I know that you have been watching the Connecticut Senate race closely and thought you might appreciate knowing that Ned Lamont will be coming to Burlington, Vermont this Friday.

Ned's win is still reverberating across the political establishment and Ned is coming to celebrate with Democracy for America. We would love it if you could come and join us on Friday, August 18, 2006 from 6-7pm at Main Street Landing in Burlington.

Check it out: http://www.dfalink.com/lamont

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Last weekend, Vermont was host to the most important political happening since then Attorney General Pat Leahy wrote in support of skinny-dipping…

Yes, you guessed it folks: The First Annual Vermont Daily Briefing/Green Mountain Daily Political Barbeque and Hamburger Summit!

Organized by two of the leading Vermont bloggers, VDB’s Philip Baruth and GMD’s John Odum, the event brought together Vermont bloggers (yes, even the great Carpetbagger), activists and politicians, including most of the current Democratic contenders for statewide office: Scudder Parker, Peter Welch, Matt Dunne, and John Tracy.

Even Charity Tensel, Grande Dame of Vermont’s conservative blogosphere, and Brendan McKenna, the communications director for Martha Rainville, one of the Republican candidates seeking Bernie Sanders’ House seat, showed up to chat.

All these people together in one place, just months before the primaries and the election, and nary a reporter in sight. (Save, Shay Totten, Vermont’s independent media guru.)

Gotta love Vermont.

Read on for many links to photos and commentary...

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I saw the War Room this past year. And seeing the contrast between the youthful and sincere Paul Begala and George Stephanopoulos during the '92 election, and the establishment celebrity pundits they've become, is more than a little sad.

Zack Exley, writing on Huffington Post yesterday (and cross-posted at Daily Kos and yes, widely discussed already), chastises Begala for his less than warm comments about Dean's DNC's 50 State Strategy.

He writes, in part...

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OK, I can't do it.

For about 13 seconds I thought "Franken: Sense & Mirth" was an amazingly clever title for a post about Saturday's Bernie Sanders benefit featuring Al Franken. But I quickly realized I must not be the first person to think of that. And a google search showed more than a few references, including Franken's one-time plans for using it as the name of his show.

Can't decide whether "Weekend at Bernie's" would have been worse.

Across the street from the Flynn were some trucks with Tarrant and Tarrant-inspired signs decrying "partisan hatred." All well and good if you ignored the ~U.S. Congress is controlled by Zionists~ signs right next to them.

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