From the ArcaMax Publishing, Politics Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/politics/s-372189-120820
HAMDEN, Conn. (UPI) -- Sen. John McCain would do little to cut Sen.
Barack Obama's commanding lead in Connecticut by adding Sen. Joseph
Lieberman to his ticket, a poll indicated.
The Quinnipiac University Polling Institute found that Obama, the
presumptive Democratic nominee from Illinois, leads among likely
voters and among nearly all sub-groups in the state.
"At this stage of the campaign, Sen. Barack Obama is rolling over Sen.
John McCain in Connecticut," Poll Director Douglas Schwartz said.
"Quinnipiac University also has conducted surveys in seven swing
states in the last two weeks and Sen. Obama is ahead in every one."
Lieberman, Al Gore's vice presidential candidate in 2000, ran for the
Senate as an independent in 2006 after losing the Democratic primary.
He has continued to caucus with the Democrats in the U.S. Senate but
agrees with McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, on Iraq and
has endorsed him.
The poll also found that a majority of Democrats would like Obama to
pick Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., as his running mate. But both
independents and Republicans oppose the move.
Overall, Obama has a 56 percent to 35 percent lead over McCain among
likely voters in the state. Only 14 percent said they would be more
likely to vote for the Arizona senator with Lieberman as vice
president on the GOP ticket, while 32 percent said they would be less
likely.