During the primary campaign I was privileged to be a member of a Lamont google group. I don’t tend to join the conversation in these sorts of things, but I read the emails that went back and forth, sometimes at a blistering pace.
I can certainly understand that there would be a bit of residual bitterness after a hard fought primary, and I certainly, agree, on balance, that Malloy was most responsible for the nasty tone in the campaign. But, now that it’s over, it’s time for us to pull together, get behind Malloy, and concentrate our fire on Foley. The primary is over, but the group is still somewhat active, mainly carping at Malloy. So, a word to my fellow Lamont backers: it’s over, let’s forget it and get on with the job ahead.
Speaking of the primary, I wasn’t around for the last few days, and I never really read the results, which I understand were pretty horrible for Lamont, perhaps signaling that the undecideds broke heavily for Malloy. I also understand that Lamont blanketed the state with robocalls the last few days of the campaign, and I don’t think the two facts are unrelated. I hang up on all robocalls, and they irritate the hell out of me, particularly if I am interrupted in doing something more important, which is pretty much always the case. Ned’s robocalls were positive, in the sense that he was selling himself and not attacking Malloy. That, in my opinion, is a real mistake. Human nature being what it is, we tend to blame the attackee when we get a negative robocall, because that’s the name we hear. In other words, they work. When we get a positive robocall, we blame the candidate, because that’s the name we hear. In other words, they don’t work, they merely irritate. In an August primary, when people aren’t paying that much attention, they may very well decide to vote against the guy who has interrupted their life several times the previous weekend. Just a theory.
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