Entries Tagged as 'Mitt Romney'
Time for the annual Turkey of the Year nominations. So many choices, so many pols stuffed with everlasting narcissism, excuses, whining, bewildering actions, statements and despair. We at OIB are equal opportunity chestnut crushers so we invite your nominations for local, state and federal office. It’s hard not to close nominations right here and now and [...]
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Tags: Barack Obama·Mitt Romney·Newt Gingrich
Greg Hladky of www.ct.com wonders if Linda McMahon’s second consecutive double-digit loss in a general election for U.S. Senate is giving 2010 Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Foley some pause about self funding as he contemplates another run for governor. It raises the question, What would you rather have, candidates spending their own money or candidates [...]
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Tags: Barack Obama·Dan Malloy·Dick Blumenthal·Greg Hladky·Linda McMahon·Lowell Weicker·Mitt Romney·Tom Foley
The certified election results from Tuesday are now available. The charter question to decide the future selection of school board members: no 15,914, yes 13,943. That’s a competitive 53 to 47 percent spread. (Accountants and math mavens please verify.) Yes was for Mayor Bill Finch to appoint school board members. The no majority means voters [...]
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Tags: Barack Obama·Bill Finch·Chris Murphy·Jim Himes·Linda McMahon·Mitt Romney·Steve Obsitnik
Former Congressman Chris Shays is reminding anyone willing to listen to him that he was right about Linda McMahon’s inability to win a general election. Maybe he should blame himself instead of blowing his trumpet, for managing his own primary that led to his August drubbing by McMahon. Shays couldn’t even win Bridgeport, where he [...]
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Tags: Chris Shays·Jim Himes·Karl Rove·Linda McMahon·Mitt Romney·Rob Russo·Steve Obsitnik
OIB friend Tom Kelly from Black Rock is a twisted Barnumesque character with a warped political perspective. “You’ll have a howling good time spooking and punking your political friends with our digital email spooking platform!” www.politicalpunkster.com. From the website:
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Tags: Mitt Romney·Tom Kelly
It was just a few days before election day in 2010 when Barack Obama packed the Webster Bank Arena in support of Congressman Jim Himes. The visit set off one of those OIB moments, a ballot shortage that turned election day into chaos. Obama, as he notes today in an eblast, will cast his ballot [...]
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Tags: Alma Maya·Barack Obama·Jim Himes·Mitt Romney·Webster Bank Arena
The U.S. Senate battle between Democrat Chris Murphy and Republican Linda McMahon continues to be close. Two other public polls this week had the race a dead heat. The latest from today’s Quinnipiac poll: Women and older voters are shifting away from Linda McMahon, the Republican candidate in Connecticut’s U.S. Senate race, giving U.S. Rep. Christopher [...]
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Tags: Barack Obama·Chris Murphy·Linda McMahon·Mitt Romney·Quinnipiac University
Pass The Stuffing Please, Turkey Of The Year Nominations
November 19th, 2012 · 17 Comments · Analysis and Comment
Time for the annual Turkey of the Year nominations. So many choices, so many pols stuffed with everlasting narcissism, excuses, whining, bewildering actions, statements and despair. We at OIB are equal opportunity chestnut crushers so we invite your nominations for local, state and federal office. It’s hard not to close nominations right here and now and [...]
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Tags: Barack Obama·Mitt Romney·Newt Gingrich