Schlesinger Persists, Despite Lack of Support From Bush, Rell; Lieberman Draws Gop Endorsements
New Haven Register › February 21, 2007
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The Republican buzz of a few weeks ago about replacing Alan Schlesinger as the GOP candidate in Connecticut's U.S. Senate race has all but died away - a peculiar phenomenon considering his plunge in the polls. Schlesinger has sunk to 4 percent or less in recent surveys - an unheard-of level for a major party candidate in a contest that is drawing national and even international attention.
But the focus of that intense interest is almost completely on incumbent Joseph I. Lieberman's independent run and the anti-Iraq war candidacy of Democrat Ned Lamont.See the full content of this document
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Schlesinger Persists, Despite Lack of Support From Bush, Rell; Lieberman Draws Gop Endorsements
Schlesinger has also been hurt by questions about his use of an assumed name at a gambling casino in the early 1990s, and legal actions by two Atlantic City casinos in the same period to recover some $28,000 in gambling debts.
According to Schlesinger, voters don't care about such matters, an...See the full content of this document
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