This Tuesday is the primary in Connecticut, where we finally get to see how Democrats in CT will vote on the CT Senator race between Joe Lieberman and Ned Lamont. Most of you know that Heidi and I are supporting Ned Lamont in this race.

Some of you that live in CT and are registered Democrat or unaffiliated got postcards from me about the Ned Lamont campaign. I forgot to mention that if you're unaffiliated, you must switch your party registration to Democrat in order to vote in the primary Tuesday. You can do this Monday if you're interested in voting. Changing from unaffiliated to any party works instantly.

A quick summary of why we're voting for Ned Lamont:

• Ned Lamont won't say this: "It is time for Democrats who distrust President Bush to acknowledge that he will be Commander-in-Chief for three more critical years, and that in matters of war, we undermine Presidential credibility at our nation's peril." I find that statement insulting to the very nature of American democracy and deeply offensive. Joe Lieberman actually said that and has never taken it back.
• Ned is a businessman and understands how social programs such as universal healthcare actually helps businesses grow. (Ask GM or even your own HR people how much healthcare costs the company).
• Lamont has argued and campaigned for more transparency in politics. Lieberman has been for the Cheney energy bill, for Justice Alito who advocates for fewer limits on Presidential power, and has never (well, until this past week when it was politically advantageous) stood up and advocated investigations or hearings on any of the myriad of issues and scandals that have come up around the White House.
• Ned Lamont has a good, progressive approach to government: he believes that earmarks are a bad way to allocate federal resources, that the government should stay out of the private lives of citizens as much as possible, and believes energy policy is a national security issue.

Those are the top issues for me. If you believe they focus around the President, they do. These positions all express a philosophy of governance, that somehow the President is more important than the other branches, about how minority and majority parties should behave in Congress, and of simply providing a false definition of bipartisanship that has nothing to do with compromise.

You can find out more about Ned Lamont at his web site or you can check out some of his appearances. Videos are available around the web, but here's a few to help you out.

This is his recent appearance on the Colbert Report:

If you want more, here's the Stephen Colbert explaining why this race matters to so many of us in CT:

If you have any questions about the campaign or have any concerns, get in touch with me or with the Lamont campaign. They have a good web site, and all of the CT political blogs listed in the blogroll are covering the race (some are supporters, some are bipartisan blogs with both sides represented). Whatever you do, and whoever you decide to support, if you're a registered Democrat Get Out and Vote on Tuesday!