Former Stamford Mayor Dannel Malloy is on the same page with former Gov. Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.
They both agree that Democratic gubernatorial front runner Ned Lamont should debate Malloy on live television in New London on July 27.
Weicker made his comments on Colin McEnroe's radio show on WNPR.
"I think Ned should have taken on Dan Malloy, but I don't run the campaign, and I don't run the issues,'' Weicker said on the program. "He's quite capable of doing that.''
Despite the disagreement on the debate, Weicker predicted that Lamont will become "our next governor'' in Connecticut.
"Ned and I are good friends,'' said Weicker, who was living in Greenwich in 1990 when he was running for governor and Lamont was running for the state Senate. After Weicker became governor and Lamont lost the Senate race, Weicker appointed him as chairman of the board that oversees state investments.
Malloy noted that Weicker said on the radio "that the skills he brought to bear in debates served him well in doing the job of governor because 'there's no ducking that kind of confrontation.' ''