Monday, May 08, 2006

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Check out this headline. Makes sense to me. (screen cap here) I don't know why I think it's funny.

Hearings on the Marco Polo fundraiser will start Wednesday.

More bloggers are getting famous. It's amazing how much press blogs are starting to generate, especially for the Senate primary.

What else is happening?

18 comments:

Don Pesci said...

The most telling graph in the Courant story is this one: "Crane (ctkeith) had stood by the senator, if only grudgingly, through his vice-presidential and presidential campaigns, his speeches supporting the Iraq War and even his appearances on Fox News Channel. But the peck on Lieberman's cheek from President George W. Bush after the 2005 State of the Union Address left him feeling betrayed."

There is no indication in any recent posting by Mr. Crane that he "stood by" Lieberman, even grudgingly, as Lieberman "supported the Iraq war in his speeches." One does not like to think that Mr. Crane's position on a war turns on a kiss.

Don Pesci said...

modem -- If the line is incorrect, Mr Crane should be invited to correct it here.

tparty said...

Apparently those volunteers are turning out in droves to get people to sign lamont petitions. oh wait...

mod.dem-

Did you even read the article? There weren't many volunteers at the meeting because they were all out in the field petitioning.

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ctkeith said...

Don Pesci,

I voted for Lieberman in every election I was eligable to since 1974 when I turned 18.I didn't like Liebermans support of the Iraq War which I predicted would turn out just like it has but didn't turn totally against Lieberman until around the time of his now infamous "noone apologized to us for 9/11" which he said in a Senate hearing.

He said these words to excuse the use of torture on Iraqis who had ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with 9/11 and who we already new at least 75% of them were toally innocent.

Lieberman was never my favorite Democrat but in 2000 I voted for him for both VP and Senator.From 2000 foward Lieberman message has been Democrat good Republican bad to the point where he's already all but endorsed John McCain for President in 08.
This reporter used a little license to make the impact a bit stronger and I'll forgive her for that as it seems to happen whenever I've spoken to a reporter.

Genghis Conn said...

mod.dem,

That's a great comment about the nature of the press. The coverage of Lamont has ranged from nonexistant to really good, without trending too much into bad at all. Right now they're down on Joe and high on Ned. Could change quickly, especially after the convention cycle dies down and the primary campaign begins in earnest. Just something to be ready for.

As an example, press coverage of Gov. Rell, which was pretty fawning for the first year and a half or so, is starting to sour. It isn't souring much, mind you, but it isn't as friendly towards her as it was.

tparty said...

mod.dem-

Yeah, that Paul Bass piece was such "bad press" that the Lamont campaign decided to feature it on their official website.

ctkeith said...

GC,

Thats absolutely correct and I think everyone in both campaigns realizes that this is Lamonts Hoeymoon period with the press.

I expect it may continue longer than the Lieberman folks think only because Joe refuses to come out and play and Seans Smith in insisting on "managed appearences" and has a "low information Voter" strategy.

I've been to 2 of Liebermans "meetings" (it would have been 3 but we were asked to leave one at a K of C event before Lieberman showed up)with Delegates.At each of then he was 45 minutes late and never even apologized for that.He never invites the public and these events aren't even publicized on his campaign website.Sean Smith and Company are using the same tactics Karl Rove did with W.They want to manage the audience and as long as they do Lieberman can expect poor press and Lamont,who will speak to any and all audiences,can expect the honeymoon to continue.

Genghis Conn said...

There will be ENORMOUS pressure for the convention loser to step aside if Democrats think for even a moment that Rell is vulnerable, and they can win.

ctkeith said...

GC,

There will be almost no pressure at all for the loser of the Gov. endorsement to step aside.The decision to have a primary and the infrastucture for it has ALL been put in Place.August 8th and the Dems interested enough to vote are going to make this decision and thats not only good for the party it's good for the state and the country.

Genghis Conn said...

Keith,

I don't know. I know a lot of Dems who think a prolonged gubernatorial primary fight will be very bad, esp. since it'll be overshadowed by the Lieberman/Lamont primary.

Genghis Conn said...

Then again, they usually go on to say that THIS is why the guy they don't support ought to drop out right now.

ctkeith said...

GC,

There is no leader in the Dem party who can force either JDS or Malloy out.Dinardo certainly doesn't carry the clout to make it happen and neither does any of our legislative leaders.

JDS and Malloy both have the financial backing and the political backing to go foward and Rells recent troubles are just the tip of the iceberg of whats coming this summer.

If the convention vote for Gov. were totally lopsided there would be alot of pressure but right now although I still believe JDS will win I'm not even certain of that.

Genghis Conn said...

I have a suspicion that Malloy will eke out a win at the convention, but I have no idea how the primary vote will go. JDS's huge union support, which will help his GOTV efforts, may be the decisive factor.

Genghis Conn said...

As I said, just a suspicion. A hunch, based on what appears to be some Malloy momentum over the last six months. I don't have any sources, this is just what I think is more likely to happen.

But if DeStefano wins, I won't be surprised, either. It'll be close either way.

ctkeith said...

DR,

Both Dan and John know exactly what they have to do to secure themselves Line A but neither so far has shown the guts to do it.

Nominations from the floor might be a better option or even votimg present instead of for either of them for a good percentage of delegates.

ctkeith said...

DG,

They don't have to go that far.They just have to show they hold all to the same standards.

Not alot to ask from someone who wants to be Governor of your state.

Ya think?

ctkeith said...

I assume the convention could end with no party endorsed nominee for governor and the positioning of the names on line B and C would be decided by a coin flip.

Wouldn't that be interesting?