Lamont-Lieberman race produced a loser and a

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bigger loser. How would you like to be this guy?

White House vague about Bush support for GOP Senate candidate

By ANDREW MIGA
Associated Press Writer

August 14, 2006, 5:18 PM EDT

WASHINGTON -- President Bush isn't exactly eager to lend his support to the Republican nominee in Connecticut's tumultuous Senate race.

The White House was circumspect on Monday when asked whether Bush would support Republican Alan Schlesinger in the three-way fall contest that includes Democratic nominee Ned Lamont and three-term incumbent Sen. Joe Lieberman.

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"I think that there are some peculiar characteristics going on in the Republican Party with the Republican candidate," Snow said. "And why don't you wait and see what happens?"

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Schlesinger said he was confident he could move up in the polls once some of the attention shifted away from the Lieberman-Lamont primary fight.

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