Comments on: A Near Miss with Excitement http://ctlocalpolitics.net//2007/01/21/a-near-miss-with-excitement/ Connecticut politics and elections: discussion, analysis, opinion, news and maps Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:17:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: The Architect http://ctlocalpolitics.net//2007/01/21/a-near-miss-with-excitement/comment-page-1/#comment-194 The Architect Mon, 22 Jan 2007 05:42:22 +0000 http://ctlocalpolitics.net/2007/01/21/a-near-miss-with-excitement/#comment-194 Reminds me of Lieberman running for Senate and VP at the same time... people rolled their eyes at that one. I don't follow you, Dodd isn't losing his office when his presidential bid goes down in flames. He'll still have two years. I don't see Hillary/Obama/Edwards openly discussing their potential post campaign failure plans either. Reminds me of Lieberman running for Senate and VP at the same time… people rolled their eyes at that one.

I don’t follow you, Dodd isn’t losing his office when his presidential bid goes down in flames. He’ll still have two years.

I don’t see Hillary/Obama/Edwards openly discussing their potential post campaign failure plans either.

]]> By: Phaedrus http://ctlocalpolitics.net//2007/01/21/a-near-miss-with-excitement/comment-page-1/#comment-193 Phaedrus Mon, 22 Jan 2007 05:37:42 +0000 http://ctlocalpolitics.net/2007/01/21/a-near-miss-with-excitement/#comment-193 but then, by your logic, an presidential candidate currently holding elected office must necessarily leave themselves unneccesarily vulnerable to losing that office should their presidential campaigns fail. it's ludicrous. also, acknowledging the realistic possibility (or even probability) of defeat is not an illustration of being 'unsure of yourself' (one can believe he/she should win while admitting the odds that he/she won't), nor is it in any way an indication that one won't put a full effort behind the campaign. even you know better than to try to pass that claptrap off as arguement. lastly, yes, the quip about the current administration was (somewhat) unrelated; i allow myself the occasional cheap shot--so long as it's true. but then, by your logic, an presidential candidate currently holding elected office must necessarily leave themselves unneccesarily vulnerable to losing that office should their presidential campaigns fail. it’s ludicrous.

also, acknowledging the realistic possibility (or even probability) of defeat is not an illustration of being ‘unsure of yourself’ (one can believe he/she should win while admitting the odds that he/she won’t), nor is it in any way an indication that one won’t put a full effort behind the campaign. even you know better than to try to pass that claptrap off as arguement.

lastly, yes, the quip about the current administration was (somewhat) unrelated; i allow myself the occasional cheap shot–so long as it’s true.

]]> By: The Architect http://ctlocalpolitics.net//2007/01/21/a-near-miss-with-excitement/comment-page-1/#comment-188 The Architect Mon, 22 Jan 2007 04:17:11 +0000 http://ctlocalpolitics.net/2007/01/21/a-near-miss-with-excitement/#comment-188 Phaedrus, he has his current job until 2010. This statement was completely unnecessary for him to "hold on to [it]." But I'm sure you knew that already. Oh, and I liked your quip about the current administration - completely unrelated to the subject at hand but whatever. Why is it a prerequisite? Because if you are so unsure of yourself that you aren't putting 110% into your own effort, why should anyone else put their 110% into it? Phaedrus, he has his current job until 2010. This statement was completely unnecessary for him to “hold on to [it].” But I’m sure you knew that already. Oh, and I liked your quip about the current administration – completely unrelated to the subject at hand but whatever.

Why is it a prerequisite? Because if you are so unsure of yourself that you aren’t putting 110% into your own effort, why should anyone else put their 110% into it?

]]> By: Gabe http://ctlocalpolitics.net//2007/01/21/a-near-miss-with-excitement/comment-page-1/#comment-187 Gabe Mon, 22 Jan 2007 04:13:21 +0000 http://ctlocalpolitics.net/2007/01/21/a-near-miss-with-excitement/#comment-187 I like Ned too, but the 4th was his worst district. A challange to Shays isn't going to work in two years, especially if Joe is endorsing Shays (and he will be). I like Ned too, but the 4th was his worst district. A challange to Shays isn’t going to work in two years, especially if Joe is endorsing Shays (and he will be).

