{"id":8298,"date":"2006-08-25T12:30:40","date_gmt":"2006-08-25T16:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/archives\/8298.html"},"modified":"2006-08-25T12:30:40","modified_gmt":"2006-08-25T16:30:40","slug":"lamont-gets-by-with-a-little-help-from-his-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/lamont-gets-by-with-a-little-help-from-his-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Lamont gets by with a little help from his friends"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s been some lingering concern<\/a> of late about whether, and to what extent, the Dem establishment and party leaders would back [tag]Ned Lamont[\/tag] in [tag]Connecticut[\/tag]. The major players will go through the motions, the theory goes, and formally endorse the Democratic nominee, but below the surface, Dems in DC aren’t terribly concerned about the race. If [tag]Joe Lieberman[\/tag] wins, he’ll caucus with the Dems; if Lamont wins, it’s another Dem. Either way, a “blue” seat stays “blue” — so why sweat it?<\/p>\n

It’s this attitude that makes it all the more noteworthy when Dem senators step up and show they take the race seriously — and are willing to make a real commitment to the Lamont campaign.<\/p>\n

I learned this morning that Sen. [tag]Hillary Clinton[\/tag] met with Lamont today and agreed to a) do an event together; b) help him raise money; and c) direct long-time aide Howard Wolfson to help Lamont with rapid-response work and coordinating the national Dems’ response to the Connecticut race.<\/p>\n

Good for Clinton; may others follow her example. This is going to be a very close race and the more Dem leaders who dedicate themselves to helping the Democrat win this race, the better.<\/p>\n

As for Lieberman, the former Democrat is also hitting the trail with some high-profile allies — who happen to be Republicans<\/a>.
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Lieberman was out yesterday with Governor Jodi Rell and Congressman Rob Simmons, both Republicans, at the Groton submarine base. While Rell is expected to cruise to victory this fall, Simmons’ House race against Democrat Joe Courtney is considered up for grabs and one that Democrats need to win in order to crown a Speaker Pelosi. […]<\/p>\n

Campaigning with Rell and Simmons may be the way for Joe to boost his GOP support. But the more he is seen as a Republican, the less appealing he will be to Democrats, who still heavily outnumber Republicans in Connecticut. Suffice it to say, the next few months will be a tough balancing act for Holy Joe.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Dems are focusing considerable attention on those Connecticut House races, which very well may be the difference between a Dem House majority next year or the status quo. For Lieberman to campaign alongside Rob Simmons is but the latest in a series of betrayals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There’s been some lingering concern of late about whether, and to what extent, the Dem establishment and party leaders would back [tag]Ned Lamont[\/tag] in [tag]Connecticut[\/tag]. The major players will go through the motions, the theory goes, and formally endorse the Democratic nominee, but below the surface, Dems in DC aren’t terribly concerned about the race. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8298\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}