Not only that, what was Lamont thinking in allowing Sharpton to stand behind him during his victory speech? Probably cost him ten points right there.<BR><BR><B><I>Doug Henwood <dhenwood@panix.com></I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><HTTP: doc.mhtml?i="w060807&s=lizza080906" www.tnr.com><BR><BR>JOE LIEBERMAN'S CAMPAIGN IS JUST STARTING.<BR>Vital Signs<BR>by Ryan Lizza<BR><BR>Last night, Ned Lamont made the first mistake of his general election <BR>campaign against independent Democrat Joe Lieberman and token <BR>Republican Alan Schlesinger. Having won a historic primary victory <BR>against a well-financed, three-term senator and former popular, vote- <BR>winning vice-presidential candidate, Lamont should have used his <BR>victory speech last night to crush Lieberman. He should have <BR>emphasized that the voters decisively rejected Lieberman. He should <BR>have called for Lieberman to
exit the race immediately. He should <BR>have consolidated his victory and raised the price of Lieberman's <BR>indie bid. He should have used his televised speech to land the death <BR>blow to Lieberman that his small margin of victory failed to deliver.<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><p> 
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