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Read Ned's Op-Ed in Today's Hartford Courant
- by Tim Tagaris | 12/20/06 12:56:16 | Permalink | Comment [30]
Not Guilty
The U.S. attorney’s office and state attorney general have cleared former U.S. Senate candidate Ned Lamont and his supporters of any role in the crash of U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman’s campaign Web site hours before last summer’s Democratic primary.“The investigation has revealed no evidence the problems the Web site experienced were the result of criminal conduct,” said Tom Carson, spokesman for U.S. Attorney Kevin O’Connor.
The hack was covered by almost EVERY SINGLE NEWS OUTLET on election day. It was all over local television, my cell phone rang off the hook with questions from local reporters, CNN ran their “developing story banner,” it was front and center on the NYT website, Chris Matthews asked Ned about the pajamahadeen, and on and on and on. When I walked into the press room to take questions on the hack, reporters ran at me like I stole something.
One thing we can be very proud of is the fact we talked about the issues, especially in the primary. It might not have worked out at the end of the day … but one campaign ran a very principled race. Know that.
- by Tim Tagaris | 12/20/06 12:28:25 | Permalink | Comment [13]
IMAGINE ALL THE PEOPLE . . . .
Coming together as the Lamont community one more time
The Lamont campaign did some amazing things – here in Connecticut and around the country. You are invited to come celebrate the community we created with Ned and Annie.
DATE:11 January, 2007
TIME:6:30 – 9:00 PM
PLACE:Bar Nightclub
254 Crown Street
New Haven, CT 06511
RSVP ON LINE: http://www.nedlamont.com/page/event/detail/rallies/wjg
Please note: Bar is, well, a bar. As such, the management would like all people under 21 to attend with either a parent or responsible adult. We are happy to help pair people up if needed. If you are under age and need an adult, or are an adult willing to pair with a younger person, please send an e-mail to staff@nedlamont.com. Thanks – hope to see everyone there!
- by Aldon Hynes | 12/18/06 09:05:00 | Permalink | Comment [3]
Fairfield County DFA Meetup
Please join guests Ned Lamont and Jim Dean for a very special DFA meet up.
The 2006 Midterm elections proved to be very successful for Democrats in taking back Congress, and Legislatures and Governorships across the country. DFA was a huge part of this. While we didn’t win all of the seats we would have liked, we all worked very hard, and it paid off across Connecticut and the nation. Join us for a potluck gathering to celebrate success and community, Wednesday December 6th at 7 PM at Lamont 4th CD campaign offices, 25 Van Zandt Street in Norwalk.
Please bring a dish to share, and we’ll provide drinks and music.
- by Aldon Hynes | 11/29/06 09:38:55 | Permalink | Comment [22]
Happy Thanksgiving! (Open Thread)
We have a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving day. I’m thankful for the wide community of supporters that fought so hard to bring about change . Thank you to all of you.
- by Aldon Hynes | 11/23/06 10:32:43 | Permalink | Comment [26]
"Lamont Helped Light Democratic Fire"
Not a bad series of post-election editorials about a guy who was “relentlessly negative” and had “no ideas.”
- by Tim Tagaris | 11/19/06 17:01:08 | Permalink | Comment [23]
New Connecticut Blog Coming Soon: CTLauryn
... well, maybe in about 15 years or so. Congrats to CTBlogger, officially a proud father after the birth of his beautiful new daugther CTLauryn Lauryn this morning at 9:40 A.M.
His wife made many sacrifices over the past few months, Al covering the campaign as closely as he did. Word on the street is that he has volunteered for every 3 AM feeding until March in exchange for his pre-birth absenteeism. Good man.
God bless.
- by Tim Tagaris | 11/18/06 12:14:57 | Permalink | Comment [4]
"What Now, Ned Lamont?"
The Greenwich Citizen has the scoop. (link)
Is public service ahead as in, for one tiny and much-publicized example during the campaign, his volunteer role teaching of business in a Bridgeport high school?Public service is in Lamont’s genes. During the interview, he related such service may emerge in expanded ways on the national scene, as conditions present themselves.
Much more in the article for the curious.
- by Tim Tagaris | 11/17/06 20:35:49 | Permalink | Comment [17]
Thank you from Thirman L. Milner
The campaign continues to get wonderful emails from people who have been involved with the campaign. Thirman L. Milner, former Mayor of Hartford sent to following letter that I thought it would be great to share with everyone, since it sums up nicely the feelings of many of us.
Dear Ned: Thanks for running and allowing me to be a part of a victorious campaign. I call it victorious because, although you did not win, you made a positive difference in our state, nation and even world. You shook things up. Having been a first, myself, when I became New England’s first popularly elected mayor of African American heritage, I was proud to see you take that step and stance. I saw you not as a Fairfield elitist but one who has done what most Americans dream of. My richness comes from my community and civil rights involvements, and now I can add my involvement in your historic campaign. Incidentally, you did win Hartford, BIG!Thank you and God Bless!
Thirman L. Milner,
your Hartford Campaign Chair and former mayor of Hartford.
- by Aldon Hynes | 11/15/06 12:51:05 | Permalink | Comment [31]
"Lamont Hailed as Spark for Democrats"
“People owe this guy a lot,” said Jim Dean, a Fairfield resident, the head of the pro-Lamont Democracy for America grass-roots liberal group, and brother of Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean. “I don’t want to get too crazy about this, but he really was an integral part of what happened on Tuesday.” [...] “I think there’s a little bit of Kennedy factor operating with Lamont. People look at him and see a bright, articulate, engaged guy and say to themselves, ‘If he’s involved, I want to be involved, too,’ ” said Jim Himes, chairman of the Democratic Town Committee in Lamont’s Greenwich hometown.
