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President Obama Raising Money In Greenwich Polo Country For Dems; Helping...

  President Barack Obama is swooping almost literally into Republican Linda McMahon's backyard Thursday to raise money for the wrestling maven's opponent at a big-money fundraiser in Connecticut's...

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Simmons sees a McMahon victory

Fresh off his scoop about Tom Foley's previously undisclosed medical condition, WFSB's Dennis House has another enlightening interview. This time, it is with former Congressman Rob Simmons.Simmons...

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President Obama's Speech At Fundraiser For Richard Blumenthal In U.S. Senate...

The White House released the remarks by President Barack Obama, in their entirety, from a fundraiser for Attorney General Richard Blumenthal at a hotel in downtown Stamford. Blumenthal was leading...

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President Obama's Remarks At Greenwich Fundraiser At Conyers Farm, Where...

The White House released the transcript of President Barack Obama's remarks at the home of Richard and Ellen Richman, who live in the exclusive Conyers Farm development in Greenwich's famed "back...

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Another big gun coming to town for Richard Blumenthal; this time, it's former...

The day after President Obama's campaign stop in Connecticut, the Blumenthal campaign announced that former President Bill Clinton is coming to the state, Clinton's visit is set for Sept. 26; details...

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Lady Gaga, in Hartford, gives a shout out to Dodd, Lieberman

During her concert at the XL Center last night, Lady Gaga dedicated the song "Speechless" to Sens. Chris Dodd and Joe Lieberman for their support of repealing the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"...

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Family squabble? Some on the left annoyed with Obama and Dodd over Warren...

President Obama today placed Harvard prof Elizabeth Warren in charge of laying the ground work for the powerful Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Obama appointed Warren to the senior White House...

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Kane Says He Won't Conduct Criminal Probe Of Bysiewicz

Chief State's Attorney Kevin Kane said Friday that he won't pursue a criminal investigation into a 36,000-name constituent database maintained by Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz. The matter had...

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Report: Waterbury Chamber Has No Problem With Ex-Gov. John Rowland's New Role...

Former Senate Democratic spokesman Pat Scully is reporting that the Waterbury regional chamber of commerce has no problem with former Gov. John G. Rowland's new role as a radio personality for three...

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Blumenthal hits back

It's what Democrats who say the party's U.S. Senate nominee hasn't been fighting hard enough to defend his record against Republican Linda McMahon have been waiting for: A hard hitting ad by the...

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Video Surveillance At Wal-Mart Leads To Arrest In Bomb Scare At Republican...

Our colleague, Rick Green, reports that video surveillance at a Wal-Mart was a key factor in leading to an arrest at a bomb scare in Madison at a Republican event for Linda McMahon and other...

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Game time with Ann Brickley

Ann Brickley, the Republican candidate in the 1st Congressional District, sent voters a little gift inside her recent fundraising solicitation letter: A handy pocket-sized NFL schedule.Perhaps she is...

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26 Judges, Including Supreme Court Majority, Refuse Furloughs That 55,000...

Nearly all of the state government's 55,000 employees have had to take several unpaid furlough days since the first half of 2009, under the requirements of legislation and negotiated union agreements...

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The NRCC grants Caligiuri contender status

Republican congressional candidate Sam Caligiuri has met a series of fundraising thresholds set by the National Republican Congressional Committee, making him eligible for "contender status." That...

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Richard Blumenthal has an unwanted cameo in Australian TV news show

An Australian television news program on phony military veterans in the U.S. includes a segment on Connecticut's Democratic attorney general and candidate for U.S. Senate Richard Blumenthal. The...

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Dannel Malloy Endorsed By Working Families Party And CT State Police Union;...

Democrat Dannel Malloy is trying to place his name in the history books as the first mayor in decades to become Connecticut's governor. But Malloy already put a notch in the books Monday with the first...

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Mark Greenberg endorses Martha Dean

Mark Greenberg, an unsuccessful GOP candidate in Connecticut's 5th congressional district, is endorsing Martha Dean for attorney general. "Martha has impressed me as a person deeply interested in...

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Call off the surrogates; Linda McMahon isn't seeking outside endorsements

Democrats are bringing in some big names to raise money and support for Richard Blumenthal this fall. So who's coming to stump for Republican Linda McMahon?"We haven't sought any outside endorsements...

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GOP's Tom Foley Says Democrat Dannel Malloy Is A Liar Who Distorts His Own...

In one of the hardest-hitting commercials of the campaign season, Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Foley is calling Democrat Dannel Malloy a liar for distorting his own jobs record and Foley's...

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Tom Foley And Dannel Malloy Run Negative Commercials Against Each Other,...

  In an increasingly negative campaign, Republican Tom Foley and Democrat Dannel Malloy are running television commercials that attack each other and question the other's record. Both of the ads focus...

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