Wednesday November 19, 2008
The Blogster, at this point, thinks Rep. Chris Caruso, D-Bridgeport, has an even chance in keeping the co-chairmanship of the joint Government Administration & Elections Committee. But he just finished testifying in a public hearing before the State Elections Enforcement Commission on how the new public financing worked in this month’s elections.
He just suggested that leadership PACs, which were not affected in the state’s landmark campaign finance-reform egislation, should be regulated, especially in cases where they created uneven playing fields in competitive House and Senate races.
“We need to wean that off the system and close them down,” said Caruso, who last week had a closed-door meeting with Speaker-to-Be Chris Donovan, D-Meriden, about his future in the majority caucus.”If not, we should provide additional funding for the challenging candidate.”
I guess Caruso’s future could be determined on how Donovan sees his PAC and reacts to Caruso’s not-so-veiled threat.