It can’t be! The 4th Congressional district going red? On the weekend the hated Boston Red Sox invade Yankee Stadium, Blowsox Manager Bobby Valentine has endorsed Democratic Congressman Jim Himes’ Republican opponent Steve Obsitnik. What self-respecting Yankee fan could now support Obsitnik? What has the political world come to? Thankfully, incumbent Himes is an unabashed [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Michael Fedele'
Yankee Fans Unite–Valentine Endorses Obsitnik For Congress
July 27th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events, State Politics
Tags: Bobby Valentine·Jim Himes·Michael Fedele·Steve Obsitnik
My Ears Hurt, The Reality About Polls, Wake Up CT Post!
September 28th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, State Politics
Quinnipiac Poll: June 2010, Ned Lamont 39, Dan Malloy 22. Malloy wins August primary by double digits. Quinnipiac Poll: July 2010, Tom Foley 48, Michael Fedele 13. Fedele loses by just a couple of points and if he had one more week he fillets Foley. What did Malloy and Fedele have in common? Public financing, [...]
Tags: Adam Wood·Bill Finch·Bob "Troll" Walsh·Chris Caruso·CT Post·Dan Malloy·Elaine Ficarra·Hearst Corporation·Jodi Rell·John Gomes·Keila Torres Ocasio·Michael Fedele·Ned Lamont·Quinnipiac University·Tom Foley
Tsunami Tuesday, Get Out And Vote!
August 10th, 2010 · 12 Comments · State Politics
Afternoon update: The primary vote hit the halfway point at 1 p.m. and the turnout is death valley in the city and around the state. Some absentee ballot shenanigans today in the Longfellow precinct, where portions of Black Rock and West End vote, but what would a Bridgeport election be without a few operatives knocking on doors and grabbing [...]
Tags: Dan Malloy·Dick Blumenthal·Jodi Rell·Linda McMahon·Michael Fedele·Ned Lamont·Susan Bysiewicz·Testo's Restaurant·Tom Foley
Let’s Get This Party Started, Q Poll Reveals Tight Guber Races
August 9th, 2010 · 28 Comments · Analysis and Comment, State Politics
Rock and roll hoochie koo. Here we go, one day before Tsunami Tuesday and the races for governor are tight. Well, never let it be said Ned Lamont isn’t banking on a big Bridgeport win. So confident (or hopeful) of a Park City plurality he’s decided to park himself in the state’s largest city at [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Chris Caruso·Dan Debicella·Dan Malloy·Jim Himes·John Stafstrom·Linda McMahon·Mario Testa·Michael Fedele·Ned Lamont·Peter Schiff·Quinnipiac University·Rick Torres·Rob Simmons·Testo's Restaurant·Tom Foley
Malloy-Lamont Get Tighter
August 5th, 2010 · 16 Comments · State Politics
From today’s Q Poll: Less than one week before the Connecticut primary, former Stamford Mayor Dan Malloy trails businessman Ned Lamont 45 – 40 percent in the race for the Democratic nomination for governor, according to a Quinnipiac University poll of Democratic likely primary voters released today. This compares to a 46 – 37 percent [...]
Tags: Bob "Troll" Walsh·Dan Malloy·Jim Callahan·John Gilmore·Michael Fedele·Ned Lamont·Quinnipiac University·Tom Foley
Rell, Show Horse; Malloy, Work Horse–A Study In Contrasts
November 21st, 2012 · 10 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Cops, Development and Zoning
When she was governor, Jodi Rell’s idea of economic development for the state’s largest city was a prison on the Upper East Side. Such vision. Angry city residents led by then State Rep. Chris Caruso defeated the measure with protests, vigils, news conferences and a reasoned declaration that Bridgeport already has enough of that sort [...]
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Tags: Beardsley Park·Beardsley Zoo·Chris Caruso·CT Post·Dan Malloy·Housatonic Community College·Jodi Rell·John Rowland·Lowell Weicker·Michael Fedele