Dems laud Conn. senate candidate as star

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Ned Lamont headlined a recent fundraiser for the liberal Democracy for America. Days later, the Democratic Senate candidate was rubbing elbows with celebrities at a charity event sponsored by the liberal MoveOn.org, and he's been a guest on Air America, the liberal talk radio network.

Has the Greenwich businessman who defeated 18-year-veteran Sen. Joe
Lieberman in this month's Democratic primary hit rock-star status among progressive Democrats?


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Ken Dautrich, public policy professor at the University of Connecticut, and a former pollster, said he doesn't believe Lamont's status among liberal Democrats will be enough to defeat Lieberman in November.

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Still, Dautrich credits Lamont with energizing a segment of voters that haven't been enthusiastic about politics for years, especially young people. He said he sees students on the University of Connecticut campus wearing Lamont campaign buttons and talking about working for the campaign.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060826/ap_on_el_se/connecticut_senate_lamont

[otohara]

1. Yeah!

Seriously when you put Lamont next to Lieberman and listen to them - why on earth would you want to send "stay the course" old Joe back to DC for another 6 years? Lieberman had his chance to be a star, and blew it!

[Eric J in MN]

2. I wonder if that AP writer is trying to send a message

...of "Don't vote for Ned Lamont, he's soooo liberal."

Most AP articles don't use the word "liberal" three times in the opening paragraph.

UPDATE: I don't know SUSAN HAIGH's motives. Maybe it's good for "Democracy for America," "MoveOn," and "Air America" to get mentioned in the opening paragraph of an AP story, and so I should be thanking her.