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Entries Tagged as 'Susan Bysiewicz'

Powell: Shays Stronger Than McMahon In A General Election

January 28th, 2012 · 6 Comments · State Politics

Insightful column from Chris Powell, managing editor of the Journal Inquirer. Are Connecticut’s Republicans really going to nominate Linda McMahon for U.S. senator again? It could seem so, as she has collected endorsements from dozens of party leaders, if Connecticut’s Republican Party can be said to have leaders. Maybe “officials” would be more accurate.

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As Shays Smiles, WWE Response Undercuts McMahon

January 24th, 2012 · 4 Comments · Analysis and Comment, State Politics

Every time operatives for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon respond to her primary opponent Chris Shays filleting her for peddling porn and body bags during her association with wrestling giant WWE, they’re doing the former congressman a favor. He’ll take that give and take any day. All it does is bolster his argument questioning her electability [...]

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Shays Reports Campaign Cash

January 20th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Analysis and Comment, State Politics

Former Congressman Chris Shays reports he has raised more $500,000 including a $100k loan in his quest to win the U.S. Senate seat of a retiring Joe Lieberman. Shays is expected to face deep-pocketed Linda McMahon in an August Republican primary. Brian K. Hill, a Hartford attorney, is also running as a Republican. Democratic candidates include [...]

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Knock, Knock, Searching For Himes’ GOP Opponents–The McMahon/Shays Factor

January 8th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Analysis and Comment, State Politics

Congressman Jim Himes must be feeling pretty good about his reelection chances. That prehistoric noise you just heard came from Republican operatives who want to vanquish Himes from office. And that’s the point–why aren’t his opponents making noise?

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Sizing Up Political Support For Murphy Versus Bysiewicz

December 16th, 2011 · 11 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, State Politics

Congressman Chris Murphy is young, riding high in early polls, with loads of campaign cash for his U.S. Senate run. If Murphy wins the seat occupied by a retiring Joe Lieberman he’ll probably be there for as long as he wants it. His chief Democratic primary opponent Susan Bysiewicz has worked the Bridgeport political system relentlessly through the years, [...]

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SuBy Shows Murphy Strategy, Sharpens Teeth Against Special Interests

December 8th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Analysis and Comment, State Politics

Former Connecticut Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz today provided a strong hint about her U.S. Senate primary strategy against Democratic frontrunner Congressman Chris Murphy: barbecue special interests, run as a party outsider. SuBy has a history of waging primaries, it’s how she became the state’s top elections official. She released her “Accountability plan to [...]

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Salcedo: War On Drugs A Political Sham

November 21st, 2011 · 19 Comments · Analysis and Comment, National Politics, State Politics

U.S. Senate candidate Sylvester Salcedo says governing morality as it applies to the “war on drugs” is a wimpy way for politicians to hide behind each other. Salcedo, a Democrat who served his country as a Navy commander, is trying to engage his higher profile opponents to join his call for national drug reform, among them Congressman Chris [...]

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