edited by: Judy Aron,
Connecticut Editor
While the Democrats dither over Chris Dodd's chances at re-election and Greenwich businessman Ned Lamont thinks long and hard about whether he wants to run for governor, the Republicans are all of a sudden getting their chess pieces in place.
With the departure of Sam Caligiuri from the Senate race today and' [...]
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 [...]
Kevin Rennie breaks the following news on Facebook (via Capitol Report)
'a friend reports 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 has been made'
Justin' [...]
Bringing her campaign to the morning bacchanalia outside the Yale-Harvard Game, U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon declared her trust in President Obama on Afghanistan -- but not on health care reform.
McMahon, one of five Republicans running to unseat Democratic incumbent U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd [...] WASHINGTON (AP) – Invoking the memory of Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. There was not a vote to spare.
Read more »Democrats' Obamacare will raise premiums and taxes, cut Medicare, and drive up the deficit. Is This the kind of health care reform the American people want?
In the following video, Senate Republicans remind us that Americans do not want higher premiums and higher taxes disguised as reform:
' [...]Even as 5th District Republicans await word on whether state Sen. Sam Caligiuri is entering the race for Congress, Republican Justin Bernier continues to line up support.
Bernier announced today that he has picked up the endorsement of the Washington Republican Town Committee. He adds this latest vow of support to endorsements from Republicans [...]
Republicans yesterday thwarted an effort by Democratic Sen. Christopher Dodd that would have frozen credit card rates on existing balances.
"On behalf of several Senators on this side of the aisle, I object," Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Mississippi, said when Dodd attempted to raise the matter.
UPDATE 1: In response to a good question posed by [...]
Hartford (AP) – The chairman of the Connecticut Republicans has asked one of his party’s candidates for U.S. Senate to consider switching races.
Read more »Original post blogged on b2evolution.
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Is GOP chair Chris Healy urging State Senator Sam Caligiuri to abandon his U.S. Senate aspirations and turn his sights to the 5th Congressional race?With an abundance of candidates and signs of a national mood shift, Connecticut Republicans are ushering one of their senate candidates off to the Fifth District, where there are hopes of a high-profile race against U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy, the Democratic incumbent.
see [www.woodstockrepublicans.com]
for example:
What do you see as being the most important issue facing Woodstock today?332 people answered
a) Educational funding 36%
b) Planning and Zoning 14%
c) Relieving tax burden 21%
d) Preserving our dairy farms and open space 29%
Hartford (WTNH) – The announcement late Monday that Governor Jodi Rell would not seek another term set off a major shuffling among state Republicans.
Read more »Original post blogged on b2evolution.
[...]Monday's announcement by Gov. M. Jodi Rell that she does not intend to seek another term had the potential to be a game-changer for the Republicans running for U.S. Senate.
Are any of them contemplating jumping from the crowded field of Senate candidates to governor's race?
Nope.
"There has been speculation that in the event" [...]
Some time ago Jim Amann stopped by our Town Committee. He received a lukewarm to frosty reception. In the course of his presentation he opined that Jodi Rell would not run again, and that the Republicans will nominate Lieutenant Governor Mike (who?) Fedele. Well, Jodi has dropped out and Fedele [...]
It’s been almost two decades since the Republicans held more of the city’s top political offices than they captured this year.
“This is wonderful,” city GOP Chairman T.J. Barnes told party faithful as the results poured in after the polls closed on Election Day.
“We’ve come a long way,” Barnes [...]
Former U.S. ambassador to Ireland Tom Foley says that the 10.2 percent national unemployment rate proves that President Barack Obama's federal stimulus plan is not working.
Foley is battling against four other Republicans for the right to run against U.S. Sen. Christopher J. Dodd in the November 2010 election.
"With unemployment rising" [...]
Hartford (AP) – The chairman of the Connecticut Republicans says Tuesday’s municipal election results bode well for the GOP in the upcoming 2010 elections.
Read more »Original post blogged on b2evolution.
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