Connecticut Local Politics

Jim Himes, challenging incumbent Congressman Chris Shays in the fourth district, continued his strong fundraising, raising over $420,000 this quarter (more than $1.3 million for the cycle). He ended the quarter with more than $1 million on hand. More than 25% of the contributions were $25 or less. According to the Himes […]

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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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I did notice the Courant’s big article about Jim Himes and his challenge to Chris Shays over the weekend. The big story there is Himes’s fundraising, which has been outpacing Shays so far.
But what is Jim Himes actually facing come November? Where is he going to need to do well? And why is […]

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I’m checking in on the Steroids Hearings in between shoveling and breaking up ice and they are fascinating (although on the absurd side given that Congress might have a couple of other things to do). The hearings essentially are trying to figure out who is lying - Roger Clemens or Brian McNamee. Someone […]

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Rep. Chris Shays, along with Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI), will be in Norwalk (Norwalk Hospital) today at 3:30 to announce the introduction of the American Health Benefits Programs. Billed as “the first bipartisan universal health care plan to originate in the U.S. House of Representatives” (Press Release), AHBP is “is modeled after the successful […]

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Chris Shays filed his Q4 report today and here are the details:
Total Q4 Contributions: $311,805.91 ($246,055.91 from individuals; $65,750.00 from PACs)
Total Cycle-To-Date: $1,159,836.55
Q4 Burn: $105,932.33
Cash on Hand: $797,413.50
Although Jim Himes’ report is not yet online, the numbers have already been released:
The Jim Himes campaign announced that it’s raised a total of $944,000 in its […]

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“I am particularly determined in this very ugly, political environment in which we find ourselves that the values of respect and compassion I grew up believing in extend even to a President who has a low approval rating.”

Chris Shays, admitting that the peck he gave to President Bush was just a pity smooch.

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This from the McCain campaign:
U.S. Senator John McCain’s presidential campaign today announced its Connecticut Leadership Team. United States Senator Joseph I. Lieberman (I-CT) and Congressman Christopher Shays (R-CT) will serve as Co-Chairs of John McCain’s campaign in Connecticut. They will lead the grassroots organization on behalf of John McCain’s candidacy leading up to Connecticut’s February […]

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On a previous post about Jim Himes’ fund raising, there was talk about the “unbeatable” Chris Shays.
I thought y’all might be interested to read a LTE in today’s Greenwich Time, from a David Krobot of Bridgeport:
Why is U.S. Rep Christopher Shays involved in the issue of steroid use in Major League Baseball as a […]

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Couldn’t resist the title huh?
Here is ESPN Radio’s Colin Cowherd yesterday “covering” the House’s investigation into steroids in Major League Baseball. First Colin makes fun of Congress, explicitly mentioning Connecticut’s own Chris Shays (R-CT04), then gives Shays’ “interrogation” of George Mitchell the one thing it was missing - clown music. The clip starts […]

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The Himes campaign has launched a new website devoted to Chris Shays’ idea of “oversight” (or lack thereof) from his perch on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee:
Chris Shays serves on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. But instead of using his position to actually conduct oversight of private security contractors in Iraq […]

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Not really, but it wouldn’t hurt.
Via MyDD (and please click through, because I borrowed the table from them):

Committee
September Receipts
September Disbursements
September Cash-on-Hand
September Debts & Obligations
Net-Net

DCCC
$8,574,146.27
$2,395,904.87
$28,334,264.70
$2,982,499.61
$25,351,765.09

NRCC
$2,601,743.33
$2,595,275.28
$1,598,505.61
$3,850,000.00
($2,251,494.39)

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Unless something drastically changes, the NRCC simply won’t have the numbers to do anything more in Connecticut than defend the 4th; they will not have the resources for offense, only defense.
For challengers […]

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Two things that went on the web yesterday:
First, Chris Shays’ FEC Filing:

Human Rights Campaign PAC
Mr. Mike Mings 1640 Rhode Island Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20036

08/17/2007
786.373771.77

Second, a press release from the HRC:
The Human Rights Campaign has collaborated with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to craft a solution to the controversy surrounding the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. Today, in […]

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And our big winner this quarter is… Chris Shays?
Yup. Shays raised over $360,000, according to his FEC report, and has raised $850,145 so far in the 2008 election cycle. He currently has $593,791 on hand.
Dig a little deeper into the numbers, and you’ll see that about $111K came from “other political committees” like PACs. Here’s […]

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The FEC reports are starting to trickle in and David Cappiello followed up his breakout fundraising quarter, one that put him on the radar of the national Republicans and raised him almost $200,000, with a rather weak effort of $70,470 ($48,961 spent for a CoH of $204,368).
A lot of fun has been made, on this […]

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