Former WWE wrestlers sounded off on the candidacy of Linda McMahon, according to an article in Politico:
“If the people in Connecticut are stupid enough to elect Linda, that’s their problem,” added Larry Zbyszko, a onetime Sammartino protégé who debuted in the early 1970s but later battled him in a famed [...]
While UCONN football fans try to figure out the best way to get to Birmingham, Alabama (Looks like Southwest), the State of Connecticut is trying to figure out how to pay its bills. It isn’t going well.
After months of paying unemployment benefits to the swelled ranks of the unemployed, the State’s Unemployment Fund is [...]
Since his announcement on Wednesday, Lt. Governor Mike Fedele’s campaign for Governor has worked hard to secure the status “frontrunner”.
Working toward that end, the Fedele campaign unveiled today an impressive list of endorsements, including the GOP’s popular new Mayor of Stamford, Mike Pavia. From an e-mail to supporters:
“The Lt. Governor [...]
After last month’s Superstar Billy Graham story in the Courant that was highly critical of former WWE CEO Linda McMahon and her husband Vince, it seems that more former wrestlers are starting to go public with their grievances about the WWE’s business practices.
Former wrestler and Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura made headlines last week [...]
Former Shays for Congress Campaign Manager Michael Sohn has been arrested by the FBI following a lengthy investigation into charges that Mr. Sohn embezzled campaign funds.
After Shays failed re-election bid in 2008, it came to light that there were major problems with the campaign’s finances. Speculation quickly focused on Mr. Sohn, [...]
Justin Bernier, one of the GOP candidates running for Congress in the 5th Congressional District speaking to Goshen RTC:
“I am still running for Congress. I am not running for governor. I am not running for Senate.”
I’m so glad he clarified, because it’s been getting mighty confusing around here what [...]
Republican Tom Foley of Greenwich announced today that he will be running for Governor instead of the U.S. Senate.
In an e-mail to supporters sent simultaneously with the announcement, the Greenwich businessman promised a “Plan Forward for Connecticut” in the near future:
So I am announcing today that [...]
Lt. Governor Mike Fedele became the first Republican candidate to declare his candidacy for Governor yesterday at events in Cromwell and Stamford.
His speeches made clear that the focus of his effort will be jobs and taxes:
“Taxes will not make Connecticut prosperous,” he said. “Taxes do not create jobs. Taxes [...]
Poor Lt. Gov Mike Fedele can’t get no respect. He was endorsed by Jodi Rell but then he kinda wasn’t, exactly. And now that he’s finally making his official announcement today, guess who’s raining on his parade?
Another one of those darn “Greenwich millionaires”! The Courant’s Rick Green that [...]
The award goes to Daniela Altimari at Capitol Watch:
If Obama’s a socialist, his comrades aren’t happy
The post covers the response from the Socialist Party of Connecticut to President Obama’s plan to increase the number of American troops in Afghanistan:
We hope that the disenchanted popular movement that brought this administration [...]
The State of Connecticut has a deficit of $549 million, according to State Comptroller Nancy Wyman:
Wyman said receipts of the income tax remain weak, despite an increase in the tax rate for upper-income residents. Collection of the quarterly estimated income tax payments typically made by investors is down by [...]
Republican Mayors Mark Boughton of Danbury and Tim Stewart of New Britain are supporting Linda McMahon’s bid for the U.S. Senate, according to Capitol Watch:
“Washington’s approach to turning around the economy isn’t working, and when something isn’t working, it’s time to try something different,” New Britain Mayor Tim Stewart [...]
Wallingford Republican Jerry Labriola, Jr. announced today that he will seek the GOP nomination to run against Rosa DeLauro in the Third Congressional District.
“I am a fiscal conservative and my opponent is a spend-thrift liberal Washington insider,” Labriola noted. “We’re $12 trillion in debt. The voters will decide.”
Labriola, an attorney [...]
It seems that every time disgraced former Governor John Rowland shows up somewhere, it’s a story.
Mr. Rowland was in Torrington for a Rotary Club function being introduced by Congressman Chris Murphy. Then he was in Bridgeport for a Community Life Seminar. These events have some, including the [...]
One of Ghenghis Conn’s last pearls of wisdom before he left on what I hope is just a short sabbatical (c’mon, you know you miss us Ghenghis…) was:
John Larson and Rosa DeLauro could be running against Hiram Bingham’s zombie and still win.
I make no comparisons here, of course, but [...]
While the highways, airports, and train stations fill with travelers, enjoy an evening open forum.
The Governor wants a special session before Christmas to overhaul the Citizens’ Election Program and re-balance the budget.
