Connecticut Local Politics

Unlike Sean Sullivan, Hillary Clinton and John McCain, Reps John Larson and Rosa DeLauro have resisted the temptation to pander to the electorate in the short term and are focusing on the long term energy policy. This from their press release on why they oppose the gas tax holiday:
“First, [it] will bankrupt the federal […]

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According to the FEC, John Larson has raised … $67,325 this quarter? Huh.
Well, he has over $620,000 $180,000 (h/t MikeCT) on hand, so I guess he doesn’t really need to ramp it up. I’m sure that other guy who is running against him, whose name I’ll probably remember in a few minutes, has raised an […]

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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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“The political theater enacted by my colleagues on the other side of the aisle today was akin to Otter and Boone leading the Deltas out of the student body at Faber College.”
-Rep. John Larson (D-CT), on the walkout of Republicans from the House today. I guess they’re going on Double Secret Probation.
…Does that make […]

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UPDATE: Here is the AP story. There will be a rally on Saturday to announce the endorsements…
Later today Saturday, both Congressman John Larson (the fifth-ranking Democrat in the House) and freshman Congressman Chris Murphy are expected to formally endorse Senator Obama for the Presidency. While, generally speaking, there is not a ton […]

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Since it is apparently all IA, all the time, here is Congressman Larson explaining why he is in IA campaigning for Senator Dodd:

I am happy to be out here in Iowa for the next President of the United States. We are here because we believe in Chris Dodd…
As someone who serves in the Congress, […]

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It’s unusual for Larson to say nice things about any Republican. Interesting.

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When Democrats took over Congress last fall, they got there campaigning against the process of secret earmarks, which tied into corruption probes against several Republicans. They pledged to eliminate the proces as part of a “transparency” in government; all a part of their ‘ending the culture of corruption’ mantra in the 2006 cycle.
Yet a […]

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1st:
Larson plugs Dodd after debate:
In keeping with the spirit of Spin Alley, Larson recounted how his two seatmates during the debate, both South Carolinians, remarked afterward that Dodd had appeared the most “presidential” of all the candidates.
2nd:
From the LA Times:
Three-term Rep. Rob Simmons of Connecticut, who lost his seat last year by 83 votes, said […]

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