The Big Leagues

One of the worst things any team member can do is put himself or herself ahead of the shared goal. So I say this to the Lamont team with all do respect: Get over yourself. Yes, you fought a tough primary and you won. That's great. But now you are entering a very tough race with a lot of money and a seasoned candidate. When I read the paper and see shit like this from the campaign manager, I get very nervous:

“I don’t want to hire any of those big-fee consultant types from Washington who just want to come in and make money off of Ned,” Mr. Swan said. “We won the primary on Ned’s message; we can win the general in a similar way.”

Go ahead, hire the "big-fee consultant types." It is more important to beat Lieberman in a second-tier leadership role and be remembered as a David, than to go down as a Goliath. This smells like Dean in Iowa...

New Lieberman Retooling Race as Independent (NYT)