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	<title><![CDATA[Ned Lamont's Concession Speech (A Speech I Never Want to Hear)]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/ned-lamonts-concession-sp_b_31821.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Yesterday, I <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/help-save-ned-lamont-wri_b_31755.html">asked for your help</a> in writing a speech I never want to hear: Ned Lamont's concession speech. The response was tremendous; we received all kinds of great ideas, many of which I've used in crafting the speech below.</p>

<p>Far too often politicians don't speak from the heart until it's too late. Freed from their consultants, they finally summon the passion and purpose that drove them into politics in the first place -- ironically turning into the candidates they...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:47:00-04:00</date_published>
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