Ned Lamont, Greenwich millionaire and potential Democratic Senate candidate, was at the New Haven Public Library this morning. The turnout to meet him was pretty good, with about 40 people in attendance. After some brief announcements by local activists ( Professor Odom will be giving a speech about Iraq at 311 Temple on Tuesday at 7:30), Lamont bounded up to the podium and was greeted by quite a bit of applause. More after the flip...
He's not a physically imposing man, but his face wouldn't look bad on TV. His voice is on the soft side, but it's both impassioned and a little eloquent. Lamont is clearly working on his stage presence -- the impression of one guy with whom Kevin and I talked to after the speech was that he was much better today than he had been in a talk in Hartford a week ago.
But enough of style, here's some of the substance, from both his speech and the audience Q and A:
Iraq -- Lamont said that without a timetable for withdrawal, Iraqis will not take over the responsibility of defending themselves. He advocates a drawdown of US troop levels, getting the reserve units out by the end of the year and redeploying regular combat troops out of the front line areas.
Alito -- Lamont would filibuster.
Civil Liberties -- the PATRIOT act needs to be fixed and Bush's illegal wiretapping should be investigated.
Health Care -- Advocates federal subsidies for health care to increase the competitiveness of US businesses.
Energy -- He condemned the administration's energy plan and urged the development of alternative fuels and energy sources.
Lamont also urged people to check out his website...www.nedlamont.com.
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