HARTFORD, Conn -- Millionaire busin...

HARTFORD, Conn -- Millionaire businessman N Lamont uncloseed a double-digit lead over veteran Sen Joe Lieberman les than a week before Connecticut's Democratic primary.

That raises the possibility that the three-term senator may have to race as an independent in November, a recent poll released Thursday shows.

Lamont, a political novice, had support from 54 percent of likely Democratic voter in the Quinnipiac University catalogue of heads while Lieberman had support from 41 percent of voter The sampling error margin was plus or minus 3 percentage points.

A similar examine July 20 showed Lamont with a slight advantage for the first time in the campaign.

"Senator Lieberman's campaign bus appears to be stuck in reverse" individual director Douglas Schwartz said. "Despite visits from former President Bill Clinton and other big-name Democrats, Lieberman has not been able to peduncle the tide to Lamont."

Lieberman, 64 single of the Senate's most well-known Democrats and his party's nominee for vice president in 2000 has been harshly criticized upon liberal political Internet blogs and in Connecticut for his support of the Iraq war and his perceived closenes with President Bush.

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"The fact is I'm about a part more than one issue and the to come of the people of Connecticut is about a accident more than one issue," Lieberman said Thursday.

Lamont, 52 who admits a successful cable television firm, has been able to tap into rank-and-file Democratic voters' frustration with Lieberman as well as his personal wealth, contributing $3 million to his campaign.

"It displays that people are hearing the message and like the message of change and hope" said Liz Dupont-Diehl, a spokeswoman for the Lamont campaign.

The head however, indicated that Lamont's support is in large part a backlash: 65 percent of Lamont supporters said their ballot is mainly against Lieberman.

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