Islamic Prayers At Hartford City Council Prompts Controversy
A proposal about including Islamic prayers during an invocation at the Hartford city council has prompted controversy....
View ArticleRichard Blumenthal stays positive while state Democrats lead the attack...
Critics of Republican Linda McMahon like to focus on the millions she is spending in her effort to win a seat in the U.S. Senate.Her opponent, Democrat Richard Blumenthal is hardly a pauper but he has...
View ArticleCook Political Report: U.S. Rep. Jim Himes And Republican Dan Debicella In...
The Cook Political Report has weighed in on the increasingly interesting battle between U.S. Rep. Jim Himes and Republican Dan Debicella in the Fourth Congressional District. Himes, a Harvard graduate...
View ArticleMeet Brian K. Hill
Brian K. Hill is a military veteran who's served around the globe, an attorney with a law degree from Howard University and an independent write-in candidate for U.S. Senate. He says he's running...
View ArticleCitizens Volunteer To Solve Ethics Board Vacancy Problem
About a half-dozen citizens have contacted state ethics officials in the past few days, offering to serve on the Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board - which has been missing six of its nine allotted...
View Article"See that guy? That's Chris Murphy:" The congressman's neighbor stars in...
We've seen plenty of political ads featuring candidates' spouses, kids and BFFs. U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy has enlisted his Cheshire neighbor, Lauren Korman, to start in his first ad of the 2010 election...
View ArticleChuck Schumer on Linda McMahon: "I know that she formed a whole big wrestling...
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...
View ArticleReturn of the Attack Husky
Just as things are heating up in the weeks before the Nov. 2 election comes word that Colleen Flanagan is coming back. "With a little over seven weeks until election day, the Connecticut Democratic...
View ArticleFirefighters union set to endorse Blumenthal on Monday
The firefighters union was always a big fan of Chris Dodds' and now that the senator is stepping aside, the union is transferring its affections to Dodd's fellow Democrat. The Uniformed Professional...
View ArticleTrooper Kenneth Hall Hailed As "A Man Among Men, A Marine Among Marines, And...
Thousands of law enforcement officers gathered at the state Armory in Hartford on Friday as Trooper Kenneth Hall was eulogized as "a man among men, a Marine among Marines, and a trooper among...
View ArticleRick Green On John B. Larson's Sunday Night Fundraising
The Redskins vs. the Cowboys is one of the biggest longtime rivalries in the NFL, dating back decades. It's a big game on Sunday night, and it's the site of a big fundraiser for U.S. Rep. John B....
View ArticleFoley: Malloy Raised Taxes, Lost 13,000 Jobs Since 2000; Malloy: Improved...
Republican Tom Foley and Democrat Dannel Malloy are out with new television commercials as they head into the final seven weeks before the November 2 election. Foley focuses on Malloy's record as...
View ArticleIndependent Candidate Thomas E. Marsh Calls For Installing Income Tax For...
At least one third of all Connecticut tax filers pay no state income tax at all - and Tom Marsh says that should end. As the Independent Party candidate on the ballot for governor, Marsh says that...
View ArticleSimmons endorses Peckinpaugh in CT-2
Former Congressman Rob Simmons has endorsed former television anchor woman Janet Peckinpaugh's bid to win his old seat. "Janet Peckinpaugh is a trusted, independent voice in Connecticut," Simmons said...
View ArticleThe lunchbox as symbolism in Linda McMahon's latest TV ad
Unemployment and job insecurity take center stage in U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon's latest TV ad. "A lot of people ask me why I'm running for Senate,'' McMahon says. "Here's why: this lunch box....
View ArticleAds wars: Murphy and Caligiuri tangle over Murphy's new commercial
U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy's new ad features his neighbor and portrays him as a fiscal watchdog. But the spot, Murphy's first of the 2010 cycle, is less than truthful, asserts Murphy's Republican opponent,...
View ArticleWomen for Linda
The McMahon campaign is poised to launch a targeted initiative to reach a key demographic: Women for Linda aims "to make sure our next U.S. Senator will stand up for Connecticut families,'' trumpets...
View ArticleQ poll: McMahon moves within 6 percentage points of Blumenthal
Republican Linda McMahon continues to slice into Democrat Richard Blumenthal's once overwhelming lead in the U.S. Senate race. She now trails the popular attorney general by just 6 percentage points,...
View ArticleForeboding signs for Connecticut's Democratic congressional delegation?
Lost amid the bad news that today's Q poll brought for Richard Blumenthal is the specter of equally bad news for the state's Democratic congressional delegation.Republicans are clearly hoping that...
View ArticleEd Patru on the Q results
Ed Patru, Linda McMahon's spokesman, just released a lengthy statement on this morning's Q poll: "Connecticut voters are anxious about the state of the economy and frustrated that the career...
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