Weekend Update: What? Former Bridgeport GOP Town Chair Rick Torres said something controversial at a forum for Fourth District Congressional candidates? No way. Rick wouldn’t
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Caruso: Anyone But Bysiewicz, Plus: MalloyMan, And Council Approves Budget With Big Hole
Afternoon update: You think the scoreboard keeper at Fenway Park is paying attention? That’s nothing compared to the scorekeepers in Connecticut politics these days. Every endorsement triggers
Read moreMario’s Myopia, Weicker’s Wisdom
Long memories can work for you and against you in politics. Democratic Town Chair Mario Testa still aches, 15 years later, that Stamford-area pols such as then State Senator
Read moreJudge Declares Mistrial On Lauretti-Related Botti Charges, Plus: Lowell Weicker’s Stones, Creative Coin And Pavia’s I-95
Afternoon Update: A federal jury in New Haven has convicted Shelton developer James Botti on one count of mail fraud but was deadlocked regarding the conspiracy
Read moreWhat A Screwing, Plus: Ernie Newton, ‘The Moses Of My People,’ released, And Shays Weighs Big Decision
Weekend Update: Did you catch this from the Hartford Courant: HARTFORD — Connecticut came away with absolutely nothing in a competition for $1.5 billion in federal
Read moreJepsen: Bysiewicz Dancing Like Ginger Rogers
So, do ya wanna dance? With Ginger Rogers? Or Maybe Susan Bysiewicz? George Jepsen, the leading Democratic challenger to Connecticut Secretary of the State Susan
Read moreIt’s So Joe, The Return Of Ganim, Plus: Mario’s Mission And It Ain’t Just Bread Ned
Welcome home, Joe. Full disclosure: I was Joe Ganim’s campaign manager. Private sector clients paid me a nice buck because of my relationship with him. Joe
Read moreBill Clinton, Bill Curry, And My Presidential Nightmare, Plus: Regional Opportunities
Our discussion in the prior post about the impact of presidential visits had me thinking (always a confusing thing) back to 1994, a nutty year for
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