Comments on: Latest Connecticut Poll: Good News For Simmons, Bad News For Dodd, Obamacare

By: jonsager

jonsager — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:02:02 +0000

I attended the July 4th Tea Party in Norwich, CT. Simmons when asked about the pending Cap & Trade declared “Not Now” when it should be “Not Ever!”. He lost my support right there and I recognize him as a RINO. Linda McMahon is cut from the same cloth.

The Republicans need a articulate candidate that promises real backbone against this liberal hogwash

By: olddog

olddog — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:18:59 +0000

They are now bringing the terrorists to N Y for a civilian trial. past history, shows we should be looking at what else, they are doing.
call your Senators, protesting this move by Holdren and crew. they are masters of sleight of hand , so much for transparency. so much for all the promises made. They destroy our credit,, currency ,and freedoms, and tell us they are doing a good job. In what dimension??
One Old Dog

By: Ann_W

Ann_W — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:00:43 +0000

Conservatives here are fiscal conservatives mostly and many are very bitter against GWB. Then add that to the Dems (which are a majority here) who hate him deep in their bones, and it’s better to start w/ a blank slate and convince them about the economic realities which people are starting to wake up to.

By: Ann_W

Ann_W — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:56:33 +0000

There are still conservatives in the Republican party. What does “owned by the Republican party” even mean? I agree that we don’t need RINO’s. But there’s nothing wrong with appealing to the remaining conservatives there and then making clear that you are a candidate of principal.

By: Oz

Oz — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:43:46 +0000

For those of you with political connections or who have ever considered running for one of the “smaller” jobs like a state representative or anything like it, this is the cycle to get in there.

You elected officials in Arkansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, and West Virginia — Get into a bigger race … run for Senate, Governor, Secretary of State. We need a quality candidate in every race to catch the tide.

Are you in a D+5 congressional arena and you are a local politician or even a member of a large church or large local company? This is the chance to steal a congressional seat.

Look at where and who some of the jokers the Dems got in during 2006 … that’s because the tide was theirs. Now it’s ours.

By: mrbobl7388

mrbobl7388 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:08:13 +0000

if the Conservative will not divorce himself from the republican party he does not deserve to be elected.. The people WILL support and elect Conservatives. If the candidate is republican and uses republican money, he/she is OWNED by the republican party. Just when we need their vote as a conservative, the party can alter their vote in the name of bipartisanship. We don’t need these RINOS. We need Conservatives wearing Conservative hats, all the time…

By: JadedByPolitics

JadedByPolitics — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:58:08 +0000

worked…it didn’t and her commercials had Bush and Cheney and OMG Tom Delay and Comstock was shown saying she was part of the Right to Life movement for decades…….booooooo!

The voters REJECTED that insanity and the lib went home after one 2 year term! The elections were and will be a referendum on LEFTISM and the REJECTION thereof!

By: redtillimdead

redtillimdead — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:33:56 +0000

People have moved on. If running against GWB worked, Corzine would have been re-elected in a landslide.

By: Ann_W

Ann_W — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:40:54 +0000

It makes me wonder what he stands for. Also, is he too closely assoc. w/ GW Bush? You know that’s all Dodd has to fall back on for the campaign– they are going to run against GW Bush.

By: Ann_W

Ann_W — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:38:46 +0000

By: Ann_W

Ann_W — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:35:59 +0000

By: Ann_W

Ann_W — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:35:03 +0000

He was pro-card check and “cap and trade”. We need to get a conservative. We could actually get a conservative!!!!!

Schiff actually understands economics. What would that be like? Amazing, I think.

By: cdbymatt

cdbymatt — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:03:53 +0000

I think Peter Schiff will come on strong in the next few months. He should be very attractive to Indepedents because of the outside the beltway sentiment that will be strong once the campaigning heats up. Conservatives will turn to him once they hear his views, add that with electability factor with Independents and we very well could have our Conservative revolution under way.

By: jasonmvass

jasonmvass — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:20:14 +0000

its the only way for him to go now. So when we win the Majority back, he’ll be with us, but that would have to be next year, and nobody is predicting ten pick-ups.

If Obama runs as strong in the Northeast in 12 that he did in 08 Liberman won’t win re-election anyway.

By: GregInFla

GregInFla — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:04:35 +0000

or do the folks here have something against him? When I last looked, I thought his views were right on target with conservatism

By: rocks

rocks — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:02:28 +0000

Hello? I have seen this poll posted all over the place and everyone fails to note Tom Foley would beat Dodd 47-41, almost as good as Simmons and far better than anyone else including McMahon and Schiff.

Simmons lead is based on name recognition alone. A name well associated with the politics of big spending by the Bush WH.

In a year which will heavily favor non-incumbents who is likely to do better? A former incumbent with close ties to DC like Simmons?
Or an outsider like Foley?

By: dhorowitz3

dhorowitz3 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:55:24 +0000

Dodd is so weak that all of the contenders are polling at least competitively against him. While Simmons is probably the strongest contender because he was already elected Congressman and appeals to many soft Democrats, I’m not so sure that we should throw in the towel and elect a RINO. To contrast CT, lets take Delaware. It is quite clear that Castle is the only RINO that can win state wide so I don’t advocate trying to run a conservative challenger. In CT, it appears that even Culiguiri and Schiff could potentially win. I still think that it is worth a careful assessment of the other candidates before we support Simmons.

By: Dan McLaughlin

Dan McLaughlin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:41:25 +0000

but that doesn’t mean Lieberman is, or that that’s what CT voters want.

It’s premature to figure on whether the GOP has a shot at beating Lieberman in 2012. If we think we can’t, that’s when it’s time to start thinking about whether it would be worth adopting him if he wanted in.

By: DerKrieger

DerKrieger — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:26:14 +0000

No thanks. As much as I respect him on defense he’s still a Liberal.

Interestingly I called my own senator (Lincoln, D-AR) and recommended that she switch to the GOP. It only makes sense for her since Arkansas went for McCain last year with 59% of the vote.

If Lincoln, or any Red State Dem at high risk of losing their seat, votes for Obamacare I want to see an investigation launched into their finances or their post-Congressional career choice. There would be no other reason to vote for Obamacare except in anticipation of a payoff, financial or career. It wouldn’t surprise me at all to find George Soros behind the curtains.