Ned Lamont is a great candidate. UPDATE: Folks ain't buying this poll.

This diary is prompted by complaints I'm seeing that basically say Ned Lamont is a bad candidate.  The Q poll is out that clearly shows Ned is going to lose, people fear.  So, now they are doing the post-mortem already and complaining about all the things Ned did wrong.  You people are BREAKING LAME!!(Copyrighted to TheC, 2006)  First, this thing ain't over... not by a long shot.  Second, Ned is not a bad candidate.  He is the ONLY kind of candidate that could have brought us to where we are today.  

We would not have knocked off an iconic establishment figure like Joe Lieberman without a real outsider.  But, at the same time, thanks to American Politics - George W. Bush Style and Joe's sleazy fundraisers, the only kind of outsider that could run would have to be a very rich one.  We are damn lucky in CT to have a rich enough outsider candidate who is also a good guy and not an arrogant ass.  Ned Lamont is that kind of candidate.  I met Mr. Lamont last spring and the thing that floored me was how genuine and humble this guy was.  All I knew going in was that this guy was a multi-millionaire who had the guts to take on a three-term incumbent Senator in a primary!!  I figured, he had to be one borderline arrogant son of a bitch.  Nope.  He seems to be about as decent a guy as you could want.  And after he wins, he will be a decent Senator - and that would be a blessing.

I'm not ready to proclaim any moral victories yet, but you still have to stop and reflect on what we've done here.  We've basically purged Joe from the Democratic Party.  If he does go on to win, Joe can go back to calling himself a Dem all day long, but when he's on FoxNews kissing W.'s ass again and the media describe him as a Democrat who agrees with Bush's dumbass idea of the day, there will always be that caveat in the back of people's minds.... Joe's the Democrat that Dems in his own state rejected.  I will never regret anything about this campaign.  

But... that said... this ain't over.  Kos' front page post is excellent and on point.  I'm not saying it won't be a fight.  Right now, we are clearly behind whether you believe the Q poll or not.  We have a lot of work to do.  But, I truly believe all of the intangibles favor Ned.  There is the business of the ballot positions.  There is a Republican who is vastly underpolling and can only go up.  There is the simple fact that Joe is wrong on the biggest issues of the day.  People are saying they will vote for Joe, but don't agree with him.  Those are voters that can still be won over.  Ned has all the people-power.  Joe didn't even have people-power during a Dem primary when he had all the establishment folks on his side.  For all the talk of Joe's GOTV operation, there was no activity for Joe on the ground on primary election day (at least not in Hartford).  The national trend is anti-incumbent.  People want change and Ned is slowly, but surely delivering the message that he is the candidate for change.  Most of all, people want to have hope again.  Only Ned Lamont is the candidate that offers any hope of a better tomorrow in DC and America.  I think folks will be brave on election day and take action for change.   Update: Colin McEnroe ain't buying it. Also, the Lamont campaign claims its internals don't match. And they are certainly not giving up!