Will Lamont Qualify for the Primary?

Ned Lamont (D), who just announced a primary challenge to Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) and is the latest darling of the liberal netroots, once ran for state senate in Connecticut and used the services of political consultant Dick Morris, who now dismisses the chances of his former client.

Says Morris: "He need not be taken very seriously. Lieberman is not vulnerable and a primary will only make him that much stronger (assuming Ned even gets on the ballot)."

Connecticut primary rules are notoriously difficult, but the Hartford Courant says Lamont "is expected to qualify for it easily, either by winning support from 15 percent of the delegates to a nominating convention May 20 or by gathering signatures from 2 percent of registered Democrats."

The Connecticut Post notes Lamont would need 15,000 to 16,000 petition signatures.


March 14, 2006


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