I am a big fan of street-level campaigning. I like to see candidates meeting and greeting average citizens – not just going to DTC meetings and fundraisers. Jim Himes is doing a wonderful job of that – he was all over Fairfield County Monday – but it helps to be an incumbent office holder on break to do that. Jim walked the district from Greenwich to Bridgeport during the last campaign (and I walked from Westport to Bridgeport with him.) He also walked through Black Rock (yes, I was there, too.)
Here are a couple of candidates out on the trail during a previous campaign:
So what do our Democratic candidates’ publicly released schedules look like?
Governor:
Dan Malloy’s calendar is chock-full – very impressive!
Ned Lamont’s schedule is not nearly as full, but he’s clearly out there, and he’s probably not listing everything.
Mary Glassman’s primitive website has nothing listed, nor any place to put such a list.
Rudy Marconi’s website says “There are currently no events.”
Senate:
Richard Blumenthal’s website has no events listed.
Merrick Alpert’s website has 3 past event, from March 6-8, but no future events.
Just to clarify, Rudy Marconi’s calendar is also “chock full.” He is visiting so many places across Connecticut that he has been unable to CREATE any additional events to post on his website. Rudy’s team is working also working hard and has not listed every invitation he has received on the website. But make no mistake, Rudy is out there, shaking hands and meeting people. He does all this at the same time he runs Connecticut’s Number One Town —very impressive.
Comment by Gerri — March 10th, 2010 @ 3:57 pm
That’s good to know, but appearing to be busy is just as important as being busy – try to find time to list his activities.
Comment by Jonathan Kantrowitz — March 10th, 2010 @ 3:59 pm