My biggest fear is that Joe Lieberman retires on his own accord. I want the residents of Connecticut to forcefully retire him.
81% of Democrats now disapprove of Lieberman's job performance with only 14% approving, and he's not real popular with Republicans who disapprove of him by a 48/39 margin or with independents who do so by a 61/32 spread either. It all adds up to a 25% approval rating with 67% of his constituents giving him bad marks.
Lieberman managed to antagonize both sides with his actions during the health care debate. Among voters who support the health care bill 87% disapprove of how Lieberman handled it with only 10% supporting it. But by voting for the final product after getting it watered down he also managed to earn the unhappiness of constituents opposed to the bill, 52% of whom say they disapprove of what Lieberman did to 33% in support.
Overall just 19% of voters in the state say they like what Lieberman did on the issue with 68% opposed.
Those are PPPs results. We'll have our own poll in Connecticut next week (along with North Dakota and Colorado), and as we've always done, we're testing Lieberman in a hypothetical 2012 matchup. Though maybe we should quit doing that. It's been a long time since he's actually represented his constituents, and he might finally get the hint that his time has passed and slink away quietly into the night, into the warm, loving embrace of his insurance industry benefactors.
He deserves nothing short of a major public humiliation at the hand of his state's voters, and they certainly seem eager to deliver it. The big question is whether Lieberman gives them the chance to do so.