State Senator and President Pro Tempre Don Williams endorses Ned Lamont for Gov

Don Williams... (0.00 / 0)

was solidly in Ned's corner in '06 and as a Lamont supporter I am happy for Senator William's endorsement.

But let justice roll down like waters...Amos 5:24a

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by: Jake Blount @ Fri Mar 05, 2010 at 20:30:58 PM UTC

In the 2006 primary, Williams endorsed Lieberman, but yes, after Lamont won the Dem primary (4.00 / 1)

Williams whole heartedly backed Ned Lamont.  

I wasn't much of a Williams supporter in the past because he was from my viewpoint always Mr. Status Quo, but in the waning days of the 2006 Dem Senate primary, a friend of mine, a Lamont supporter, met Williams at a wedding she had to attend at the last minute to take the wedding photos.  She had a Lamont sign in the window of her car and Williams came up to her and said that he admired many of the things Ned was doing in the primary.  He couldn't publicly change his support for Lieberman but after Ned won the Dem primary, Williams did wholeheartedly support Lamont's general election campaign.

I'll give credit where credit is due.  Sen. Williams wasn't a hypocrite, like Jim Amman, and it was refreshing to hear that a top CT Democratic leader was willing to be more open minded and of course support the Democratic nominee, even though he didn't support that candidate in the primary.

Williams joined Lamont as chairs of Obama's CT Dem primary campaign, and I think because of Lamont's primary challenge to Lieberman, CT voters were willing to open their minds and support challengers, like Obama, and not just rubber stamp the status quo candidates, like Hillary Clinton.

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by: Larkspur @ Fri Mar 05, 2010 at 21:14:01 PM UTC

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