Lieberman facing primary challenge? Paul Newman not considered likely.

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Lieberman facing primary challenge?

State Democratic Party officials say that despite a great deal of Internet "chatter" that the renowned actor and philanthropist Paul Newman is considering a 2006 primary bid against U.S. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, they don't expect the 80-year-old Westport resident to actually make the run.
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Several party sachems, however, say they wouldn't be surprised to see another prominent liberal challenge Lieberman, who's widely considered one of the more conservative Democrats in the nation.

Although Lieberman has enjoyed an overwhelming popularity in state polls, they say, a challenger could easily capitalize on increasingly widespread dissatisfaction among liberal party activists smarting from the Democrats' disastrous showing in last year's election.

They also say a challenger could easily find himself, like 2004 presidential candidate Howard Dean, bankrolled by thousands of small contributions generated through the World Wide Web.

One member of the Democratic State Central Committee even sketched out an obviously well considered scenario for a primary challenge, which he suggested had a "50-50 chance" of happening. He estimated that a "lefty" candidate with a high public profile could raise as much as $1.5 million and sway as many as 40 percent of "angry Democrats" voting in a primary.

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1. there was a tongue in cheek article

in a CT paper suggesting that Newman or Sam Waterston run for governor. Maybe it was a trial balloon.