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… according to the mailers I’ve received from proponents/opponents of Bridgeport’s key charter revision question on tomorrow’s ballot.

Here’s an ad featuring a beaming President beside Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch sent out last month by the folks who want residents to vote “yes” for an appointed ed board:

And here’s the mailer circulated over the weekend with a smiling First Lady:

Obviously these aren’t official White House endorsements and the two sides have taken it upon themselves to use the First Couple’s images to court supporters.

So confusing. At least we know that Obama, a Democrat, supports Republican Linda McMahon for U.S. Senate in Connecticut. Wait. What? I thought the President was all in for Democrat Chris Murphy…

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Linda McMahon, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, upset some in her party last month when she launched a new television advertisement urging supporters of Democratic President Barack Obama to split the ticket and also vote for her.

While Obama leads Republican rival Mitt Romney in the polls in Connecticut by different margins, some Republicans still holding out hope for a Romney victory here were offended McMahon appeared to have given up on the GOP candidate.

But other Republicans saw her Obama commercial as brilliant strategy in a reliably blue state.

Considering McMahon is not a supporter of Obama’s policies and has pledged to reverse some if elected, it’s hard to imagine too many people following her suggestion to split their ticket, but who knows?

So today her Democratic opponent, U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy, released the following ad featuring an appeal straight from Obama.

And here’s McMahon’s commercial.