This afternoon, I got a strange call this afternoon.

"Hello, this is Gov. Ed Rendell"  Hmm, my current Governor is M. Jodi Rell, and hopefully, that will be over soon.

"I'm calling to ask you to support Patrick Murphy".  Well, the Murphy that is running for Congress closest to where I live is Chris Murphy.

Why did I get this call?

This weekend, I watched the film, The Ad and the ego which has caused me to stop and rethink my view about political advertisements.  What is it that we remember from political advertisements that we carry with us?  We are perhaps not the best sample to work with because we pay close attention to politics.  However, if we sit back and try to recall general reactions to the political advertisements we've seen, perhaps we can get some new ideas about what really works?

Please, take a few moments to recount what you remember for general feelings from political advertisements you've seen.  My thoughts about Connecticut advertisements are below the fold.

This weekend, I participated in the Action Coalition in Media Education Summit in Burlington VT.  We spend a lot of time complaining about the media, yet what do we do about it?  This is a group of educators that are really doing something about the media.

There has been a lot of discussion over the past week about what Ned Lamont's victory really means.  Much of the discussion was predictable, and in fact predicted by people like Chris, here.  <snark>It means the terrorists have won, those horrible young leftist jihadist bloggers. </snark>

Others have piled on trying to paint their favorite candidate as the next Ned Lamont.  We should really look at both of these themes, because what matters is hidden beneath both of these.

While the discussion about who the next Ned Lamont will be is interesting, the important question is, who will the next ctkeith, ctblogger, and others be.

It is six thirty in the morning and Kim's cell phone has started ringing.  "Where will Ned be today?" they ask.  We are staying at the Sheraton in Meriden.  Kim and I went to bed early compared to many of our friends in the blogger's pit.

Last night, many people had many things to say.  One person went on and on talking about how good it feels.  I had first met her during Gov. Dean's presidential bid, and she spoke about the feeling that people are finally paying attention and standing up against Bush.  On the blogs, people talk about this making up for Kerry's defeat in  '04.

Another person used the old line, "the real work begins tomorrow".  Kim spoke with Tom Swan who told her about some of the important work that needs to be done next.  There is no time for vacation this August.

As I read the discussions about the primary on Tuesday, it has a feel to me of weather forecasters talking about hurricane models and it makes me think back to the discussions of `perfect storms'.  It made me think of Hurricanes Dennis and Katrina last year.

Dennis came earlier in the season and a lot of people were frustrated by the calls for voluntary evacuation of Parishes around New Orleans.  Dennis could have hit New Orleans hard, but it didn't.  A month and a half later, Katrina came in and things haven't been the same since.

So, how will the electorate behave on Tuesday?  Will they come out in force, say category 4 or category 5, or will the winds of change drop down before Tuesday?  Will the storm veer to the right or veer to the left?  It could hit Lieberman dead on, breaching his protective levies, or it could peter out and simply leave him a little shaken.  Will Sean Smith simply be another name soon forgotten, or will he be Lieberman's "Michael Brown".

The Meriden, CT paper has this article about the confrontation in Meriden CT yesterday.  They say,

" "It was supposed to be a laid-back event and (they) ruined it." "We're just using our right. We're just exercising our rights to enjoy a burger," said Lieberman supporter Alex Hoffman of Boston. Supporters of each candidate debated outside on the sidewalk while many Lieberman supporters continued to badger Lamont, who acknowledged most questions. Richard Goodstein, one of the most vocal Lieberman supporters, repeatedly shouted, "Are you a Bill Clinton Democrat or an Al Sharpton Democrat?" Lamont calmly said he supported both.

So, let's see what we can find out about Richard Goodstein.  I assume this picture on Flickr is of Richard Goodstein.   With a little searching, I find this article about Richard.  The picture sure looks the same.

So, who is Richard Goodstein?  He is a Washington lobbyist.  Political Money Line reveals that he contributed to Lieberman's campaign in 2004, Kerry's campaign and to Hillary's PAC.

Well, Mr. Lamont is already taking on the Washington Lobbyists, and he needs all your help.  Please, come to Connecticut to stand up against corporate lobbyists who are threatening our democracy.

Matt Stoller's entry has caused me to reflect on Sen. Lieberman's tragic fall.

Living in Connecticut, I know a lot of people that have known Senator Lieberman for many years.  They have different opinions of when Sen. Lieberman stopped being the sort of person that we deserve in the U.S. Senate.

Many people I know were close friends with Sen. Lieberman in the 70's and have said that he did many great things back then.  Others maintain that he was always a power grubber who was out for himself.