A dispatch from New Britain by Associated Press Writer Susan Haigh, who asked the question that got things rolling:
Republican Party leaders are defending U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon's record in Connecticut as CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment, saying the controversy surrounding steroid use among wrestlers is an old story.
National party chairman Michael Steele, during a visit to the state Republican headquarters in New Britain on Thursday, mocked a question about whether McMahon's ties to Stamford-based WWE, including past controversies over steroid use, could prove embarrassing to the national GOP.
"Wait a minute. ... What do we have to do with that?" he asked. "Did she authorize the use of steroids in the WWE?"