It seems that anyone who goes near a microphone at the State Capitol may be a potential gubernatorial candidate now.
CT News Junkie is reporting that Health Care activist Juan Figueroa is mulling a bid for the Democratic nomination:
Figueroa declined to comment Tuesday morning. A person familiar with the evolving campaign said he plans to make a decision — and file papers for an exploratory committee — by Dec. 1. And he would step down as executive director of UHCF. From that perch, he directed the successful campaign to pass the “SustiNet” law, then override a gubernatorial veto, to set up a universal health care plan in Connecticut.
WTNH (h/t Capitol Report) has it that Attorney General Dick Blumenthal is pondering his options, too. He’s telling people to “stay tuned”. And so we shall.
On the Republican side, Lt. Governor Mike Fedele’s first day as a soon-to-be candidate was somewhat marred by confusion about whether Governor Rell will be endorsing him or not.
He told reporters that she had “privately endorsed” him but then she publicly told reporters that Fedele would be a “very, very good” Governor without directly expressing support for him.
Senate GOP Leader John McKinney said he’s considering a bid and House GOP Leader Larry Cafero continues to explore his options.
By tomorrow, the guy that sweeps the floor at the State Capitol will be weighing his options, too. No word on his party registration, but a strong platform of cleaning up the State Capitol may resonate with Nutmeg State voters. Stay tuned.
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I said it once: Rell will not publicly endorse just because the media wants an easy second-day story.
Unlike Dannel or Susie, who broke land speed records getting to the Capitol to suck up whatever media time they could … She’s a class act.
It’s hard to find printable words to describe the post-announcement scramble. But humiliating — if any of them had the common sense to feel shame — would be a start.
God help this state. We are headed to a hot place and all I see is woven fibers.
>>She’s a class act.
I was thinking the same thing.
Please. Can we stop the canonization of St. Jodi of Brookfield? She’s worked no miracles in this state.
If we are on the road to perdition, Rell’s proximity to power for 16 years has helped pave the way.
Personally, I would have preferred her resignation, tendered alongside M. Lisa Moody’s, in mid-stream, but I might be biased…
Two Party System
>>Personally, I would have preferred her resignation,
I would have preferred that the Iraqi shoe thrower had been machine gunned on the spot.
I guess we’re both disappointed huh?
Looks like Fedele has already been caught in a lie:
There has been no endorsement by Gov. Rell.
http://connpolitics.tv/index.php/2009/11/10/gov-rell-answers-questions-on-fedele
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Due Process, perhaps? You want enemies of the president summarily executed without benefit of trial? No wonder you think Gov. Rell is a class act…
KK
Actually Ken, considering our history of losing presidents the proper thing to do would have been to drop him. There was no telling what was *in* the shoe.
Who are we kidding? Over the last 3+ yrs. Larry Cafero not Rell, McKinney, Fedele, Simmons, or Healy has been the best and most effective voice for the Republican party. While Rell dithered on the budget and Fedele fell silent Cafero was fighting for the taxpayers of CT. And now that the Democratic economic plan of “tax the millionaires” has actually brought in less revenue than they thought, Cafero seems to be on the right side of history.
The “Rell/Fedele” Neville Chamberlain philosophy has weakened our state.
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