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Greenberg gets going
In my post from yesterday, April 17, I discussed the early efforts of Rep. Elizabeth Esty, D-5th District, to raise money for her 2014 re-election bid. I noted that Mark Greenberg featured prominently...
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Is lunacy monopartisan?
About two-thirds of Tuesday’s op-ed page in The Hartford Courant was taken up with a long piece by one Charles M. Madigan, head of journalism at Roosevelt University in Chicago. I went to the trouble...
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Virginia trends
Not all of the news from Virginia, where Democrat Terry McAuliffe narrowly defeated Republican, tea-party-backed Ken Cuccinelli for governor Tuesday. For one thing, polls in recent weeks have shown...
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It’s in the bag
Lots of things irritate me, but the improper use of the word “teabagger” as a synonym for “tea party member” surely is in the top 10. Now, according to www.Breitbart.com, even the president has...
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Bush III?
As a political junkie, I began looking toward the 2016 presidential campaign not long after the 2012 presidential campaign concluded. I figured that as a conservative but not far-right Republican,...
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Loud Lowell Part 2
In my Jan. 23 post, I made note of former Gov. Lowell P. Weicker’s continuing bloviations about the troubles of the Connecticut Republican Party. According to Mr. Weicker, a moderate Republican during...
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Is anybody reading this stuff?
Lately, I’ve been taking a bit of a beating over publication of a letter some people say we shouldn’t have run, which may have made me more sensitive to commentary such as this. My offense was...
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Murph’s off his turf
Sen. Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., moved afield — way afield — with the following fundraising blast to supporters and others on his mailing list: Team – It’s not easy showing up as a Senator in...
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NR fires back
The Malloy camp has been quite rough lately on National Review, a conservative journal of opinion that also operates a livelyblog. Here’s Jack Fowler, responding to criticism by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy,...
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He’ll be missed
Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., is leaving public office after this year. He’ll be missed. He’s long been a leading voice against government waste. But he doesn’t just talk about waste. He actually tries to...
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