Possible Foe For Joe

[Nutmegger]

After months of searching for a Democratic anti-war candidate willing to challenge Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, the political left's best hope may rest with a millionaire Greenwich businessman.

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Lamont, 52, the president and founder of a cable-television company, Lamont Digital Systems, said he would run only if he concluded that Lieberman could be defeated in a primary.

"If you go in, you don't go in to make a statement," Lamont said. "You go in to win."

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If Lamont jumps into the race, his progress will be closely watched by former U.S. Sen. Lowell P. Weicker Jr., who has promised to challenge Lieberman if no strong anti-war challenge emerges.

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Weicker, who would run as an independent, said he still might oppose Lieberman if Lamont seems unlikely to win the primary, which would be held Aug. 8. Weicker said the picture should grow clearer by spring.

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Ned Lamont said his interest in running for the Senate comes not only from his opposition to the war, but what he sees as a Bush administration "assault on civil liberties" and Lieberman's suggestion that public debate weakened the war effort.

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Swan said Lamont could become Connecticut's Jon Corzine, the former Goldman Sachs chairman who won a U.S. Senate seat in New Jersey in 2000.

Read the full article: http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-lamont0110.artjan10,0,7386087.story?coll=hc-headlines-home

Also, I found a comment on a blog stating that Lamont will be on WTIC on Wednesday (Jan 11) at 4:00 PM. Comment can be viewed at the following blog: http://connecticutlocalpolitics.blogspot.com/2006/01/rell-starts-strong-in-money-race.html#comments

In unrelated news, Ned Lamont will be interviewed on WTIC AM 1080 on Wednesday after 4 pm. Would be great if someone could record it and get an mp3 online somewhere. My Left Nutmeg also says he'll be at the New Haven Library on Saturday the 21st (not clear how solid that is or whether all are welcome).

On edit: I did do a quick search and didn't find anything concrete about Lamont's interview on WTIC.