Political Capitol

Political Capitol

Brian Lockhart covers the Connecticut General Assembly in Hartford

Dear legislative Republicans: Please make up your minds about President Obama

During yesterday’s budget debate in the Senate, at least one Republican in making the case against the Democratic majority’s tax increases, argued even Democratic President Barack Obama has been reluctant to raise taxes on the rich during the recession.

But just a few minutes ago Rep. Vincent Candelora, R-North Branford, while criticizing the same budget proposal and tax increases in the House of Representatives, said the package threatens to “Obama-nize” Connecticut.

C’mon guys. Let’s have a little consistency in your arguments.

Posted in General | Add a comment

RSS feed for comments on this post.

Post a Comment

Recent Comments

Categories