I wish Ned would wait until 2012 to run againgt Lieb. No doubt there are some in the Dem Brain(dead)trust that are trying to clear the field to be nice to Lieb. Rahm for one. But you really wish it were clear to Lieb that there are Dems waiting for him in 2012 and that he has two choices: move left or jump to the GOP.

John

I'm not sure I really get this. I never got the sense Lamont had any particular strengths as a candidate except for merely existing as an alternative to Joe Lieberman. I never really got the sense he had any particular following, except bloggers who mostly seem to have just given him loyalty for taking on the hated Lieberman. Postmortems of the 2006 race seemed to frequently suggest inherent weaknesses of Lamont as a candidate (such as problems appealing to minorities) may have tipped the race where just the Republican effect wouldn't have been enough. I don't see how any of this is a recipe for even mild success in a gubernatorial race, where local issues dominate, local experience counts, and appealing to national issues or trends won't save you. If anything this seems like running Creigh Deeds for office after he'd already lost a state election once.