N.Y. Sen. Charles Schumer was sharply critical of Richard Blumenthal when the Connecticut Attorney General was waging a battle against the Cross-Sound Cable.
But that's all in the distant past. Schumer came to Connecticut today to campaign with his fellow Democrat and raise some cash for his U.S. Senate bid.
Schumer accompanied Blumenthal on a visit to a Manchester manufacturing firm, AdChem Manufacturing Technologies, and to a senior center in Glastonbury. Tonight the two men are set to headline a fundraiser at the Hartford Club to benefit Blumenthal's campaign (the amount of money the fundraiser was expected to generate was not disclosed by the campaign.)
"He has a record of fighting,'' Schumer said of Blumenthal. "He is desperately needed in Washington."
Schumer said Blumenthal is "doing well" because he has "an amazing record. And you compare that to his opponent's record and wow -- there's not even a contest,'' he added.
Ted Mann of The Day asked Schumer to assess Blumenthal's Republican opponent Linda McMahon's record. "I know that she formed a whole big wrestling company. But in terms of doing anything successfully to help middle-class families, I haven't heard of a thing."