HALLELUJAH.
Many of us thought it never would happen. We thought that Senator Dodd would give Lamont the same stand-off treatment he's received from Hillary, Boxer, Schumer, Obama, Reid and so many others.
WRONG. Senator Dodd actually HAS the principles that Lieberman's always crowing about, and is even acting on them. I'm sure that there's a lot of pressure on top Democrats not to lend support to Lamont. But Senator Dodd is helping anyway.
Dodd is campaigning with Lamont in Connecticut.
Many of us - especially me - have been rankled by the Democratic leadership's unwillingness to back Lamont. And we've been burning up the Senate phones and faxes, calling Dodd and other prominent Democrats to action in the critical Connecticut senate race. Did our nagging help? We will never know, but...
Let's never forget that Chris Dodd stepped up to help the next Junior Senator from Connecticut when it counted most.
My heartfelt thanks to all of the netroots community who participated in Nag-A-Thon 2006, our "telecommunications project" aimed at getting leading Democrats to show visible and vocal support for Lamont.