U.S. Senate candidate/prospective CT Governor candidate Tom Foley speaks.
Were you excited for the sales tax cut that [...]
Per CT News Junkie, State Health Care Advocate Kevin Lembo is running for … Lt. Governor?
“Sometimes the governor leaves office and no one has really vetted the lieutenant governor, who is suddenly charge of $18 billion budget,” Lembo said. “Twice in recent history, Connecticut’s lieutenant governor has been asked [...]
State Sen. Sam Caligiuri announced his intent to end his bid for the U.S. Senate and instead run for the U.S. Congress in a press release today.
His new website can be found at: [www.samforcongress.com]
The move shakes up races for both the US Senate and the House. On the Senate [...]
The Hartford Courant reports that according to Kevin Rennie’s Facebook page, one of his friends says that:
GOP Senate hopeful Tom Foley told the West Hartford Republicans last night that he is considering hightailing it into the less competitive race for governor. He’ll decide in 2 week’ developing…’sounds like decision [...]
Does anyone have access to information released today about the breakdown of delegates by Town for the GOP Convention. I was told that this information was to be released today, but haven’t seen head nor tail of it. Heath?
[...]Norwich’s Mayor-elect, Peter Nystrom, has a long four years ahead of him that will really get started when he gets sworn in on December 1.
But for the UPS driver-turned-Mayor, the days will seem as long as the years:
Mayor-elect Nystrom hopes to grab a 4:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. shift [...]
At an event in his hometown of Stamford, he was asked about a potential candidacy for Governor, Lt. Governor Mike Fedele said that an announcement would happen soon:
… Fedele said it would be “in the very near term.”
Rumors have been circulating in the Capitol about when exactly the Lt. Governor would make such an [...]
This evening the Senate passed the motion for debate on the healthcare bill.
Here’s what Senator Dodd, who took over work on the HELP committee for his ailing friend and colleague, the late Senator Edward Kennedy, had to say:
if you’ve watched the debate here in the Senate over [...]
Sen. Joe Lieberman isn’t worried about the political consequences of his stance on health care reform:
“I don’t think about that stuff,” Lieberman told POLITICO this week. “I’m just — I’m being a legislator. After what I went through in 2006, there’s nothing much more that anybody [who] disagrees with [...]
Rick Torres decision to run for the GOP nomination in CD4 against Himes, besides not making a heck of a lot of sense, also assists Sen. Dan Debicella as he seeks the nod. Torres is from the same town, the same Bridgeport GOP “club”, as it were, as former Sen. [...]
Wow. You take a few days away from blogging to focus on the job that pays and look what you miss:
1. Hearst’s drooling front page love fest on Linda McMahon
(see “McMahon’s wealth dwarfs resources of most GOP foes”).
McMahon’s money “makes her instantaneously … a formidable candidate,” [...]
According to Dennis House, former U.S. Attorney Kevin O’Connor won’t be running for Governor in 2010:
The 42 year old Republican made the announcement tonight during a taping of WFSB’s political program, “Face the State.” O’Connor is now an attorney with the Bracewell Giuliani law firm.
In the same upcoming episode [...]
Connecticut Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz has been touring the state for weeks holding ceremonies to honor veterans.
Some though, like Brian Lockhart at the Stamford Advocate, are raising questions about whether it is a proper role of the the Secretary of the State – an office charged with registering [...]
Per the Courant, Fifth Congressional District Rep. Chris Murphy is at the center of a controversy over his health care vote.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is running an advertisement criticizing his vote while a liberal-leaning health care reform group is praising the second term Congressman in a rebuttal ad.
So [...]
The comments section knows all.
State Rep. Jason Bartlett has been arrested for driving on a suspended license:
Newtown Police Sgt. Dominic Costello says Bartlett was pulled over by an officer who saw him driving while speaking on his cell phone, without a hands free device. After a short investigation, [...]
One day after the Republican contest in the Fifth Congressional District was shaken up by the announcement that State Sen. Sam Caligiuri is considering switching from the U.S. Senate race to the Congressional race, GOP candidate Justin Bernier has received to big boosts to his effort.
The Torrington Register Citizen featured [...]
“She may look like a Sunday school teacher,” Graham said, but he insists nothing could be further from the truth. “Linda McMahon’s hands are as bloody as her husband’s because she is aware of every move in the ring,” he said.
Further in the article:
An aspiring painter, Graham [...]
Aftet last week’s Quinnipiac Poll revealed continued weakness in Sen. Chris Dodd’s public standing, some commentators are reviving a drumbeat that began earlier in the year by suggesting that Mr. Dodd should strike his colors and depart the field of political battle before things get worse.
