KERRY to campaign for LAMONT in Connecticut

[WildEyedLiberal]

WASHINGTON - Sen. John Kerry is ready to join an exclusive club: prominent Democrats shunning three-term Sen. Joe Lieberman to campaign in Connecticut for his anti-war rival Ned Lamont. The Massachusetts senator, the party's 2004 presidential nominee, plans to travel to the state Oct. 25 for Lamont. Kerry's running mate, former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina, appeared at a Lamont rally last month.

Other top Democrats, however, have tacitly backed Lamont, who seized the Democratic nomination from Lieberman in last month's primary, but have avoided public displays of support. The rationale is simple: Lieberman is running as an independent and has a good shot of winning another term; a statewide poll released Thursday showed him up by 10 percentage points.

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Lamont spokeswoman Liz Dupont-Diehl said state Democrats have been strongly supportive. Kerry, she noted, would help galvanize voters, particularly Democrats and the independents whom Lamont needs to win. Kerry beat President Bush in Connecticut by 10 percentage points in the 2004 presidential contest.

"We don't have all the relationships that incumbency brings, but a significant number of Democrats support the positive changes that Ned is talking about," Dupont-Diehl said. "Senator Kerry is one of the many Democrats who is frustrated with Senator Lieberman's pandering to the Bush administration."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060928/ap_on_el_se/connecticut_senate

Lots of Dems have been talking the talk about supporting Lamont, but few are willing to walk the walk and hit the ground for him. Kudos to Kerry, Edwards, and every Dem who has supported Ned in real, tangible ways. October 25th... just in time for a certain important date in early November.

[skipos]

1. Good for him.

The new surveyusa has Joe with a negative approval rating from Democrats and independents, but the Repubs have really united behind him. Go Lamont!

[Democrafty]

2. That's great! n/t

[tblue]

3. Good for JFK. Anybody know how Lamont's doing?

[WildEyedLiberal]

4. Per the article, he's down by 10%

I think he can win, though. Kerry campaigning for him will help with a lot of the yellow dog Dems who are on the fence because they've liked Lieberman for a long time, and Joe's vote for torture will not endear him to CT voters.

[tblue]

5. Yes! Let this vote FOR torture be the nail in Joe's coffin

[ProSense]

6. Excellent!

Lamont should keep hammering him on the illegal war/occupation of Iraq, add torture in there too!

[bvar22]

7. Good Call, John.

Sometimes you just gotta do what is right.

:patriot:

[Imagevision]

8. Go Johnnny Go! - While your at it, throw a few bucks towards lamont!

[WildEyedLiberal]

9. That's why he's going

He also has sent out at least three emails raising money for Lamont. I donated to Lamont through a Kerry email.

[_dynamicdems]

10. Good for him! He never stops fighting for our good Dems!

He's going all out to take back Congress. I'm so proud of Senator Kerry. :woohoo:

[WildEyedLiberal]

11. Kick for today's crowd!

:kick:

[newyawker99]

12. This is cool.

:thumbsup: