Connecticut Local Politics

The map for president in 2008 shows Connecticut swept by a massive blue wave. Take a look (click for larger view):

What we see here is striking, especially compared with four years ago. Here’s the 2004 map (color scheme is a little different, but you’ll get the idea):

Obama won big in some strong Republican territories, and [...]

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The Courant, the Norwich Bulletin and the Day all endorsed Barack Obama for president.
The Connecticut Post has endorsed John McCain.
Several Connecticut papers have yet to make a choice.

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I’ll be catching up on stories from the weekend over the next few days. Back to full posting on Wednesday –GC
The Courant is reporting on a Courant/UCONN poll showing Obama with another big lead in Connecticut. Obama leads John McCain 56%-35%, with 12% undecided.
12% undecided? In October? Really?

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With nearly 220,000 new voters having registered since the beginning of the year - nearly 50,000 of those in the first half of October alone - the number of registered voters in CT has now surpassed the 2 million mark reports Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz.

“By all accounts 2008 has seen unprecedented interest in our [...]

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Senator McCain went after Senator Dodd yesterday in comments from the stump:

“And it is already a matter of record that members, Democrat members of Congress fought against reform and it is a matter of record and hearings that they said everything was fine. Senator Obama a year ago said that these kinds of subprime loans [...]

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Two things jumped out at me when I looked at the Secretary of the State’s Press Release with the new voter registration numbers, one serious and one fun.
First, the serious:

Of the nearly 69,826 new voters between the ages of 18 and 29, 30,792 registered as Democrats, 30,683 registered as Unaffiliated and 7,876 registered as Republicans. [...]

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Rasmussen released a new poll this morning of Connecticut’s presidential preferences, and to no one’s surprise, Obama has a double-digit lead over John McCain, 53%-41%. Crucially, Obama now has the advantage over McCain with unaffiliated voters.
The race has tightened a little since August, from a fifteen point lead to a twelve point lead.
Sarah Palin has [...]

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Instead of the expected ~400 people, almost 2,500 filled the auditorium, the overflow cafeteria, and the adjoining hallway to hear speeches from Connecticut Democrats. CTBob and CTBlogger shot videos of which I will post a few below.
Here are the pictures I took:

Here is DeLauro going after Shays again:

Courtesy of CTBob.
Here is Jim [...]

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The Connecticut State Democratic Party’s Presidential Kick-Off Rally will be held today at 11:00am at the Hamden Middle School in Hamden, CT. Directions are available at the above link (don’t be alarmed that the poster says that the rally is at the town green - the Middle School is the rain location, it is [...]

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Ron Paul is putting on a rally in St. Paul (huh) on Tuesday, and sent out an email to supporters about it this morning. He has a lot of things he wants to warn the American people about–including Joe Lieberman (emphasis mine):
The situation our country faces is as dangerous as ever. A certain Democratic senator, [...]

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NBC seems to have confirmed that Romney and Pawlenty are out as potential VPs, while ABC confirms that Palin is in Alaska and Joe Lieberman is in Ohio. Could it be?

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Rep. Rosa DeLauro will be posting updates from the Democratic convention in Denver all this week, giving us an insider’s look at what’s going on there. Keep an eye out for her posts, which will start Monday!
Quick Update: Are you a Republican who is going to the GOP convention in St. Paul? If so, and [...]

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Environment Connecticut has endorsed Barack Obama for President, citing his “clear and bold solutions to our current energy woes and strong commitment to the protection of our environment.”

“Senator Obama has publicly committed to fully addressing the pressing problem of global warming and moving the United States toward a new energy future. He has [...]

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What? So we’re not a swing state after all?
According to the latest Quinnipiac University poll (sorry, no link yet), Obama defeats McCain 56-35%.

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Joe Lieberman and the McCain campaign sent this message out yesterday:
Today, I asked Senator McCain if I could create and chair a new grassroots organization, “Citizens for McCain.”

Here we go again.
As you know, I caucus with the Democrats as a United States Senator and was the Democrat Party’s nominee for Vice-President of the [...]

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“I just want to report that this morning I personally checked John McCain’s bearings. He has not lost any of them. They are all in really great shape.”

Joe Lieberman, responding to Barack Obama’s assertion that McCain had “lost his bearings.”
…Also, any giggling about this quote is entirely your own doing, I’m not encouraging that [...]

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The Courant reports that Governor Rell is considering a full or partial veto of the criminal justice bill based by the General Assembly last week due to the cost.
The bill, passed in response to home invasions in Cheshire and New Britain, toughens the penalties for repeat violent offenders. But what’s cause concern for Jodi Rell [...]

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“So, basically, which is it? Straight talk: Do you want to raise taxes, cut entitlement spending, cut defense spending or have a deficit?”
-A question for John McCain about how to cut the deficit at a stop in Westport. McCain suggested that he would actually cut taxes.

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Well, what else do you call a campaign visit that is this brief and under the radar?  Republican Presidential candidate John McCain of Arizona is making a brief swing through our fine state today…  a visit to Westport and a fundraiser at the Belle Haven Club in Greenwich.
It’s a little early to say difinitively how well McCain will [...]

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Research 2000 for Daily Kos (link to follow). 3/31-4/1. 600 CT Likely voters who “vote regularly in state elections.” MoE 4% (9/2007)
QUESTION: For whom did you vote for in the 2006 race for U.S. Senate, Ned Lamont, the Democrat, Alan Schlesinger, the Republican, or Joe Lieberman, an Independent?

Lieberman
Lamont
Schlesinger

All [...]

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