]]> By: Phaedrus http://ctlocalpolitics.net//2007/01/21/a-near-miss-with-excitement/comment-page-1/#comment-185 Phaedrus Mon, 22 Jan 2007 03:57:11 +0000 http://ctlocalpolitics.net/2007/01/21/a-near-miss-with-excitement/#comment-185 A) Architect, since when is being blindly confident in a presidential effort a prerequisite to making one? If he were so confident in his presidential bid that he didn't feel it necessary to hold on to his current job I wouldn't want him in either. This is just realism, and, despite what our current White House may lead you to believe, realism is not a bad thing. B) However likely or unlikely it is, the paperwork alone must have Dick Blumenthal watering at the mouth. Ba) McGee, are you serious? I like Ned, but if he couldn't beat joementum he's not beating Dick. Why isn't he gearing up to challenge Shays, by the way? A) Architect, since when is being blindly confident in a presidential effort a prerequisite to making one? If he were so confident in his presidential bid that he didn’t feel it necessary to hold on to his current job I wouldn’t want him in either. This is just realism, and, despite what our current White House may lead you to believe, realism is not a bad thing.

B) However likely or unlikely it is, the paperwork alone must have Dick Blumenthal watering at the mouth.

Ba) McGee, are you serious? I like Ned, but if he couldn’t beat joementum he’s not beating Dick. Why isn’t he gearing up to challenge Shays, by the way?

]]> By: The Architect http://ctlocalpolitics.net//2007/01/21/a-near-miss-with-excitement/comment-page-1/#comment-183 The Architect Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:14:37 +0000 http://ctlocalpolitics.net/2007/01/21/a-near-miss-with-excitement/#comment-183 Sounds like he's hedging his bets. If he was so confident in his Presidential run, why issue such a statement? Sounds like he’s hedging his bets.

If he was so confident in his Presidential run, why issue such a statement?

]]> By: way2moderate http://ctlocalpolitics.net//2007/01/21/a-near-miss-with-excitement/comment-page-1/#comment-182 way2moderate Mon, 22 Jan 2007 01:31:12 +0000 http://ctlocalpolitics.net/2007/01/21/a-near-miss-with-excitement/#comment-182 A somewhat tortured explanation, no doubt. A somewhat tortured explanation, no doubt.

]]> By: Gabe http://ctlocalpolitics.net//2007/01/21/a-near-miss-with-excitement/comment-page-1/#comment-181 Gabe Mon, 22 Jan 2007 01:07:05 +0000 http://ctlocalpolitics.net/2007/01/21/a-near-miss-with-excitement/#comment-181 It sounds like he is following the law which, as I noted in the comment thread below, requires that you not be running for two offices at the same time if you want to use the money you have already raised. Since he announced he was running for President, he had to declare that he officially wasn't running for Senate. Does "Clintonesque" now mean "following federal law" to those on the right? It sounds like he is following the law which, as I noted in the comment thread below, requires that you not be running for two offices at the same time if you want to use the money you have already raised. Since he announced he was running for President, he had to declare that he officially wasn’t running for Senate.

Does “Clintonesque” now mean “following federal law” to those on the right?

]]> By: Bobby McGee http://ctlocalpolitics.net//2007/01/21/a-near-miss-with-excitement/comment-page-1/#comment-180 Bobby McGee Mon, 22 Jan 2007 01:07:02 +0000 http://ctlocalpolitics.net/2007/01/21/a-near-miss-with-excitement/#comment-180 I nominate Ned Lamont. I nominate Ned Lamont.

]]> By: hussein_obama http://ctlocalpolitics.net//2007/01/21/a-near-miss-with-excitement/comment-page-1/#comment-179 hussein_obama Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:59:13 +0000 http://ctlocalpolitics.net/2007/01/21/a-near-miss-with-excitement/#comment-179 Sounds Clintonesque ... Hussein_Obama Sounds Clintonesque …

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