<BR><BR><B><I>Doug Henwood <dhenwood@panix.com></I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <div><BR>.<BR><BR>Not sure what your point is here - is it that Lieberman's lead is <BR>narrowing? But you're comparing five polls from five different <BR>pollsters, blithely ignoring what the profession calls the "house <BR>effect." If you're doing comparisons over time, use the same pollster.<BR><BR>Doug<BR></div> <div><BR>By the way, whatever slim chance Lamont had was just blown by this howler:</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div><A href="http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-lieberman-record-1012,0,1117885,print.story?coll=hc-headlines-home">http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-lieberman-record-1012,0,1117885,print.story?coll=hc-headlines-home</A></div> <div> </div> <div>Associated Press<BR><BR>October 12 2006, 1:26 PM EDT<BR><BR>A black leader who had accused Sen. Joe
Lieberman of lying about his civil rights record said Thursday he accepted Lieberman's word that he marched with 1960s-era activists against segregation.<BR><BR>"It is true that he marched with Dr. King, but I believe Dr. King would be disappointed in his record as a senator over the past 18 years," said Henry E. Parker, a former state treasurer, in a statement released by the campaign of Lieberman's rival Ned Lamont.<BR><BR>"I accept the fact that Senator Lieberman provided documentation that he participated in the civil rights movement in the 60s," added Parker.<BR><BR>Lieberman, locked in an increasingly nasty re-election race, on Wednesday disputed charges by Parker that he had lied about his 1960s activism fighting segregation in the South.<BR><BR>Earlier, the Connecticut Federation of Black Democratic Clubs, which includes 20 clubs across the state, endorsed Lamont and questioned whether Lieberman had marched for civil rights. Lamont attended the
event.<BR><BR>Lieberman's campaign responded by producing a 1963 college newspaper clip that cites Lieberman's reporting from Jackson, Miss., about the arrests of civil rights workers. Lieberman was chairman of the Yale Daily News.<BR><BR>Lieberman said he led a group of Yale students to Mississippi. He also recalled being part of the Washington, D.C., crowd at the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s famed "I Have a Dream" speech in August 1963.<BR><BR>"Was I there?" Lieberman said on Wednesday. "You bet I was there."<BR><BR>Lamont's campaign has tried to distance itself from the charges. Campaign manager Tom Swan said Lamont was not questioning Lieberman's civil rights background. However, Lamont's campaign paid for a flier the group distributed at the event.<BR><BR>Lamont captured the Democratic nomination from Lieberman in the August primary. The three-term Democratic senator is running as an independent. </div> <div> </div> <div><CITE>Copyright 2006 Associated
Press</CITE> </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p> 
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