Chris Murphy joined Colin McEnroe Friday to talk about Iraq, Murphy’s Iraq forum in New Britain the night prior, and the Presidential address from the same night.
This is somewhat related: Colin McEnroe is looking for help naming his show. Any suggestions? Don’t tell me, tell him.
According to Freda Moon in the New Haven Advocate, Ned Lamont is back:
But last week, Lamont re-emerged. Suddenly, he seemed to be everywhere. He celebrated the August 8 anniversary of his primary victory with a re-launch of Nedlamont.com. He paid a visit to the YearlyKos convention in Chicago, hosting a panel discussion on the lessons of his campaign. He recently rolled out a series of candidate endorsements, including Chris Dodd for President, Jim Himes for Congress in Rep. Chris Shay’s 4th district and—continuing the Lamont-Lieberman rivalry—he gave his out-of-state nod to Tom Allen, the Democrat running against Lieberman’s longtime ally, Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins. He even announced that he’s creating a public policy institute at Central Connecticut State University that he says “will provide expert analysis on health care, the environment and energy-related issues to state lawmakers.”
Of course, saying that he’s back implies that he actually left. Ned has been getting around this year, but for some reason none of his goings-on counted as “being back” until on or about the one year anniversary of his August 8, 2006 upset. Below is a rough (and most likely incomplete) timeline of things Ned Lamont has been up to this year:
Those are just the things I’ve written about, but certainly he’s had something going on every month this year (May is absent, but I think that it falls under “spring semester,” though I don’t claim to know the academic calendar of Harvard).
So maybe Ned Lamont is back on the radar of casual observers, but for us Nedheads he’s never really been gone.
A postscript for Nedheads: This day last year, Ned called in to the Chaz and AJ show on WPLR:
You can hear more of Ned’s radio interviews from last year at my Ned on the Radio page.
At YearlyKos, there are three different panel discussions on local blogging. The first was moderated by Chris Dodd’s current (and Ned Lamont’s former) internet director Tim Tagaris. It featured blogger Michelle Leder from Take 19, Matt Lockshin from Say No to Pombo, and late addition Melissa Ryan (CGG) of CT Local Politics.
One of the questions that Tim asked these local bloggers is what they’re up to now. Take 19 the blog is on hiatus, while the group still meets monthly. CGG, of course, brought up the fact that we progressives in Connecticut will never rest until Christopher Shays is retired. Her response to Tim’s question is below:
Jim Himes for Congress is one of the next big things for the local Connecticut bloggers (after we kick some ass in the 2007 municipals, of course).
The panel never really spoke about it directly, but what was immediately apparent to me is that these local bloggers were part of causes that were deemed impossible. It was supposedly impossible to unseat Sue Kelly in NY’s 19th. It was supposedly impossible to Say No to Pombo. It was supposedly impossible to mount a challenge against an 18-year incumbent.
Some may still believe that it’s impossible to mount a challenge against someone like Chris Shays. It’s not. And even if it were, it’s no reason not to give it a go — and this is where local blogs can have the greatest impact. As local bloggers, we are at our best when we ignore those who would say that something simply can’t be done.
Now is the time to start. It’s very early in the 2008 congressional cycle. Do you have an “impossible to defeat” incumbent Republican representing you? How about an “unbeatable” Democrat-In-Name-Only?
Start a local blog, or get involved in your local community blog. If you’re in Connecticut, sign up at My Left Nutmeg and start posting. There were a lot more strategies, stories and experiences shared during the discussion, so I urge you to listen to the audio posted below.
Wesley Clark gave an amazing keynote speech this morning at breakfast, and it would be a shame if you didn’t listen. I really can’t do it justice in written words.
Yesterday was the one-year anniversary of Senator Lieberman promising Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz that he would form his own political party as opposed to using it as a front to keep his name on the ballot in November. We all know how that turned out. Lieberman lied to Bysiewicz and the electorate (the least of his lies, to be sure, but still a lie), and neither joined nor formed his “party.”
But someone did. Fairfield University professor Dr. John Orman changed his registration to Connecticut for Lieberman in December after the November ballots were certified, and called a meeting of all registerd CFL party members. At this meeting, Dr. Orman was elected chairman and rules were adopted. This week, he sent a letter to Bysiewicz calling for action against Senator Lieberman for knowingly circulating a false petition.
Colin McEnroe and CFL Party Chairman Dr. John Orman - 2007-07-10
Brian Lockhart of The Stamford Advocate reported on Dr. Orman’s letter to the Secretary of State:
Orman late last night wrote Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz and Jeffrey Garfield, executive director of the Elections Enforcement Commission, requesting they have the state attorney general’s office investigate Lieberman for misleading state officials and voters.
“It is against state law to knowingly circulate a false petition, and I believe Senator Joseph Lieberman did that,” Orman wrote. “The secretary of the state accepted Senator Lieberman at his word that he would form a new minor party so he could get maximum ballot access. . . . It has become clear Senator Lieberman had absolutely no intent whatsoever, at anytime, to join or form a new minor party in Connecticut.”
CFL Secretary Sue has more over at My Left Nutmeg.
You may be asking what good any of this CFL stuff will do? It won’t remove Lieberman from office. It will not convince him to step down gracefully (he could have done that last August). It will not change his mind on the major issues of the day. It won’t even shame him, because the man clearly has no shame.
The Connecticut for Lieberman Party serves as a continual reminder that Joe Lieberman is a self-serving shapeshifter who is a shining example of why people generally distrust and despise politicians.
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