As the democratic primary is approching rather quickly, I thought that it was high time I start an on-going series about this year’s election. I’ll try not to focus too much on the races going on around the nation, but may increase the number of entries around election day.

Obviously, one of the hottest races in this year’s election season is that of the Senatorial fight between the two candidates from my own state of Connecticut: Joseph Lieberman and Ned Lamont.

The latest Quinnipiac poll shows Lamont leading by thirteen points, which isn’t bad at all for a guy nobody knew six months ago. Lamont sure is adamant in his stance about Lieberman’s support for the war, and I don’t believe I’m alone in thinking that this is what’s helping Lamont the most. His other major issues seems to be the energy bill supported by Bush and Cheney, for which Lieberman voted, and universal health care.

However, I think Lamont has a major fault: no matter how many times he says he has a stance on other issues, he really is only focusing on the one issue. He hasn’t said a whole lot about anything else. Most of his campaign (at least, what I’ve seen) has focused on Lieberman’s closeness to the President. While this is all well and good, I want to know what Lamont will do for his constituents. I have only today heard Lamont’s ideas for universal health care, but I’m not sure it is enough. People are clinging to Lamont because they grew weary of the war, and that has certainly helped him.
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