The first post-primary Nutmeg State Rasmussen poll shows Lieberman leading Lamont, 46-41, with the Republican getting 6. (The poll is for subscribers only – if you’re a political junkie, there are many worse ways that you could feed your habit than shelling out $95 to join the Rasmussen Premium Club.) The pre-primary Rasmussen poll of the general electorate showed Lamont and Lieberman in a flat-footed tie at 40. For some reason, the Nutroots think this new poll is wonderful news. As usual, their logic escapes me.

I would be remiss in my duties as a blogger if I failed to offer the following piece of analysis. I thought Lieberman was doomed because the Sore Loserman charge would lay heavy in the air in the immediate aftermath of his primary defeat. But yesterday’s news on the terror front will rightly suck all the oxygen away from a Senate contest that’s still three months away. While I don’t live in Hartford (thank God!) and thus don’t have access to the Hartford Courant, it appears from the Courant’s home page that the Lieberman-Lamont race didn’t even make today’s front page. In short, Joe will survive August and that gives him a chance to win in November.

Another thing working in Holy Joe’s favor is that the sole issue in the primary was Lieberman himself. The next few months should see increased scrutiny applied to Lamont. I don’t think this will work to the challenger’s advantage. Lamont strikes me as an empty suit, and I don’t say that because of a mere partisan knee-jerk. To wit, I would never refer to Ted Kennedy as an empty suit.

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