We need to move on from Connecticut. Why aren't we? Today, on the front page we saw at least 5 Joe-related posts? And, in the diaries, jeez, over 50+ Joe diaries.
Come on!
We need to move on from the Lamont-Lieberman energy beast. The opportunity cost of continually focussing on this race is exceedingly high. With so much at stake, it's vital that we change our energy, volunteerism, money, and diaries to those campaigns that are fighting actual GOP members.
Look, in the beginning I was skeptical of our internecine fights. But, as you can see from my comment history, I changed. I gave money to Lamont. I supported his campaign against a right-wing Lieberman.
But "Connecticut week" has turned into "Connecticut Month" and now threatens to turn into "Connecticut Year", we need to force this ship to change directions!
I know, I know, some of you say that this race is a watershed moment for the Democractic Party. It is of paramount importance.
You may be right.
But must we really destroy the village to save it?
Every diary and front-page focus on Connecticut is seen and read and referenced by 1000s of other people. The mainstream media takes it that we haven't moved on. It sees our focus on Lieberman as our paramount interest.
And let's remember opportunity cost:
Opportunity cost is a term used in economics to mean the cost of something in terms of an opportunity forgone (and the benefits that could be received from that opportunity), or the most valuable forgone alternative. For example, if a city decides to build a hospital on vacant land that it owns, the opportunity cost is some other thing that might have been done with the land and construction funds instead.
So for those of us who think we can focus on Lieberman and Jack Carter and Virginia and Montana (see I can't even name the Dem nominees for the latter two states), please remember that that might be true... BUT when we focus on Lieberman, we lose the opportunity to use that focus on more competitive races: races against actual caucusing GOPsters who are, frankly, far, far more extreme than Joe.
Come on folks... let's move on!
(Someone else agrees!)