In an interview today, House Minority Leader Lawrence Cafero, R-Norwalk, contributed the state GOP’s poor showing in yesterday’s elections to the success of Democratic President-Elect Barack Obama.
Cafero, who was tapped by fellow legislators in 2006 to lead the House Republicans, saw his caucus dwindle from the already small “fightin’ 44″ as they are called to 37 going into the 2009 session.
“I do not read this as a rejection of the core beliefs that we as Connecticut Republicans have,” Cafero told me.
But retiring House Speaker James Amann, D-Milford, who hopes to run for Governor in two years, said Cafero is in denial.
“Is he going to wait until there’s three people in his caucus to say what we’re doing hasn’t been working?” Amann said.
He then quoted talk show host Dr. Phil McGraw.
“Dr. Phil says it best. ‘How’s it working for you Larry’?” Amann said. “It hasn’t worked.”
