http://apnews.excite.com/article/20060920/D8K89H0O0.htmlLamont Calls Lieberman a 'Turncoat'
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Sep 19, 9:25 PM (ET)
By DAVE COLLINS
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Democrat Ned Lamont calls rival Sen. Joe Lieberman a "turncoat" in his latest ad. Not so, says the three-term Democratic lawmaker running as an independent, and he has some party support in Connecticut to prove it.
Lieberman welcomed the endorsements Tuesday from several local Democrats, including the mayors of the Connecticut cities of Norwich, West Haven and Waterbury. "This is part of a very encouraging trend that's happening," he said. "We now have a group of respected elected officials that are breaking away from Ned Lamont and are sticking with me."
Last month, Lamont stunned Lieberman in the Democratic primary, seizing the party nomination from the incumbent with a campaign built on his anti-Iraq war message. Lieberman filed as an independent candidate to hold onto his seat while several local and national Democrats shifted allegiances to Lamont.
Incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., talks with reporters outside the Alma E. Pagels School in West Haven, Conn., Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2006, as he arrived for a visit to the school. At left is West Haven, Conn., Mayor John Picard, a Democrat, who endorsed Lieberman in his bid for a fourth term in the U.S. Senate. Lieberman is in a three-way race with Democratic Party nominee Ned Lamont and Republican Alan Schlesinger. (AP Photo/Bob Child)
Lamont dismissed suggestions that Democrats remain torn between the two candidates.
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