His primary campaign against Lamont was already lubricated by the GOP's biggest and most reliable contributors: the finance, insurance, healthcare and real estate industries. (from Open Secrets)
http://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary.asp?cycle=2006&id=CTS1Joe Lieberman (D)*
Lehman Brothers $144,250
United Technologies $128,650
Purdue Pharma $84,000
Hartford Financial Services $72,100
Irell & Manella $69,200
Aetna Inc $65,750
Citigroup Inc $61,350
Sempra Energy $60,050
UBS AG $54,350
Guardsmark Inc $51,200
Wise Metals Group $49,000
Plastech Engineered Products $46,000
National Westminster Bank $44,500
St Paul Travelers Companies $38,319
Kleiner, Perkins et al $37,600
Goldman Sachs $36,500
Schiffrin & Barroway $35,550
Schulte, Roth & Zabel $34,250
Merrill Lynch $33,650
Richman Group $33,400
By Lobby Group:
Agribusiness $160,928
Communic/Electronics $753,341
Construction $396,798
Defense $234,450
Energy/Nat Resource $272,165
Finance/Insur/RealEst $4,610,311
Health $1,120,540
Lawyers & Lobbyists $2,574,491
Transportation $165,800
Misc Business $2,080,953
Labor $155,750
Ideology/Single-Issue $506,236
Other $1,718,477 <snip>
Yikes! Need a shower?
Lieberman's GOP Sugar Daddies may be convinced to re-up their contributions for Holy Joe in the fall, but it won't be easy. The more pragmatic among this group may resist backing Joe's Vanity Campaign since: 1) he's a demonstrated loser, and 2) they will at least have to cover their bets in Connecticut and that means a like contribution to Ned Lamont.
Don't look for any big new influx of GOP money in Connecticut. The GOP will, however, be spending millions in soft money to promote Lieberman and his policies-- in other states-- as they try to market their lame spin that Lieberman's loss somehow shows that the Democrats are wrong on national security. (Don't ask :eyes:)