Dean, Clark catch Lieberman in Florida

Despite the good Joseph Lieberman did the Democrats in Florida in 2000, he faces a lively challenge the next time up.

Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut was the vice presidential nominee in 2000 credited with exciting Florida Democrats and almost winning the White House for Al Gore, but a new poll Thursday shows he can no longer look to the state as a second home base in his own quest for the White House.

Lieberman, who appeared to be the heir apparent to Florida Democratic support when Sen. Bob Graham remained in the race, is now tied with former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean and retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark in the state.

Florida's primary is March 9 -- potentially too late to affect a nomination fight played out in dozens of states with earlier primaries -- but the results underscore the struggle for Lieberman, a conservative Democrat who backed the Iraq war, to build support in an increasingly anti-war party.

The results also show that Dean and Clark, despite limited Florida exposure, are beginning to build public identities in the nation's most populous swing state, where the 2000 election was decided by just 537 votes.

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"Despite the good Joseph Lieberman did the Democrats in Florida in 2000"

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Like him or not, it probably would not have been as close.