Let Ned Lamont speak at the DNC convention.

[Cascadian]

If Joe Lieberman speaks then I say we get Ned Lamont to speak before the attendees of the DNC convention in Denver as a response to Joe Lieberman's possible speaking engagement in St. Paul. Lamont ought to be allowed air time to ram Lieberman into the ground and give the Connecticut voters an "I told you so." I want Lieberman to be haunted throughout his entire political career for the betrayal he has bestowed upon the people of his state and his supposed nation. Pound him into the dirt like clay! Personally, I would love to see Ned Lamont try it again in 2012 for Lieberman's undeserved Senate seat.


John

[napi21]

1. What has happened to Ned? I'm way too far from Ct. to hear anything,

and the last I heard was when I was rooting for Ned to win the Primary and he DID! Is he still active in politics?

[Cascadian]

2. I am not sure.

However, Lamont should have won that election and Lieberman should have been gracious and bowed out after the primaries but he didn't. He stayed on like a wart and won the damn thing mostly due to the Republicans in Connecticut.



John

[napi21]

4. Yea I know, and I hope all the dems in Ct. are crying in their beer now!

The traitor couldn't have won without the Dem vote! I sure hope they now realize how damn dumb they were!

[otohara]

3. Great Idea

in case Joementum decides to run again - all dems would have gotten a good view of Lamont and support him if he decides to run again.

[spag68]

5. Some one

has to run against that traitorous bastard the next time out.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

15. Hopefully Richard Blumenthal

Not Ned Lamont.

[ben_meyers]

6. That has to be one of the worst ideas I've heard yet

What is Lamont supposed to do, come out to the podium and say "I'm Ned Lamont and I lost a Senate seat to the biggest piece of shit there is"? Why not just have an all time Democratic losers night at the convention? We could have Daschle, Dukakis, Carter, Gore and Kerry, hell, maybe even dig up Stevenson and Humphrey while we're at it. It's going to be bad enough that Bill and Hillary have to be included. Do you think the GOP is going to drag out Dole? They're even talking about burying Bush on the 1st night to get him out of the way.

This years convention is about Obama, hope and change, not past failures.

[Cascadian]

7. This is not about failure, it is about showing right and wrong.

I do not think you can blame Ned Lamont for his loss in Connecticut. The voters of that state were duped and don't forget the millions of dollars from Republican coffers that went into Lieberman's campaign. The Democratic convention should not be a glorified infomercial about Obama. It should be about getting the Democrats more strength in defeating the Rethugs for years to come. Lieberman will have to run again one day and who do you think will be the Democratic Party's choice? I think, No wait, I KNOW Ned Lamont could do it again. Let's not relegate those who have the right stuff just because they lost the battle. We will need them to help win the war.



John

[TreasonousBastard]

8. Yeah it is about failure...

Lamont lost-- he got around half the primary vote, but that's only a quarter or so of the total vote, so he took his shot and it went wild.

Whether Lieberman speaks at that other convention or not, dragging Lamont into ours just brings back bad memories.

[Cascadian]

9. So we kick our people out like yesterday's trash.

This is a ridiculous attitude we have. We have this attitude that if a candidate loses then they basically "suck" and we give them the boot. So does that mean somebody like say John Edwards should not run again for public office because they "lost"?


John

[TreasonousBastard]

10. Not necessarily, but just what...

else has Lamont done besides lose to Leiberman?

Any other reason to bring him to the party?

[Juche]

11. He is the non-evil Mitt Romney

Lamont is like Romney, he was born to wealth and privlidge and is worth about 200 million due to businesses he started. But despite it he hasn't turned into a sociopathic, selfish neocon. To me that shows character. I love it when wealthy people put their morals ahead of their pocketbooks and maintain their progressive values.

FTR, Lamont lost the 2006 race 50 to 40 (the GOP candidate got 10% of the vote). It was hardly a blowout considering that Lamont ran against a candidate like Lieberman with decades of name recognition. Overcoming decades of name recognition is not easy.

[Cascadian]

16. And only if more Democrats of wealth and priviledge would have those principles.

Maybe the Democratic Party wouldn't have the problems we have now.



John

[pstans]

12. Lamont pushed the anti-war message

and after he won the primary other candidates picked it up. That message helped Democrats when the House and Senate.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

14. "I do not think you can blame Ned Lamont for his loss in Connecticut."

You can when he basically went on vacation the second he won the primary, not savvy enough to realize the hard part had just begun.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

13. I hear Ned's on vacation that month

I'm sure he'll be ready to go by late September, though.