The Hartford Courant picked up this meme in [...]
First came an e-mail statement from CTGOP Chairman Chris Healy:
Over the last few weeks, State Senator Sam Caligiuri and I have discussed his candidacy for statewide office. After much thought and discussion with other leaders and activists, I have urged him to focus his energies on the Fifth Congressional district where [...]
A reminder plug for the Genghis Conn/Chris Bigelow fete tomorrow night in Hamden.
Where: Eli’s On Whitney
2392 Whitney Ave
Hamden, Connecticut 06518
Phone Number: 203-287-1101
Website: [www.elisonwhitney.com]
Directions, RSVP information, etc. is included Bob’s original post. All are welcome.
[...]Vice President Joe Biden, the man that some have called the fundraiser-in-chief, will be in Hartford on December 11th for an event to benefit Sen. Chris Dodd’s re-election campaign.
Per CTNewsJunkie:
“We expect this event to be an entertaining one, with a lot of good-natured ribbing, as well as some [...]
According to a report by ABC News, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the Stimulus) has created 25 jobs in Connecticut’s 42nd Congressional District.
In Connecticut’s 42nd District (which also does not exist), the website claims 25 jobs created with zero stimulus dollars.
Thankfully, here in Connecticut it didn’t cost any money [...]
In a discussion on health care reform on Fox News Sunday last week, Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) told Chris Wallace, “If the public option plan is in there, as a matter of conscience, I will not allow this bill to come to a final vote.”
Last night over 500 people [...]
Anonymous state employees used Brian Lockhart’s piece on Lisa Moody in the Greenwich Time to take potshots at the outgoing Governor’s Chief of Staff:
“She seems to delight in keeping people, whether commissioners or her own staff, miserable. She’ll play people off against each other, especially the governor’s staff. And [...]
Ralph Nader, the consumer advocate turned perennial Presidential candidate, is reportedly considering another comeback, this time in Connecticut’s U.S. Senate race:
“You can’t believe the number of people of asking me [to run]… Right now I’d say I’m agnostic,” Nader told me earlier today, asked about rumors he’d run an independent, [...]
Jim Amann Still Gaining Steam
Per CT News Junkie, Former Speaker Jim Amann picked up another legislator endorsement yesterday from State Rep. Ryan Barry of Manchester. The money quote:
“This is the kind of guy who grabs you by the lapels in the middle of a budget crisis and says, ‘Just [...]
Quinnipiac has a new pollout this morning in the Senate race and the results are decidedly negative for Sen. Chris Dodd.
In addition t0 Dodd’s job approval rating of 40%-54%, every Republican challenger runs well against him in a head-to-head matchup. Former U.S. Rep. Rob Simmons led Dodd by 11%, [...]
According to the New Haven Register, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has ruled out a run for the Governor’s mansion in 2010. Instead, he will run seek another term as AG, “because it is a job I love because it enables me to fight for people and make a difference. [...]
Don Michak of the Journal Inquirer(subscription only) had interesting piece on November 4th that got lost in the election day shuffle. Apparently, on one day last summer, GOP senate contender Rob Simmons took in nearly $105,000 of campaign cash from contributors associated with the coal industry, according to [...]
posted on the behalf of CTBob, who has kindly done the legwork in organizing this event
In appreciation of all the superb writing and amazing work he’s done with CT Local Politics, we’re planning a little get-together for Chris Bigelow.
It’s nothing fancy, just an opportunity for us to show Genghis [...]
As political gossip mavens continue to digest this morning’s Quinnipiac poll, one thing should emerge as perfectly clear: Ned Lamont, should he choose to enter the race as a candidate, is going to be a front-runner for the Democratic nomination for Governor.
Less than a week after announcing [...]
It seems that anyone who goes near a microphone at the State Capitol may be a potential gubernatorial candidate now.
CT News Junkie is reporting that Health Care activist Juan Figueroa is mulling a bid for the Democratic nomination:
Figueroa declined to comment Tuesday morning. A person familiar with the evolving [...]
And the plot thickens. The New Haven Independent reports that during a visit to the city this morning, State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, left the door open as to whether he, too, might throw his hat into the race for governor now that Jodi Rell has declared she won’t [...]
Former Speaker James Amman on Governor M. Jodi Rell’s decision not to run for re-election and how it affects his chances in the 2010 Governor’s race:
“It’s as I predicted, but no one listens to me because I’m a has-been,” Amann quipped, adding that with Rell out and Attorney General [...]
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