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Joementum in Action

Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post has an update on two campaign stops in Lieberman's final hours:

boxojoe.gifNeither of Lieberman's events drew much of a crowd -- the first was at a gourmet food store named Nica's Market, the second at Claire's Corner Copia, a vegetarian restaurant. But turnout for the rallies wasn't the goal. The two stops were little more than photo ops for the assembled media to get in a final question or two before Lieberman sequestered himself in Hartford to monitor the election results. [snip]

In a brief speech before entering the store, Lieberman said there was a "real surge occuring" in the race, saying that voters were rejecting the idea -- propagated effectively by businessman Ned Lamont's campaign -- that a vote for Lieberman was a vote to support President Bush. "George Bush ain't on the ballot," said Lieberman. "It's me and the other guy." [snip]

As he was leaving the store, Lieberman ran into a man who told him that he had gone into the voting booth planning to vote against the incumbent but had changed his mind. That seemed to energize Lieberman, who retold the story to a gaggle of reporters before hopping back on his bus.

Polls close in just over an hour and a half. A few hours after that we'll know whether Joementum '06 was any better than the version we saw in 2004.

(Photo: Darren McCollester, Getty Images)