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McMahon and Murphy Launch Senate Campaigns
The Hartford CourantThe general election campaign for U.S. Senate was only hours old Wednesday when Republican Linda McMahon launched a robocall to 300,000 senior citizen households accusing Democratic rival Chris Murphy of voting to cut Medicare by $700 billion. Murphy,...Tags: Philosophy, Republican Party, Medicare, John McKinney, Elections
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Murphy Wins Democratic Primary For U.S. Senate
The Hartford CourantWith wide advantages in fundraising, endorsements, and the Democratic party's backing, Chris Murphy roared to victory Tuesday night over former Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz in the U.S. Senate primary. With this win, Murphy, 39, solidified his...Tags: Republican Party, Government, Parties and Movements, New Britain, Executive Branch
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GOP Contenders Decry 'Legitimate Rape' Drivel, But What Could They Do In D.C.?
The Hartford CourantThe two Connecticut Republicans with excellent shots at election to Congress this year — Linda McMahon and Andrew Roraback — on Monday were quick to denounce the ignorant comments about rape and women by the GOP Senate nominee from Missouri....Tags: Andrew W Roraback, Republican Party, Government, Elections, Mitt Romney
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8/19/2012-Silly Season Starts Now
Let the hideous campaign ads begin! I'm not a registered Republican or Democrat. My attitude is hey, you folks in the different political parties figure it out and send us independents your choices. Well, they've done just that. Let the games begin!...
Tags: FBI, Chris Shays, Elections, Politics, Democratic Party
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Candidates Burn Millions For Measly Turnout
The Hartford CourantThere's something wrong here. Permit me to bore you with some numbers. In 2010, Chris Murphy beat Sam Caligiuri 118,000 to 102,000 in Connecticut's 5th Congressional District. In 2008, a presidential year and therefore a better comparison to 2012, it...Tags: Andrew W Roraback, Republican Party, Elections, Seychelles, Parties and Movements
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Connecticut Politicians Use Digital Advertising To Target Highly Specific Voter Groups
Linda McMahon is promoting her U.S. Senate candidacy on the "personalized" radio website Pandora — possibly targeting Connecticut listeners who are both likely Republican primary voters and enjoy wrestling theme songs. Over on Capitol Report...
Tags: Republican Party, Advertising, Southern Connecticut State University, Radio, Elections
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Connecticut Campaign Weirdness: Garfield and New SuperPAC To Help An Anti-SuperPAC Candidate Named Murphy
You know we’ve reached a new stage of uber-weirdness when Connecticut’s former election law watchdog becomes a front-man for a new SuperPAC formed to raise millions of dollars for a candidate who allegedly hates SuperPACs. The former state...
Tags: Republican Party, Chris Shays, Elections, Lobbying, Political Fundraising
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Apparently We Won't Be Getting $6,000 Linda Promised
The Hartford CourantSo I guess we're not going to be getting that $500 a month Linda's been promising in her campaign ads. Brandi from Naugatuck must be devastated. What happened to our money? It's complicated. To come up with the six-grand-a-year figure, Linda's people...Tags: Chris Shays, Michele Bachmann, Elections, Hillary Clinton, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut)
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Temperament, Ability Make Murphy Best Democrat For Senate
U.S. Senate seats in Connecticut open rarely. One of those opportunities for change occurs this year, with the retirement of independent DemocratJoseph I. Liebermanafter four terms — 24 years — in office. The Courant's editorial board...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Chris Shays, Elections, Waterbury, Politics
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Aug. 14 Primary: Day Of Reckoning
The Hartford CourantThis is the last time I will address you about issues related to the Aug. 14 primary, because the Courant does not allow us to write about the candidates on that final Sunday. This is a sound principle. Let us imagine that I wrote next Sunday: "Chris...Tags: Andrew W Roraback, Chris Shays, Elections, Polls, Joe Lieberman
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Rafalca Romney Tweets From The Olympics
The Hartford CourantRafalca, the horse co-owned by Ann Romney and ignored by Mitt, is in London competing in the Olympic event called dressage. Finally over jet lag. If you think flying coach is bad, I had to stand the whole way. Airplane food is terrible, even in horse...Tags: Harry Reid, Equestrian, Mitt Romney, Stamford, Harvey Weinstein
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New Media Offer New Ways To Dodge Those Darn Reporters' Pesky Questions
The Hartford CourantWe are approaching a moment when candidates running for Congress don't have to bother with old-fashioned media. Not so long ago, it might have been unthinkable for a non-incumbent to largely kiss off all but carefully scripted exchanges with local...Tags: Elections, Dannel P. Malloy , YouTube, U.S. Senate, Email
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Aug 9, 2012
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