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).
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Thursday Morning Round-Up
- Ned and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will campaign together this morning, holding a joint press conference on energy independence and the Broadwater project - a project that everyone seems to forget Lieberman was the last local politician of any stature to come out against earlier this year. Big energy lobbyists for Lieberman. RFK Jr. for Ned.
- The New Haven Register reports on the event at SCSU yesterday morning in front of the type of large, enthusiastic crowd that Joe hasn't been able to conjure up (or pay to show up) even once this entire election (without someone named Clinton standing next to him):
Interrupted several times by clapping, Lamont said a vote for Lieberman, the three-term incumbent who is running as a petitioning candidate, is a vote for the status quo that rewards energy lobbyists and a failed foreign policy, particularly in Iraq.
"Joe Lieberman was sent to the Senate to fight for the people of this state, but today it seems as if his favorite constituents are George Bush and Dick Cheney. At almost every place where they’ve taken this country in the wrong direction, Joe has been by their side, championing their policies and enriching their supporters at the expense of Connecticut families," he said at a talk organized by the SCSU College Democrats.
He said high-ranking Republicans, from former Secretary of State James Baker to U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine to former Secretary of State Colin Powell and U.S. Sen. John Warner of Virgnia, are all calling for a change of course in Iraq.
"Recently, the president was quoted as saying that he would not withdraw from Iraq even if his dog was the only one left supporting him. And so the only question left is: Who will be the world’s last supporter of George Bush’s policy in Iraq — his dog Barney, or his good pal Joe?" Lamont said. - In the wake of a report that we might keep troops in Iraq until 2010, Joe is clamming up about the war once again:
Another supporter of the war who has been criticized for it, Sen. Joe Lieberman, was treading even more lightly. A spokeswoman for the senator's independent re-election campaign against Democratic nominee Ned Lamont did not respond to repeated requests for comment.
- The Connecticut Post has more details on Monday's debate, where Joe really has to worry about Alan Schlesinger attacking him from the right and increasing his 5% showings in the polls. He thinks he'll do better than that, and he might be right. Regardless, that's what he's going to try. It might turn into more of a Lieberman-Schlesinger debate:
Tom Appleby, anchor of News 12, will moderate Monday's debate. A panel of journalists will pose questions to the candidates during the debate, which begins at 12:45 p.m. They include: The Advocate/Greenwich Time Editorial Page Editor Joy Haenlein, Connecticut Radio Network News Director Steve Kotchko, and WVIT Chief Political Correspondent Tom Monahan....
"If the election were held today I would probably be in the high teens or low 20s. That is not enough to win, but if I hit my stride in the debates I think I can move Republicans from Lieberman to me and win the thing," Schlesinger said. - The Courant and others lead with remarks at an endorsment event yesterday. Barely a mention in the papers of Ned's major policy rollout yesterday morning at SCSU. Of course, there was never a front-page article on Joe's accusations that Ned was mischaracterizing his experience as a teacher, or Joe's attacks on Ned for belonging to a country club, or Joe's attacks on Ned's wife, or Joe's continuing negative - and personal - attacks on any number of counts. Truly, there is too much at stake in this election to have it focus on stuff like this. And Indignant!Joe is getting really old.
- Part of the Problem Joe is previewing the run-up to the FEC reporting deadline in a few days. Lieberman has already run the most expensive campaign in CT Senate history. Perhaps he'll finally get some scrutiny for it.
posted by tparty at 8:29 AM 
