Lockhart on the trail of the Blumenthal video
The smoking gun in the case against Richard BlumenthalĀ is a videotape of a 2008Ā event in Norwalk on which Richard Blumenthal recalls the days that he served in Vietnam. And Hearst Newspapers' Brian...
View ArticleBlumenthal Troubles Bring Back Memories Of 1990 News Conference With State...
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal's troubles - and how he handled them - evoked memories Tuesday of another high-profile controversyĀ in his long career. During his 1990 race for attorney general -...
View ArticleJohn Droney: Life Has Changed Drastically For Susan Bysiewicz After 7 - 0...
Former state Democratic chairman John Droney saysĀ the State Supreme Court's unanimous decision preventing Susan Bysiewicz from running for attorney general is a huge blow to her political career....
View ArticleRasmussen polls documents huge dive in Blumenthal's poll numbers
The Connecticut Senate race entered a new era this week. Rvelations that Democrat Richard Blumenthal embellished his military record on several occasions, his once-stratospheric public approval rating...
View ArticleFactCheck.org hits McMahon campaign for a mis-Tweet
McMahon press aide Shawn McCoy dashed off a tweet last week about Rob Simmons' stance on the Bush business and dividend taxes. The Simmons' camp cried foul, saying McCoy was misrepresenting the former...
View ArticleAnd now, back to YouTube...
Reeling from revelations about Blumenthal's military embellishments, Democrats areĀ going on the offensive. And that means goingĀ back to the YouTube vault, scouring the site for unflattering videos of...
View ArticleBlumenthal's Vets
Richard Blumenthal surrounded himself with veterans at yesterday's presser where he explained his occasional military embellishments. The message to Connecticut voters was clear: If these folks don't...
View ArticleGovernor Vetoes Bill That Would Tax TARP Bonuses
Senate Bill No. 1 was vetoed by Gov. M. Jodi Rell today. The bill, which was pushed heavily by Senate President Pro Tem Donald Williams Jr., D-Brooklyn, would have taxed bonuses received by workers at...
View ArticleStamford's Shapiro Isn't Running For Re-election
House Speaker Christopher Donovan, D-Meriden, said he learned that Rep. Jim Shapiro, the co-chairman of the general law committee, is not running for re-election Monday. Shapiro, a Democrat from...
View ArticleBlumenthal and Vietnam, the director's cut
If the video clip of Richard Blumenthal talking at a 2008 Norwalk event about his service in Vietnam was the smoking gun in the controversy over his exaggerated militaryĀ record, the full videoĀ might...
View ArticleSchiff wins the Tea Party endorsement
Lost in the crush of Blumenthal news was this significant endorsement: Republican Peter Schiff has won theĀ backing of the Connecticut Grassroots Alliance, a loose network of 28 conservative and Tea...
View ArticleVideo killed the media star
There's a lot more to say on the topic of Blumenthal and the press, but a few commentators have begun to weigh in. Colin McEnroe: Is that all you got? The Laurel's Kevin Hill: Plenty of blame to go...
View ArticleRepublican Ross Garber Is Running For Attorney General; Exit By Susan...
Republican Ross Garber, a well-known attorney, is now running for attorney general. Garber, who defended the office of Gov. John G. Rowland during the impeachment inquiry in 2004, had stayed out of the...
View ArticleDept. of "Duh!''
The state's Democratic congressional delegation is supporting the embattled Democratic frontrunner for U.S. Senate. There's no reason to suspect party loyalists would drop Blumenthal now. After all,...
View ArticleBysiewicz: Obama's Court Nominee Wouldn't Qualify For AG
A day after the state Supreme Court declared her unqualified to run for attorney general of Connecticut, Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz said she knows of someone else who would be ineligible to...
View ArticleA Bush endorsement for Simmons
The Simmons camp tonight rolled out the endorsement of Jonathan Bush, brother of former President George H.W. Bush and son of former Connecticut Senator Prescott Bush."My family has always believed in...
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Blumenthal and the Harvard swim team
In addition to serious revelations that Richard Blumenthal misrepresented his military service, thereĀ is also the matter of his role on the Harvard University swim team. Two profiles of Blumenthal, one...
View ArticleHartford Mayor Eddie Perez's Bribery and Extortion Trial: No Mistrial...
The Hartford Courant's Josh Kovner has the latest from the extortion and bribery trial from Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez. Perez's well-known defense attorney, Hubert Santos, had said earlier that he...
View ArticleSchedule For Democrats Released For Saturday's Convention; Governor's...
The state Democratic Party has released the schedule for Saturday's nominating convention at the Expo Center in Hartford's North Meadows. Conventions are known for lasting longer than expected, and the...
View ArticleDelegate math doesn't add up for Mark Greenberg; plans to petition for a...
The wealthy Litchfield County businessmanĀ and Republican candidate for Congress from the 5th District has decided not to seek the party's support at tomorrow's nominating convention. Instead, he'll...
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