Ned Lamont: Democrats Mean Business

[lanlady]

Ned makes the op-ed in today's WSJ and hits it out of the ball park....

The Democrats Mean Business
Washington needs an entrepreneurial approach.

BY NED LAMONT
Wednesday, August 16, 2006 12:01 a.m. EDT

In the past week, my victory in the Connecticut Senate primary has been labeled everything from the death knell of the Democratic Party to the signal of our party's rebirth. Beneath all of this punditry is a question that I want to face directly: how the experience I will bring to the U.S. Senate will help Connecticut and the Democratic Party during this time of testing for our country.

I ran at a time when people said "you can't beat a three-term incumbent," because I believed that President Bush, enabled by Sen. Joseph Lieberman, had weakened our country at home and abroad. We're weaker economically, because we're more dependent on foreign energy and foreign capital. Our national security has also been weakened, because we stopped fighting a real war on terror when we made the costly and counterproductive decision to go to war in Iraq.

My confidence that Connecticut was ready for a real debate and a real choice this year was founded not only on current events but also past experience. It was my career in business that shaped my outlook, and helped prepare me to run the race I did.

more:

http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110008801

[longship]

1. Lamont's casting a wide net.

Anybody saying he's focussed only on Iraq either isn't listening or has a political agenda.

[cyberpj]

2. If only the true progressive Dems would join him and speak openly -

they would see how much support they really do have. But alas, all are afraid and simply hoping that Americans will vote for them just because they're not Republicans.

[depakid]

3. What an inspirational essay.

Move over Barak Obama- Ned Lamont's the real deal.

He'll be the new face of the party.