Today Tom Foley of Greenwich, who has been eyeing the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd, said he is instead thinking about running for Governor now that Republican incumbent M. Jodi Rell has decided to retire (to the surprise of some).
Also today state Senator Sam Caligiuri, R-Waterbury, who likewise had been looking to unseat Dodd, decided to leave that race and instead pursue the party’s nomination to challenge Democratic U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy.
These changes come just weeks after former U.S. Senate candidate Ned Lamont of Greenwich cannonballed into the pool of candidates or potential candidates for the Democratic nomination for Governor and performed quite well in the most recent Quinnipiac University poll, splashing water on the hopes of most of the other potential contenders from his party.
And of course there are the rumors that some Democrats are hoping Dodd, who did not fair so well in that same Quinnipiac poll, decides to voluntarily end his career rather than allow his seat to fall into GOP hands.
So where does “Scooby Doo” come in?
Readers of a certain age will recall how the mystery solving gang from the cartoon often found themselves in bizarre chase sequences, popping in and out of doors and sometimes suddenly, for no reason, swapping places with each other or with the villain that is pursuing them (older readers would say “Scooby” writers were inspired by the late British comedian Benny Hill.)
Here’s a live action “Scooby” spoof to the Benny Hill theme I found on the Internet. Substitute Foley, Caligiuri, Lamont, Dodd, Rell and anyone else you think might be appropriate, and have a bit of a laugh at the absurdity of it all as we spend the next few months watching candidates popping out of doors, jockeying for position in the 2010 races.
UPDATE: Here’s another “Scooby” chase spoof. I think the first one is the best but this DOES use the official cartoon theme.
UPDATE 2: And fellow reporter Greg Hladky has some creative fun with the ever-changing political landscape using an old Abbott and Costello comedy routine.
