Greenwich Republican Tom Foley introduced a nice helping of red partisan meat to today’s 10-person gubernatorial debate in Bridgeport, arguing the budget crisis “was created by a Democrat-dominated legislature.”
After some of the Democrats present defended their party and argued Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell – and before her Republican John Rowland – wield plenty of power at the capitol, Foley responded: “Sounds like I touched a raw nerve.”
And then he went right back after the Democrats, arguing their veto-proof majority in the legislature has created an “unhealthy situation” and “thank God we’ve had a Republican governor to keep it from getting worse than it has.”
Former Republican U.S. Congressman Larry DeNardis sought to position himself above the fray, telling the audience “I detect here a lot of finger-pointing.”
But Republican Oz Griebel, who during the campaign has been portraying himself as the kind of guy who can work with everybody in Hartford to get things done, actually issued a press release a little while ago denouncing Foley. Now if only he’d been this bold during the debate so we’d have had live, Republican-on-Republican action…:
Griebel Reacts to Ambassador Foley’s Remarks at Gubernatorial Forum
West Hartford, CT – Oz Griebel, candidate for the GOP nomination for governor, today released the following statement in response to Greenwich millionaire Tom Foley’s comments at this morning’s forum in Bridgeport.
“At this morning’s forum, Ambassador Foley continued placing blame on others. While we all agree that we can and must do better, we certainly aren’t going to solve anything by saying Hartford is broken and broke.”
“As a former teacher and lifelong coach, I know leadership is about guiding teams to desired outcomes, not pointing fingers. Instead, our state needs a CEO who has a proven track record of identifying solutions and solving tough problems at the nexus of business and public policy in Connecticut. In my campaign and as governor, I am committed to and will be focused on working with our Republican leadership to find meaningful solutions.”
Pretty mild to warrant “denouncing.”
Oh please – of course Oz can “work with everybody” – he’s been sending them cash!
Since 2006 Griebel’s contributed $9700 to various candidates campaigns; of that only 3K has gone to Republicans.
He seems like a nice enough candidate………for the Democrats.