More evidence that women are the key to the 2010 election
Dan Debicella, a Republican running for Congress ffrom the 4th District, and Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Foley are each featuring their wives in their ads. Foley's ad aims to present a...
View ArticlePoll-a-palooza
Rasmussen has Democrat Richard Blumenthal's lead down to 5 percent points over GOP rival Linda McMahon. All eyes will be on the Quinnipiac University poll, which is set to drop tomorrow at 6:30 a.m.
View ArticleBankruptcy as a campaign strategy?
The LA Times has an interesting story on candidates for political office across the country who have experienced money woes or filed for bankruptcy. In years past, a candidate's financial hardships...
View ArticleBob Englehart On Governor's Race: Democrat Dannel Malloy and GOP's Tom Foley...
Bob Englehart weighs in on the increasingly nasty governor's race. http://blogs.courant.com/bob_englehart/2010/09/september-26-2010.html
View ArticleUnions step up their critique of Linda McMahon
The day after ex-president Bill Clinton came to Connecticut to fire up the Democrats, a big labor is stepping up its attack on Republican Linda McMahon. "Don't Let Linda McMahon Put the Smackdown in...
View ArticleRell To Judges: Take Furlough Days Like Everybody Else
Saying she was "dismayed" to learn that some Connecticut judges didn't voluntarily take any unpaid furlough days in the past year, Gov. M. Jodi Rell has written a letter bluntly asking them to take the...
View ArticleMcMahon and Blumenthal essentially tied in latest Q poll results
A statistical dead heat.Democrat Richard Blumenthal holds a 3 percentage point lead over Republican Linda McMahon in this morning's Quinnipiac University poll on the U.S. Senate race. The poll's margin...
View ArticleHartford's Veronica Airey-Wilson Seeks Special Probation In Mayor Eddie Perez...
Hartford's Veronica Airey-Wilson has applied for accelerated rehabilitation - a special form of probation - in the Eddie Perez corruption scandal. Airey-Wilson, a longtime Republican who attended the...
View ArticleAnother Attorney General Debate
Three lawyers' groups announced Tuesday that they will sponsor what will be a second debate between Republican Martha Dean and Democrat George Jepsen, candidates for state Attorney General. The two...
View ArticleConnecticut Opposes 'Stealth' Rail Fare Increase
Connecticut will try to stop plans for what a commuters' group calls "stealth fare hikes" on Metro-North. Gov. M. Jodi Rell on Tuesday said Connecticut is "ardently opposed" to the Metropolitan...
View ArticleLawmakers Criticize Hiring Of Inexperienced Inspector; Malloy Says It's An...
The Rell administration's recent hiring of a state agricultural inspector without experience or education in farming -- while bypassing several job applicants who possessed such credentials - has key...
View ArticleDannel Malloy, Tom Foley, Tom Marsh Debate Public Education, Charter Schools,...
MIDDLETOWN - In their first debate of the general election season, the three top gubernatorial contenders disagreed Tuesday night as they delivered their prescriptions to fix the struggling public...
View ArticleLatest Quinnipiac Poll: Tom Foley Closes In On Dannel Malloy In Race That Is...
Republican Tom Foley is quickly closing the gap against Democrat Dannel Malloy in a race for governor that is now too close to call, the latest Quinnipiac University poll shows. Malloy is ahead by 3...
View ArticleZalasaki To Judges: No Furlough, No Reappointment
State Rep. Zeke Zalaski, D-Southington, offered an idea Wednesday for how to deal with any state judges who refuse to take unpaid furlough days: If they don't take furlough days like nearly all other...
View ArticleZalaski To Judges: No Furlough, No Reappointment
State Rep. Zeke Zalaski, D-Southington, offered an idea Wednesday for how to deal with any state judges who refuse to take unpaid furlough days: If they don't take furlough days like nearly all other...
View ArticleMeet the Young Guns
Republican congressional candidates Dan Debicella and Sam Caligiuri have both ascended to the top level of the National Republican Campaign Commitee's Young Guns program. That means they've met some...
View ArticleLinda McMahon and the minimum wage
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon said the government ought to consider the effects of its mandates on businesses, including the health care overhaul and legislation that increases the...
View ArticleUnion leaders pounce on McMahon's minimum wage statements
Is this the gift Democrats have been waiting for? Republican U.S. Linda McMahon's statements this morning in East Hartford on the minimum wage are drawing sharp rebukes from many quarters. McMahon was...
View ArticleChris Murphy says Sam Caligiuri's Young Guns status is proof he's walking the...
Republican U.S. Rep. candidate Sam Caligiuri has attained "Young Guns" status and his opponent, incumbent Democrat Chris Murphy, couldn't be happier. Murphy's campaign manager, Kenny Curran, says...
View ArticleBlumenthal campaign weighs in on McMahon's minimum wage statement
Maura Downes, spokeswoman for Democrat Richard Blumenthal, reacted this afternoon to Republican opponent Linda McMahon's statements regarding the minimum wage. Linda McMahon laid off ten percent of her...
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