with low turnout in August, perhaps only the fired-up voters will vote which means a problem for Joe.  OTOH, Joe's got the money to get those people who support him to the polls.  Demographically, aren't most of Lieberman's supporter more likely to be affluent, which means they are more likely than Lamont's voters to be on vacation in Nantucket and the Vineyard?

He is the main blogger at www.democrats.org

It seems Tagaris has gained a lot of experience since being Seemann's campaign manager, but I'd dispute you calling Jeff Seeman's showing in 2004 "surprisingly good," given that Regula got nearly twice as many votes (202,544) as Seemann (101,817).  Although that was a better showing than the 2002 candidate (129,734-58,644), it was still much, much worse than John Kerry (Bush won the district 171,561-146,066)

Matt,how exciting!  I am one of the Lamont volunteers who will be collecting signatures for his Petition drive!  I also volunteer in the Norwalk, CT Lamont office and have help send out hundreds of thank you letters to Lamont's grass root contributors.  I know you say that poll numbers shouldn't matter, but I just watched Wolf Blizter on CNN salivating over the recent Quinnipiac poll stating that Lieberman hasn't suffered any affects from Lamont's campaign and that he has a 46% lead on Lamont.  So I hope Tim Tagaris can make some headway as far as the media goes because I'm sure Lieberman's campaign had a lot to do with Wolf Blitzer's attention to this poll.

Why did Tim leave the DNC?

Seems like the DNC's loss.  We need talented bloggers in our ranks.

It takes Tagaris about as long to take on a new job as it takes Bono to take on a new cause.

Props to both of them. It must be nice to be in demand.

Tim

I'm a Lamont voulnteer in Westport.  This is great news and we're looking forward to meeting you!

I'm a big fan of both Tim and Tracy.  

This is very, very good development on both platforms.

Congrats to both of you.

Tim they sure are going to miss you over at the DNC.  That aside, I am glad to see you heading up to CT.  I can't wait to see what you bring to that race.  I should be fun, insightful and innovative.

That Tim guy sure can't hold down a job! ;-)

Good luck to him! He's a real stand up guy that I'm glad is on our side.

This is fantastic news. Of course, props also to Tim for his great work on the Swing State Project.

Good luck Tim.

My only expectation is that Lamont run a credible campaign and I believe he is putting a good team together.

Of course I hope he wins but even a serious challenge and a close race will be a win.

Great job.  When I saw that you were leaving Kicking Ass, and I also saw a post here a couple days earlier about something neat happening at the Lamont campaign that we would all like, I had a sneaking suspicion I knew what was going on.  Turns out I was right :).  The Lamont campaign became stronger today, and I'm sure Tracy will do a great job with the DNC blog.

Congrats Tim.  Just wish you were coming back to Ohio, Sherrod could use the help.

Lamont's gain is the DNC's loss.

One day, we'll get you out here in Colorado. ;)

Hi Tim,    we shall miss you at DNC, but I am very excited at you coming to CT and the Lamont campaign.        

I hope to get to Glastonbury meeting tonight, where Ned will be speaking.    
Can't wait to meet you in person.