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.
Entries Tagged as 'Susan Bysiewicz'
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 [...]
Tags: Chris Murphy·Chris Shays·Joe Lieberman·Linda McMahon·Sly Salcedo·Susan Bysiewicz·William Tong
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 [...]
Tags: Chris Murphy·Chris Shays·Linda McMahon·Sly Salcedo·Susan Bysiewicz·William Tong
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 [...]
Tags: Chris Murphy·Chris Shays·Linda McMahon·Sly Salcedo·Susan Bysiewicz
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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Tags: Barack Obama·Chris Murphy·Chris Shays·Dick Blumenthal·Linda McMahon·Sly Salcedo·Susan Bysiewicz·William Tong