In the Q&A, Sirota said one of the most important things I think we all need to hear. "We're starting to behave like a movement." I think sometimes we don't give ourselves enough credit for what we're all helping to build. We're in year 3 or 4 of what was a 40 year movement for Republicans to get themselves where they are today. And they don't have the benefit of competency on their side. Behaving like a movement isn't only about building progressive idea factories and media machines. It's about sending messages to incumbents that they can't damage the ideological brand and still remain unchallenged. Sirota made a nice parallel between the Lamont campaign and 2004's Pat Toomey-Arlen Specter primary. That primary wasn't only for Specter, but all the other "moderates" in the Republican Party, a message that they will face the same difficulties if they step out of line. We're not there yet with our internal primary battles, but we are starting to push a movement politics instead of a party politics.

LamontBlog will be liveblogging from afar, and Tim Tagaris will be liveblogging from the floor of the convention. Other bloggers that will be there include: Matt Stoller from MyDD, ConnecticutBlog, My Left Nutmeg, ConnecticutBob, Without A Purpose, CTBlue, Connecticut Local Politics, and La Resistance.