Here's a real treat on the anniversary of Ned Lamont's August 8 2006 victory. The official website at www.nedlamont.com has been redesigned and relaunched:
I am so proud of the most important and lasting legacy of our campaign: you, the tens of thousands of new voters, hundreds of new activists, and vast numbers of staffers, volunteers, and supporters who have stayed involved. You are running for office, joining your local town committee, getting involved in other campaigns, and keeping your representatives honest.
One year after the primary, so many of you are staying active and continuing to challenge the status quo when it needs challenging.
In this spirit, we have relaunched NedLamont.com as a place where you can keep up to date on my political activities and stay connected.
To start, you can write a letter to the editor about what last year's primary victory meant to you, sign up to stay connected via email updates, read some of my reflections from the campaign trail, take action to help defeat the Republicans up for re-election who have been blocking bipartisan progress on Iraq, or find out what I've been up to since November.
Thanks,
I wanted to use this anniversary as an opportunity to thank you again for your support in the election last year and reflect a bit on what was an extraordinary journey. -Ned
It is easy to float a trial balloon; in my case, Daily Kos, a liberal blog, posted a rumor that a primary challenge to Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman was in the offing. Ours was a spicy one day story, usually playing off of the Greenwich stereotype: unknown millionaire challenges 18-year institution. Then the press disappeared, the Hartford Courant ran a cartoon of a wide eyed ingenue sporting a "Ned who?" button, and the first poll showed a 55% deficit. I figured this could get very embarrassing very quickly. I bought myself the most politically correct car in America, the Ford Escape Hybrid, and started driving the state: local editorial boards, Democratic Town Committees, coffee klatches and church socials.
And that's just a tiny taste of the long Lamont missive. Click on through, read the message from one of Connecticut's progressive heroes, and come back to share your memories from the campaign.
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