Connecticut Local Politics

On Monday, the Connecticut Republicans put out a press release regarding FISA and the Protect America Act Reauthorization that is laughably inaccurate. Since there are so many inaccuracies, I’m going to go line by line (my comments in bold):
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JANUARY 18, 2008
Unless the CT GOP wrote this release a month […]

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In a post entitled “A Healthy Debate Needed To Save Lives,” Chris Healy wrote:
Let’s have that debate now before more victims are gathering around a grave or seeking answers to the failed policies of bureacracy [sic] and a Legislature that writes the rules by which they act.
Even though I think we would disagree on most […]

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Mark Pazniokas, at his blog Capitol Watch, suggests that Chris Healy may have wounded fellow Republican Bob Farr, who is head of the parole board, more than the “liberal Democrats” who were the target of his piece.
Healy accuses the parole panel, which is run by former Rep. Robert Farr, R-West Hartford, of negligence or […]

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Whoever had six days in the “When will Chris Healy Try to Squeeze Political Advantage out of a Tragedy” pool wins:
One can only wonder where the liberal Democrats like Judiciary Chairmen Mike Lawlor, D-East Haven and State Sen. Andrew McDonald, D-Stamford, will take us in the next legislative session. My guess is the Democrats will […]

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When it’s hard to write a headline for it, it’s probably something the public doesn’t care about. But that doesn’t mean there’s nothing to it. In this case, Republican State Chairman Chris Healy has accused Sen. John Fonfara (D-Hartford), co-chair of the energy committee, of acting unethically:
State Sen. John W. Fonfara, the Hartford Democrat who […]

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Who knew? But they do. For example, here’s Chris Healy talking about the future of the party in the 2007 and 2008 elections:

I’m impressed by the strides the Republican Party has taken on the internet lately. No reason the Democrats couldn’t do the same.

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Details at the official GOP blog.
I’ll say one thing for CT Republicans, they know how to fall in line. Whether that’s a good or a bad thing depends on your perspective.
Of course the GOP had to keep Healy. Who else could do the job even half as well? As a friend remarked […]

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File that under headlines you will never see.
Chris Healy reacts to Susan Bysiewicz’s call for Sen. Lou DeLuca to resign on his blog:
Now she believes Lou DeLuca broke the public trust, although no evidence has surfaced he ever used his office to benefit indicted waste hauler James Galante of Danbury. Did he say he would […]

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