As Republican nominee for governor Tom Foley enters his first debate tonight against Democratic incumbent Dan Malloy, will he actually take a position on something? Or maybe he thinks no one will notice? Foley speaks often about sharing a Bridgeport agenda as he tries to poach urban votes from Malloy. Where’s the plan? Mark Pazniokas of the CT Mirror examines Foley’s position reticence.
Tom Foley says Connecticut suffers under onerous business regulations, but he won’t name one. He says elements of the post-Newtown gun controls inconvenience law-abiding gun owners, but he won’t identify one that should be repealed. He promises to control spending, without saying how.
In his second run for governor, the Republican nominee has tread so carefully that it appears at times that he was read the political equivalent of a Miranda warning: Anything he says can and will be used against him.Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, the Democrat who narrowly won four years ago, is expected to use Foley’s reticence against him in their first debate tonight, but Foley is betting that voters want to hear his vision for the future, not read turn-by-turn directions on how he intends to get there.
It is a calculated risk.
Full story here.
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Lennie, where and when was this picture taken?
Gary, it was from 2010 when Foley joined city officials for a night walk of the city.
Thank you Lennie, I remember that walk, it was against crime but ironically the chants to stop crime were louder from the prison on North Ave than the group itself.
More interesting in the link is a story Pelto acknowledged he would most certainly fall short of the 7,500 signatures required because he only SUBMITTED 4,000 signatures. Duh, what a joke this guy turned out to be.
Foley is a complete joke and if Malloy loses to this guy he has no one to blame but himself.
Malloy needs to put his foot on Foley’s throat and not let up until Tom starts getting very specific. Bait him and bash him if he refuses to give specifics.
Malloy has answered these questions every day he has been governor. DO NOT give Foley a free ride.
Lennie, do you have a link to the story on Pelto Bob is referring to? I cannot find this article on the CT Mirror. Pelto has issued this statement or numbers on his blog either.
ctmirror.org/pelto-concedes-his-petition-effort-will-fall-short/
In conceding he almost certainly would fall short of the 7,500 signatures necessary to qualify for the ballot for governor, Jonathan Pelto said Monday his campaign had submitted only about 4,000 signatures.
“I think it was in the range of 4,000 that we put in centrally,” Pelto said, adding that he was relying on an ad hoc network of loosely organized volunteers to independently submit the rest. “There was a rump group out there.”
Pelto, a former Democratic legislator, said he heard from a couple hundred people who told him they had taken out petitions, giving him hope they would double the number collected by his campaign.
“Now, I am thinking that was over optimistic,” he said.
Bob, I suggest you reread this article. Pelto states 4,000 signatures were submitted “centrally.” That refers to the petitions that were mailed to him directly and then he submitted them to the respective Town Clerks. I collected approximately 150 signatures but did not mail the petitions to Pelto. I personally handed them into the Town Clerk. I do believe Pelto will not reach the 7,500 signature requirement, however he will have submitted more than 4,000 signatures.
Does the Green Party have a candidate this year?