"Obama Takes Connecticut, Helped by Lamont Voters"

[Renew Deal]

Ned Lamont was not on the ballot, but his presence was nonetheless felt in Connecticut’s Democratic presidential primary.

It was the young, the rich and voters who called Iraq the top issue who helped provide the margin of victory for Senator Barack Obama in Connecticut, according to surveys of voters leaving the polls, narrowly defeating Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in her own backyard.

With 96 percent of the votes counted, Mr. Obama had 50 percent of the vote, compared with 47 percent for Mrs. Clinton. The exit polls, conducted by Edison Media Research and Mitofsky International, showed Mr. Obama doing well among what some in that state might call the “Ned Lamont coalition.”

...“The Lamont campaign was part of my political awakening,” said Bill Dauphin, 47, a technical writer who attended the Obama campaign’s victory party Tuesday night at the Sweet Jane Bar in Hartford. “That’s the thing that got me off the sofa and onto the street.”
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/us/politics/06region.html?_r=1&ref=politics&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin

This is awesome news.

[Elspeth]

1. Interesting: the anti-war vote made a difference.

You'd think it all but disappeared if you only watched the M$M.

[robbedvoter]

2. Considering Obama endorsed Joementum , it's quite ironical, isn't it?

[NYCGirl]

3. Considering Lamont endorsed Obama, no. NT

[book_worm]

4. Obama supported Lamont in the general election and Lamont endorsed Obama

[Renew Deal]

5. Hillary endorsed Lieberman and got her voters.

Surprise surprise.

[Bodhi BloodWave]

6. I'm surprised some people still use that line of yours n/t

[Jennicut]

7. I voted for Obama last night in CT

I got out of my Early Childhood Education class at about 9:00 last night and called my Mom on my cell phone and she told me it was really close so I'm glad I voted. Its the first time in a long time I felt like I made any kind of difference.