Disclosure: I worked for the Lamont campaign doing web design and production and some writing for the official blog (from 9/5/06 to 11/07/06).
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Tuesday Evening Round-Up
- Somehow, I am getting the sense both rank-and-file and high-level Democrats across the state are coming to the same realization that this commenter at MyDD apparently has:
Well I defended Lieberman here and at Kos for a very long time, but I can't any more. I agree that he is hurting the party. Not sure how I feel about the Lamont campaign, though. I feel that resources being used to take Lieberman out (money, volunteer time, etc.) would be better used against incumbent Republican senators. That being said I wouldn't be sad to see Lamont win either.
The "resources" argument is of course based on a false premise, that there's one fixed "pie" of political donations to be split up. The fact is it isn't zero-sum. Regardless, I'd argue that this is just the type of race where resources should be directed in the hopes of building a progressive movement. But that's another post. - The comment above, incidentally, is in response to this post by an ex-employee of the DLC, who has also dumped Joe:
I don't want to get rid of Lieberman because he talks within GOP talking points, or he was the first to applaud Bush, or that he kissed Bush on the cheek, or even the War. I hope that Connecticut primary voters ditch Joe because his very presence in the cloakrooms, strategy sessions, talk shows, articles, etc. are a cancer on the Democratic Party's hope for reclaiming governing power.
- Ari Melber talks to Sean Smith and writes about the ridiculousness of Joe's recent P.R. conversion into an "angry" politician. Ironic that this is the same guy who complained about Howard Dean being too "angry" throughout the '04 primary season.
- Ned will be in D.C. a week from tonight for a DFA-sponsored fundraiser, and will join David Sirota for his book signing in New Haven on the 21st.
- Lots of sites out there covering the primaries around the country tonight. In terms of Lamont's chances, it will be most interesting to see how Marcy Winograd does in CA.
posted by tparty at 9:16 PM 
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Marcy Winograd will not win, but she might eke out 40%. As a contributor to her campaign and someone who drives through the district every day and saw the real presence she has had, it's sad to acknowledge she won't win. But it sure seems respectable showing to me when you look at the challenges she faced.
She was building off of a very small base compared to Ned. And her campaign was a mere 3 months long, while Ned's going to have about 7 months of campaigning before the Dem primary. Marcy got herself out there and got great endorsements, but had a total campaign budget of less than $200K. Ned will never have that issue.
She was building off of a very small base compared to Ned. And her campaign was a mere 3 months long, while Ned's going to have about 7 months of campaigning before the Dem primary. Marcy got herself out there and got great endorsements, but had a total campaign budget of less than $200K. Ned will never have that issue.
My main argument is that Joe has bad political instincts, which if listened to, doom the Democrats to miniority party status indefinately.
Ned seems to say smart things all the time like on gay marriage. Short and a good frame of the issue.
Ned seems to say smart things all the time like on gay marriage. Short and a good frame of the issue.
His line on gay marriage is probably his best distillation any issue. Compare to Joe's positions which usually boil down to "I support the Republican policy, BUT I'm actually a Democrat because of A, B, and C."
It's amazing how far speaking clearly can take a politician. That's one reason why Bill Hillsman's approach is such a great match for Ned.
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It's amazing how far speaking clearly can take a politician. That's one reason why Bill Hillsman's approach is such a great match for Ned.
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