This is Ned Lamont's new state campaign headquarters at a storefront at 169 Orange Street, smack in the middle of downtown New Haven.
In 2006, Lamont's state HQ was in a Meriden office park. Any guesses as to why Ned has put his war room behind New Haven City Hall?
It'd be nice if the New Haven Democratic Town Committee's website told us anything. At all.
My guess: it has something to do with the 81 Democratic primary delegates at stake in New Haven...
Ned's website, facebook, twitter and flickr feeds have no mention of his new office.
Perhaps he is waiting for more window dressing.
Or approval from DeStefano.
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I'm sure there will be a HQ warming party announcement from Ned in the near future. Hopefully, it will be on a nice day.
I know that neither Lamont or Malloy passes your purity test.... But I just don't see the conspiracy which you seem to be hinting at.
Ned's issues page could easily crib from this statewide platform page, but he doesn't. If you think there is no attempt to link with New Haven's Mayor, just look at his education page:
To accomplish this, I will replicate across Connecticut forward-thinking efforts like those in New Haven, where a courageous mayor and a bold teachers union reached agreement on reforms that will link teacher and student performance, grant the city more freedom to turn around failing schools, and give schools more autonomy, allowing key changes like extended hours.
I would not expect Ned to suggest within his education platform that public education should promote civic values. In this limited corporate capitalist worldview - which is expressed on both the Dems state page and Ned's page, education provides workers for the workforce, servicing corporate paymasters. What about teaching to grow leaders for civic life and social improvement?
Or is "self-government" the sole purview of Greenwich millionaires and mayors-for-life?
This 2010 gubernatorial primary is going to be a redux of 2006, where the DeStefano and Malloy factions square off again. In the November general, the Dems are going to get squished by whoever the GOP throws up, most likely Foley, whose potential war crimes will go unexplored.
Malloy's gambling on winning the nomination at the convention and he knows that if doesn't, he won't have much support for a primary and most likely he'll feel pressured to not primary, assuming he gets a minimun of 15% at the convention.
And the more I think about Malloy, the more I realize that he's not the strongest candidate to compete in the 2010 governor's race. He's either done diddley-squat since he lost the 2006 gubernatorial primary about building a fundraising network that could help him compete against the Lamonts and Foley's or he just doesn't have the appeal and cleverness to build such a network. And couple that with Malloy only having at best a 1 pt lead over the Republican and the fact that Lamont leapfrogged over him to the lead in the general election poll, Malloy just is not a strong candidate and he will be easily overwhelmed in the general election because he will tire quickly in the torrent of ads and attacks Foley is most likely planning on the Democratic nominee.
Lamont has his own problems, but he will have the resources to compete against Foley, who should send shivers down union and nonunion workers' spines.
As far as Ned allying himself with DeStefano's faction, well it was the faction that had the strongest union support in 2006 and defeated Malloy in the 2006 primary, so Ned is siding with the stronger faction. He will need help with winning the convention and DeStefano can help Lamont's team navigate that path.
Compared to his 2006 headquarters in Norwalk, New Haven also might be the source of a great number of student volunteers who might have the wherewithal to volunteer all summer, for example. New Haven is at the junction of 91 and 95, so also makes travel around the state convenient.
....(It also has much, much better food than Norwalk....)
And yes, New Haven has excellent food.
And I was theorizing about a Lamont-DeStefano alliance. Ned will need some Dem insider help to win the convention. He's not the greatest public speaker and he doesn't have extensive government experience, but he has the resources to compete against Paul Foley, a lot of energy, a positive outlook and a willingness to listen to people and ideas that aren't his own that can help CT. The key for Lamont is can he put a solid general election campaign together that will maximize his strengths and minimize his weaknesses while he exploits the Republican weaknesses.
http://newhavenindependent.org...
New Haven State Sen. Toni Harp has already endorsed him this year...
That would be reason enough for me to set up shop in that neighborhood .Adding Another Dimension of Vituperation Toxicity to Blogging since 1999!.
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