HARTFORD, CT (BSNews) - The fall of Joe Lieberman immediately led to the fall of Connecticut to Hezbollah terrorists after last night's primary election against wacko-backed insurgent Ned Lamont.
"We're done for," declared state Democratic leaders as they disbanded the Connecticut party. The national party is expected to follow suit by 7:00pm EDT today.
"What else could we do but disband after Ned Lamont single-handedly turned Connecticut into a haven for terrorists?" asked the soon-to-be unemployed Democratic party chairman Howard Dean.
"If only we had listened to the well-meaning advise of Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity, and Rush Limbaugh," he added. "They only had the best interest of the Democratic party at heart."
But seriously folks...
Joe Lieberman has nowhere to go but down. He's not going to win over any new followers by losing his primary. And that's just one of three big PR hits Lieberman is about to take. The other two are 1) ignoring the results of fairly decided election and 2) getting abandoned by all the "big-name" Democrats who back the voters' choice.
I predict those three things will take an immediate toll on Lieberman's poll numbers - which aren't that great to start with. Check out the Rasmussen trend for November's general election:
July
Lieberman 40%
Lamont 40%
Schlesinger 13%
June
Lieberman 44%
Lamont 29%
Schlesinger 15%
April
Lieberman 47%
Lamont 20%
Streitz 17%
Compare that to the trend for the primary, when the polls jumped from Lieberman +46 to Lieberman +15 to Lamont +7.
Lamont has lots of room to win over voters in Connecticut. An 18-year incumbent does not. Like I said, he's got nowhere to go but down. Looks to me like Lieberman is heading for another huge embarassment this November.
[all the usual caveats about not jinxing, not relaxing, not taking anything for granted, lots of time before election day, remaining focused, remaining energized, etc.]