Lieberman and Lamont Battle to the Wire

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As Connecticut voters prepared for their highly anticipated Democratic primary today, Senator Joseph I. Lieberman and Ned Lamont, the two rivals for United States Senate, used sharply different tactics yesterday to gain a final advantage in a contest that appeared to be tightening.
Mr. Lieberman, the three-term incumbent whose support for the Iraq war has cost him voters, held nine events over 13 hours and exuded fresh optimism on the ninth day of a statewide bus tour. He also spent tens of thousands of dollars on an unconventional two-minute television ad in which he aligned himself with Democratic anger over Iraq and President Bush - an attempt to neutralize Mr. Lamont's signature antiwar message.

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Mr. Lamont, a former town selectman who does not hold an elective office now, was aiming simply for victory, his advisers said. Mr. Lieberman's advisers said that he was seeking victory but that if he lost, he wanted the smallest possible margin, on the theory that a narrow loss would help him rebuff any Democratic demands that he drop out.

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[WI_DEM]

1. I hope Lamont worked as hard as Lieberman did

in the final days.

[Reckon]

2. Joe is a lying NeoCon!

"two-minute television ad in which he aligned himself with Democratic anger over Iraq"