From Capital Watch:
Connecticut for Lieberman was launched by Lieberman after he lost [...]
edited by: Judy Aron,
Connecticut Editor
From Capital Watch:
Connecticut for Lieberman was launched by Lieberman after he lost [...]
Tell Joe to listen to Joe
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When I hear about Joe Lieberman's refusal to support health care WITH a public option, this oldie but goodies from the senate debates in 2006 comes to mind:
LIEBERMAN: I have offered a comprehensive program...Medi-choice: to allow anyone in out country to buy' [...]
Progressive Change will soon be running this ad in Connecticut with a $40,000 ad buy.
"Joe Lieberman promised Connecticut voters in 2006 that he would support core Democratic issues like health care reform," said PCCC co-founder Adam Green in a statement. "This tongue-in-cheek ad holds Lieberman accountable for putting his" [...]
While his role is often overlooked, Senator Lieberman is one of the KEY people currently shaping our country's climate change legislation. He [...]
For the fourth time since they've been offering alternative budget plans to their majority party' [...]
Sohn has now been arrested by the FBI for embezzling funds from the Shays campaign. Details to follow as we get them.
Neil Vigidor has some details now.
The once-trusted right-hand-man of former U.S. Rep. Christopher [...]
This seems rather odd coming from a republican these days, advocating on behalf of any government run health care program. Just last week Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) called Medicaid an abhorrent "medical ghetto."
SMITH: One of the aspects of the economy that is taking a very serious toll [...]
Peter Schiff advocates ending Social Security and letting people rely on their accumulated assets:
And ending government insurance of bank accounts and all government regulation of financial firms:
These should prove to be popular positions in his [...]
Does a state's criminal statute governing "assisting a suicide" reach the conduct of a physician providing aid in dying to a terminally-ill, mentally competent adult?
Dr. Gary Blick with Compassion & Choices Legal Director Kathryn Tucker
This is the question posed to the court in [...]
From last year but still true:
Eat your enemies. Happy Thanksgiving!
(Scarce edit: Reminds me of this cartoon from a couple of days ago.)
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Update - New Haven
Join Ned Lamont for a holiday celebration and small-dollar fundraiser as he explores a potential run for Governor of Connecticut.
Thursday, December 10th, 2009 7:30 PM to 9:00 [...]
GOP chairman Chris Healy's game of musical chairs continues as Sam Caligiuri drops out of the senate race in order to campaign for the 5th Congressional District Republican nomination.
CTNewsJunkie has the details:
As expected, state Senator Sam Caligiuri officially switched campaigns Tuesday afternoon and decided [...]
VOTE: 60 vote yea, 39 nay.
After the vote, Senator Dodd released the following statement:
Tonight's vote takes us one [...]
Asked if he'd ever appear on The Rachel Maddow Show Joe was unequivocal about it. "She's got a point of view." Spoken like a true republican, Joe. And one that has no problem appearing on Hannity, Glenn Beck, Neil Cavuto, et al.
' [...]
Are tax giveaways the answer to Connecticut's employment woes - especially to lure companies to Stamford?
The Wall Street Journal reports:
Lured by government incentives worth as much as $89.5 million, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. will move its corporate headquarters to Stamford, Conn., from New York's Westchester County, Connecticut [...]
(L to R: Tim White, Heath, Jon Kantrowitz, Chris (with a mostly obscured Raj behind him), Bob, Gabe, Don Pesci, and his charming wife Andree.)
Strange as it must have felt to leave their [...]
The GOP blocked a bill yesterday from Senator Dodd which would have frozen increases in credit card interest rates, fees and finance charges. This would have moved the date up from February and August 2010 for this particular part of a bill which passed last May, on a vote of [...]
A year ago Wall Street's financial rupture sent the economy hurtling into a massive crisis, crushing tens of millions of Americans in an avalanche of unemployment, underemployment, home foreclosures, reduced incomes and lost benefits. That financial rupture was caused by a combination of [...]
State Representative Jason Bartlett was arrested in Newtown on several motor vehicle charges stemming from the state lawmaker using a cell phone in his car without a hands free device.
From what I learned, after being pulled over for using his cell phone in his car, the [...]
Here's the letter given to Senator Lieberman from the Concerned Clergy of Connecticut , which was signed by seventy clergy leaders:
We are not politicians. We are [...]
This afternoon, Senator Chris Dodd held a conference call with state reporters where he talked about his latest legislation in the banking committee directed at unfair checking account overdraft fees. The majority of the questions directed at Senator Dodd centered around the latest Q-Poll as well as the [...]
I have detested the talking points and approach of his challenger, Merrick Alpert, with his focus on non-existent Dodd "scandals" and his appearances on Fox.
But to me, there is one overriding' [...]
--Sen Joseph Lieberman, Nov 8, on Fox News Sunday.
Rabbi Fish of Beth El, in Norwalk, calls on Lieberman's conscience to do the right thing. His invocation of the Torah commandment (Lo taamod al dam reakha, "Do not stand idly'" [...]
An estimated crowd of 475 files out of Stamford High School to hold a candle light vigil outside of Sen. Joseph Lieberman's Strawberry Hill Ave. apartment building in Stamford, Conn. on Sunday, Nov. [...]
Face the State, April [...]
So this is hardly surprising.
A new Quinnipiac University poll shows 60 percent of the public thinks Joe Lieberman is' [...]
To qualify, states must have no legal barriers to linking student growth and achievement data to teachers and principals for the purposes [...]
...for your viewing pleasure.
In marking this one year anniversary, the groups Love [...]
While I was preparing my post on the funny numbers, Connecticut Democrats Communication director Colleen Flanagan sent out this release that pretty sums up everything I was about [...]
...because it's been a while.
Too funny!
Christine Stuart has more regarding the latest senate Q-poll numbers.
Congressman Jim Himes reflects on his health care reform vote
Only in Danbury...
I guess Fedele forgot to talk to Gov. Rowland-Rell about that so-called endorsement
What else [...]
Blumenthal's daily schedule is chock full of [...]
Of some interest though is that there now seems to a race among the [...]
I received this email from Faith Middleton, the host of WNPR's political talk show "Politics, Burgers & Beer":
Ken (University of Connecticut professor Ken Dautrich) has not been on the show for almost a month. He took a leave of absence until the committee investigation of the UConn [...]
Resolution Urging Senator Joseph Lieberman to Drop Filibuster Threat
and Support U.S. Senate Vote on Health Care Reform with Public Insurance Plan Option
WHEREAS Senator Joseph Lieberman has threatened to filibuster health reform legislation in the United States [...]
Four people were arrested this morning during a sit-in in front of Senator Joseph Lieberman's office in Hartford. The arrestees were among 30 demonstrators who sought a public meeting with the Senator to confront him on his stance on healthcare reform while at the same time accepting donations from the [...]
The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza is reporting that Howard Wolfson, former Clinton campaign communications director and former senior strategist for New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, is joining Ned Lamont's gubernatorial team.
Prominent Democratic operative Howard Wolfson is advising Ned Lamont's candidacy for governor of Connecticut, adding [...]
I was wondering how long it would take for the Attorney General to start the speculations game regarding his political future (again).
Blumenthal, the state's attorney general since 1990 and once Connecticut's fastest-rising political star, was asked that question Tuesday. He answered it the way he does every four [...]
Moments ago at the State Capitol, Gov. Rowland-Rell just announced that she will not seek re-election in 2010.
More on this later...
UPDATE: Lt. Gov Mike Fedele announces that he intends to run for governor.
UPDATE 2: CTNewsJunkie has more details on Rowland-Rell's announcement.
"After much soul searching and discussion with'" [...]
