Ned Lamont
Ned Lamont
Edward Miner "Ned" Lamont, Jr.is an American businessman and politician. In 2006 he defeated the prominent incumbent Senator, Joe Lieberman, for Connecticut's Senatorial Democratic nomination, who instead opted to run as a candidate under his Connecticut for Lieberman Party. Lamont finished second with 39 percent, compared to Lieberman's 49 percent and Republican Alan Schlesinger's 9 percent. In 2010 he ran for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Connecticut, but lost to Dan Malloy, the eventual winner of the election...
joe
Joe Lieberman hasn't done anything about it in 20 years.
chairs town
The town chairs say, 'Ned, go for it, but I can't say anything publicly.'
ground iraq metaphor troops war
The Iraq war is a metaphor for other issues. It's a lot more than just the troops on the ground in Iraq.
worry
Oh, we're going all the way, don't you worry.