Lamont Seen as ‘Serious’ Challenger to Lieberman

http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20060531_ny_times_lamont/

Posted on May 31, 2006

A key Democratic Party opinion-maker says this about Ned Lamont, who is challenging Joe Lieberman for a Conn. Senate seat: “He’s intelligent. He’s accomplished. There are no personal warts. He teaches in the Bridgeport public schools. How many people of his pedigree and background go do that?”

Earlier: See Lamont’s Truthdig interview.

N.Y. Times:

HARTFORD, May 29 Ned Lamont has already shown that his candidacy should be taken seriously. On May 19, a third of the delegates to the Democratic state convention voted to endorse him instead of Senator Joseph I. Lieberman.

Now, with just over two months until he faces the senator in the Aug. 8 primary, Mr. Lamont hopes to defy polls, political experts and the calendar and win the nomination. To do so, he must greatly expand on the support he has won for voicing opposition to Senator Lieberman’s support for President Bush on key aspects of the war in Iraq.

Mr. Lamont’s skills as a campaigner, some political observers say, are critical to accomplishing his goal. They cite his high energy, his sharp wit and his knowledge of issues, and his ability to convince voters that he is a legitimate challenger. His great wealth and his willingness to use it also cannot hurt.

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From nedlamont.com

Ned Lamont, wealthy cable entrepreneur, public school teacher and darling of the progressive blogosphere, is mounting a serious challenge against Connecticut’s pro-war Democratic Sen. Joe Lieberman.