Ned will have more about his future plans in the coming days / weeks.
- by Tim Tagaris | 11/14/06 21:25:37 | Permalink | Comment [13]
"Mr. Lamont Shakes Up Washington"
Greenwich’s Ned Lamont calls the $15 million in personal funds he spent on his U.S. Senate campaign “one of the greatest investments I’ve ever made.” But money doesn’t begin to measure Mr. Lamont’s contribution to participatory democracy. He lost Tuesday’s election, but his campaign resonated with the public and influenced American foreign policy in Iraq. [...] Mr. Lamont’s success gave anti-war activists legitimacy and heft and moved the Iraq debate to the center of American discourse, where it became the top campaign issue for congressional and Senate candidates throughout the country. It also forced Mr. Lieberman, a longtime Democrat, to seek re-election as an independent candidate. He succeeded last Tuesday, but the process was awkward for him.Mr. Lamont’s campaign was not self-made. About 35,000 individuals donated to it and millions of people throughout the country were galvanized by it, cheering Mr. Lamont’s efforts and encouraging local candidates for office to embrace them. History will remember those weeks of grassroots activism in the summer and early fall as some of the most dramatic and exciting in modern political history.
I excerpted most of it, but the whole thing is worth a read.
- by Tim Tagaris | 11/14/06 21:22:21 | Permalink | Comment [4]
Going forward, an open thread
I’ve been reading the comments, and deleting a lot of troll comments, as well as checking out comments on other blogs. Last night connecticutyankee joined the community over at MyLeftNutmeg. I am glad that they have joined MyLeftNutmeg, and I encourage everyone here to join MyLeftNutmeg if you haven’t already.
However, we have built a wonderful and important community here. It is important to all of us that this community survives and grows. So please, keep checking back here to see what happen next. Also, please carry the strength of this community to other communities around the internet. As an example, please join me on the Democrat Party’s PartyBuilder, Democracy for America’s DFALink, and One America Committee’s OneCorp.
For that matter, I hope you join me on FaceBook, MySpace and other online communities.
Where else would you like to meet up online? What sort of things would you like to see Lamont supporters do going forward? What are your hopes and dreams for this website, as well as for our state and our country?
Consider this an open thread.
- by Aldon Hynes | 11/12/06 08:32:00 | Permalink | Comment [71]
The Last Word
Campaign staffers came together in Meriden today for one final gathering with the whole gang. I’m going to keep this short and leave my own personal post-mortems for another location … That said:
We are all tremendously proud and humbled to have worked so closely with all Ned’s supporters within the grassroots. It is your energy, enthusiasm and passion for change that is the great takeaway here. For many, the greatest moment of this entire campaign was the hope and optimism we shared on August 8 that average Americans could meaningfully impact the political process. The doors have long been shut to folks like us, but we kicked those suckers wide open on a “hot day in August.”
When this campaign started, for many, our goal was simply to defeat an 18 year incumbent dead wrong on so many of the issues we care deeply about.
In the process, we have rendered Joe Lieberman nearly irrelevant in the United States Senate. His “power” came from a willingness to throw the party under the bus on Iraq, Social Security and energy independence. His primary defeat ensures he no longer speaks for the Democratic Party on Iraq. Democrats shunned him once on August 8, and overwhelmingly again on November 7. When you see him run to television cameras across the country in the coming weeks, let it be clear he speaks only for himself, the Republican Party that financed his general election, and President Bush.
He is now just one vote, like many other Senators that got it wrong on Iraq. He doesn’t speak for the “center” on Iraq, his position on the issue remains nothing less than extreme.
But dissapointment in Joe is only how it began.
Along the way, we came to love a man named Ned Lamont. Ned is the most honest and earnest man I have ever come across in any campaign I’ve ever worked on. The U.S. Senate would have been an immeasurably better place with him in it. His loss is also Connecticut’s and the country’s.
You have not heard the last of Ned. And while he may not run for political office again, he has vowed to remain active. Maybe through his email list, maybe through public speaking, maybe … well, who knows how. He’s going to take a few weeks and relax after what was an absolutely grueling campaign run. He deserves it.
It was Ned’s courage to stand up to Joe Lieberman when no one else would that opened the floodgates to a real national discussion about Iraq. For that reason alone, and many others, we owe him a debt of gratitude that should not be forgotten for generations to come.
Ned Lamont rocked the boat. We rocked the boat.
We can all be very proud of what we’ve worked together to accomplish.
- by Tim Tagaris | 11/10/06 16:02:00 | Permalink | Comment [54]
"Lamont Provided Hope"
Hartford Courant Editorial (link)
- by Tim Tagaris | 11/09/06 11:48:19 | Permalink | Comment [51]
Still Bitter
Check the main link on joe2006.com
Folks online will be making sure Senator Lieberman’s rhetoric matches his record over the next six years. Now that Democrats have control of legislative branch, we expect him to use his position to bring Republicans into the fold on progressive policy, not just bash Democrats. We expect him to move towards bringing our troops home as soon as possible. And we’ll expect a resolution from the IRS and FEC on the petty cash issue.
- by Tim Tagaris | 11/09/06 10:37:14 | Permalink | Comment [23]
More Lamont Legacy
Jerome Armstrong of MyDD (link)
“There’s little doubt in my mind that the reason we took back the US Senate was because of the excitement that Lamonts victory created. From before Lamont’s victory to after, the amount of traffic in page views on the blogosphere’s Liberal Ad Network went from around 50M monthly to over 110M monthly. Lamont’s victory made that happen.”
- by Tim Tagaris | 11/09/06 10:30:44 | Permalink | Comment [6]