If you’re a Democratic candidate it matters.
Multiple polls show single digit races between Congressman Jim Himes and GOP opponent Dan Debicella in Connecticut’s 4th Congressional District that takes in the state’s largest city and Republican-dominated suburbs. The same goes for the governor’s race between Democrat Dan Malloy and Republican Tom Foley.
Dick Blumenthal, according to the polls, has pulled away to a double-digit lead over Republican Linda McMahon to replace the retiring Chris Dodd in the U.S. Senate. Still, with McMahon dumping millions into the race in the final week to cap off her $50 million campaign investment the Blumenthal camp is not taking the polling lead for granted.
The Bridgeport election season was quiet until Jim Himes announced one week ago the president will visit the Arena at Harbor Yard to campaign for Democratic candidates. Doors open 1 p.m. on Saturday, first come first serve. Local Democratic operatives hope Barack’s appeal drives thousands more to vote. Barack will arrive on Saturday leading to two full days of media saturation.
GOP operatives will drive pins into their Barack voodoo dolls to will down the city turnout. It makes perfect sense. Some of the races are so close the candidates and followers are on pins and needles.
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Jim Himes has an advertisement stating he’s independent and supports green jobs. Jim Himes was nothing more than a rubber-stamp for the Pelosi/Reid/Obama agenda during his first (and hopefully last) term in office. He showed ZERO independence, and as for green jobs, who cares? People want a job period. If its making windmills, great, but if its making a monster truck, thats good too as long as it puts people back to work. Jim HImes is not going to get people back to work following the statist policies he supported. Time for a change.
What a crock. Obama has destroyed this economy with his socialist agenda and people are finally waking up to that fact.
I grew up in Bridgeport and it is the same dump it has been since the 1970′s when this once industrial giant saw its demise.
Bridgeport’s Democrat controlled city government has seen to keeping their pockets filled while the common citizen is left holding the bag.
Stamford and New Haven are experiencing construction booms while the empty fields in Bridgeport stay that way, empty like the “Hope and Change” promised by Obama, an empty promise and dream.
Bridgeport’s once held greatness came through economic prowess and opportunity afforded it through our freedom and liberty, not government hand outs and class warfare.
LIVE FREE OR DIE!
He’s certainly coming to a safe city. The adoring politicians will be slobbering to get their picture taken with him. Then they’ll go out and raise our taxes to pay for bailouts as a gift for gracing our fair city with his presence.
More Jobs or More Government?
Incumbent Congressman Jim Himes is for the same type of command-and-control policies that have consistently led to low growth and high structural unemployment in Eastern Europe in the twentieth century and in Western Europe today: his only problem with pork-barrel stimulus is that there has not been enough of it. His only concern with the healthcare bill is that it did not go far enough. He voted to adjourn congress without addressing January’s massive tax hikes.
The incumbent is for unlimited government. On his watch, he voted for a government that increased borrowing by a trillion dollars a year. His answer is always the same: more government. More taxes, more spending, more job-killing regulation.
Challenger Dan Debicella believes that there is a better way: he is for policies conducive to economic growth such as replacing the pork-barrel stimulus with a payroll tax cut. He opposes all tax increases and intrusive regulation that stifles job creation.
Dan is for a constitutional, limited government. He would cap the size of the federal government at 20% of our gross domestic product. He would force politicians to make trade-offs between competing priorities instead of always growing the size government. He would reduce the number of government employees.
If Dan Debicella shares your beliefs and you want to help him advance those beliefs in congress, then you can do so here: http://www.40seats.com/ct4 . Both sides should be able to agree that your choice is clear and it is important. What kind of country do we want to live in? Do we want to continue down the current direction or do we think that there is a better way?