Reaction is pouring in from Connecticut and around the country on The New York Times story about U.S. Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal and his service in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve during the Vietnam era.
Nate Silver: "A Murphy or DeLauro would be a safer bet"
Colin McEnroe: "For Blumenthal, integrity has always been given. What will happen to him if, suddenly, it's not? "
Hearst Newspapers' Brian Lockhart: "Who's Worse: A candidate who fudges military service or one who gloats about the story?"
TIME.com's Swampland: Paging Chris Dodd
Cillizza: Possible Game changer?
Healy: "Blumenthal's 30 Years of Shameful Lies"
NPR's Ken Rudin: Shades of Wes Cooley