By: Rick Green, Courant.com
That’s what an energetic and at times nearly breathless Lamont declared to students, faculty and other supporters at Central Connecticut State University Thursday afternoon in the first speech of his “exploratory” campaign for governor. It was a stump speech — and without notes, too.
“I am running for statewide office … I’ve always been a chief executive. I look at a state that lacks a strong chief executive right now”
On his competition: “A lot of these guys have been running for governor an awful long time.”
On his liberal image: “Look at what I’ve been doing … I’m a progressive business person. This is who I am.”
On the Democratic legislature and Gov. Rell: “They borrowed their way out of a deficit.”
“We’ve got to deploy all our assets, all assets, toward job creation,’‘ Lamont said. “We’re getting out-hustled.”
Close your eyes and his remarks sounded like a let’s-get-fired-up inspirational speech from the local chamber president.
I mean that as a compliment. Lamont sans Lieberman sounds like the guy he says he always was: a liberal businessman who wants to be a let’s-go-on-offense governor. Interestingly, he would run as a strong ally of President Obama and Sen. Chris Dodd, with an emphasis on education, mass transit, healthcare reform and job creation….
Source: http://blogs.courant.com/rick_green/2009/11/lamont-governor-connecticut-campaign-2010.html
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