

[Totally Committed]

6. I've said it before, and I'll keep saying it:

DLC affliation = $$$$$$

This faction is buying our Party's aherence to the Corporate bottom line and ensuring the end to social policies meant to help and protect the poor, minoroties, women and family farms.

A vote for a DLC Candidate is a vote, not only against your interest, but that of the Democratoic Party.

TC

[darkmaestro019]

7. We need a flat, publicly funded, equal budget for ALL candidates.

Here. You each get X and that's all you get and if you spend more than that you are GOING TO JAIL.

Oh, wait, I forgot we get no say in how anything works around here. Stupid me. I had this confused with that OTHER America they told us the fairy tales about in skolliwol.

[graywarrior]

9. I email him that he's a disgrace and he sends me this:

Dear Friend:

Thank you for taking the time to contact me. I appreciate the
opportunity to know your opinions on the pressing issues facing our
nation. Regrettably, due to the huge volume of mail that I receive, I am
only able to research and address comments sent to me from Connecticut
residents. If you are not from Connecticut, you may want to consider
sending a message to the Senators from your state of residence. You can
do so by visiting http://www.senate.gov/ for a link to the web sites of
each member of the United State Senate. If you are currently residing out
of state, but are still a Connecticut resident or have a connection to
Connecticut, please be certain to use your Connecticut address or indicate
your Connecticut connection in the first paragraph of your email.

I value having the benefit of your thoughtful concerns, since I do
receive detailed weekly reports from my staff providing a sampling of
comments from across the country on timely issues before Congress.

My official Senate web site is an excellent source of information about
my work here. As you know, you can access the site at
http://lieberman.senate.gov. I encourage you to visit my web site, or if
you have already done so, to return to it often. I am also pleased to let
you know that I have launched an email news update service through my web
site. You can sign up for that service by visiting
http://lieberman.senate.gov and clicking on the "Subscribe Email News
Updates" button at the bottom of the home page. I hope these are
informative and useful.

Thank you again for letting me know your views and concerns.

Sincerely,


Joseph I. Lieberman
UNITED STATES SENATOR

[Little Star]

27. He is way to important to send a personal reply to you.

:sarcasm:

I say lets start a "support Lieberman for Rummy's job petition". He can then wear that other face he keeps hidden, you know, his republican face! What a pompous hypocrite he is.

[Beacho]

10. At least bleed him in the election

Make him work for it and force him to campaign out in the open.

Make him spend the dough with a good primary challenge

[Stand and Fight]

11. Where can we donate to his opponents?

Anyone know? I want that turncoat fucker out!

[bigscott]

12. maybe if Lieberman

spent less time kissing *'s ass and more time on his constituents, 2400 Electric Boat workers would not be out of a job in 2006. Bastard

[katinmn]

16. Start a recall effort like we did in St. Paul.

Got rid of our Bush-lovin' mayor. We couldn't recall him but we voted him out. In fact, he was brutally trounced in the November mayoral election by a real Democrat. A couple of organizers arranged petition drives, voter registration, protests in front of Kelly fundraisers, wrote LTTEs, spoke on the radio, distributed yard signs. Very effective.

There doesn't need to be a challenger to start a recall effort. The campaign can start now, generate awareness and prime the pump for whoever is the challenger.

http://www.recallrandy.org/events.htm
- Yard Sign

[ISUGRADIA]

18. There's no process to recall a US Senator that is constitutional

even though some states have a law on the books (CT is not one).

Last effort I can think of is when some conservative tried to get McCain recalled under AZ law but it went no where.

[katinmn]

19. We couldn't legally recall Kelly either. But it made for a

really good and memorable campaign. The will and intent were there. :)

[ISUGRADIA]

24. I see your point now...that does have the possibility of some good

PR.

Kelly also tried to buy his way out of the mess he was in (1 millon to Coleman's 200k) and that did not work. Ties in to Lieberman having 3.5 million now. Even being outspent 10-1 an opponent could get a lot of national press if she or he was smart.

[OzarkDem]

14. Go Weicker!!

A large campaign chest doesn't guarantee victory. Ask Bob Dole.

[NVMojo]

20. great

...and he slurps at the trough with neocons and corporations ...

[iconoclastNYC]

21. He's the GOP (big donor's) favorite candidate.

I dont know if the progressive left can take him down but I think it will be fun to try.

His whoring for Bush is an act of war to the progressive left.