The Big Guns

Joe Lieberman is pulling out the big guns. US Representatives John Larson and Rosa DeLauro co-write an op-ed to in the Hartford Courant. Old friend and former President Bill Clinton shows up in Waterbury. Who’s coming to Connecticut next Joe, George Bush (oop’s sorry).

State Democrat and Republican leaders alike have all endorsed Joe. Most of the major unions and newspapers in the state have endorsed Joe. Men’s groups, women’s groups, black groups, white groups, Latin groups, senior’s groups, children’s groups, animal groups, straight groups, gay groups, liberal groups, conservative groups, Democrat groups, and even Republican groups have all endorsed Joe. So what’s the problem? How is it possible that an unknown upstart like Ned Lamont is leading in the polls?

Ned might only have the endorsement of a few unions. He might only have the endorsement of a handful of Democratic state leaders. But Ned has the biggest endorsement of all, the people of the state of Connecticut. And that includes people from all those groups I named above; it just might not include their leaders. It reminds me of a quote by the famous geneticist and broadcaster David Suzuki, "If the people will lead, the leaders will follow".