Joe Biden will be in Hartford tomorrow campaigning for Governor candidate Ned Lamont and....

[George II]

...Senator Chris Murphy.

Here's the message I got last night:

With less than two weeks until Election Day, there's literally no time left to waste.

So I'm heading to Hartford for a Get Out The Vote Rally with Ned Lamont, Jahana Hayes, Chris Murphy and Connecticut Democrats like you.

Can I count on you to join me? Here are the details:

WHAT:

Get Out The Vote Rally with Ned Lamont, Chris Murphy, and Jahana Hayes

WHEN:

Friday, October 26th, Doors open at 3PM

WHERE:

Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy
53 Vernon Street
Hartford, CT 06106

Ned Lamont is a man of character and integrity. His proposals to create jobs, attract businesses, raise the minimum wage, and stand up for women make him the right choice to move Connecticut forward.

He fundamentally gets it — that America has always been a nation summarized by one word: possibility.

This is a time for big dreams and American possibilities.

This is a time for us to come together and fight for what we believe in. That's why I'll be in Hartford on Friday — RSVP to let me know you'll be there.

Thanks, and see you soon.

—Joe

[redstatebluegirl]

1. Goodness, I hope all of these people stay safe.

I trust the Secret Service but it still worries me when they go in front of a large crowd now. I pray nothing happens to any of them, this is truly frightening.

[George II]

4. I've been to a couple of rallies where Bill Clinton was the headliner. They're very careful....

Everyone had to get there about an hour early before he arrived, and no one could leave until he was whisked out the back door and on his way.

[redstatebluegirl]

5. Thank you , it has been years since I saw one in person.

I am glad they are very careful because these people are crazy and armed.

[roody]

2. Any chance Biden supported him for senator way back when?

[George II]

3. I don't recall. Unfortunately Lieberman was pretty popular around the state back then. I doubt...

...that he or Obama or any high-level Democrats got involved in that election, it would have been awkward.

[JCanete]

7. They did get involved, or rather Biden and Boxer did. I remember pretty keenly.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/05/AR2006070501143.html?noredirect=on


also from the article and infuriating:

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Sen. Charles Schumer of New York, chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, have pledged support for Lieberman in the primary, but they refused to say whom they would back if Lieberman loses the primary.

How was that not a no brainer?


but damn it if we couldn't do anything because we had Lieberman in the Senate come 2008.

[JCanete]

6. Biden and Boxer campaigned for Lieberman against Lamont. Glad to see him doing this now. nt

[George II]

8. I was going to go this afternoon, but after looking at the logistics decided to pass....

Doors opened at 3:00, there was about a 2-hour line (or more) to get in, temperature is 45 degrees. It's now 5:00 and the first speaker (Chris Murphy) is speaking.

That's a LONG day for these old bones.