Monthly Archive for September, 2010

: September, 2010

Malloy Proposes Plan to Expand Services for Autism

   Dannel Malloy, the Democratic candidate for governot, this morning appeared in a New Britain news conference to offer a program of expanded services for families with autistic members. Here’s the

One size fits all barn jackets? Scott Brown to stump for Foley

  What is all of a sudden a tight race for governor is about to have its Orvis moment. Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown will campaign for GOP gubernatorial contender Tom Foley at an Oct. 9 rally in

What questions would you like to ask Foley and Malloy?

Separated by just three points in the latest Quinnipiac University gubernatorial poll, Republican Tom Foley and Democrat Dan Malloy will go mano-a-mano Friday at a gubernatorial debate hosted by the

Malloy, Foley race now “too close to call,” poll says

Republican candidate for governor Tom Foley, once substantially behind in the governor’s race, now has 42 percent to Democrat Dan Malloy’s 45 percent, making the race too close to call, according to a

McMahon nearly even with Blumenthal in latest poll

Republican Linda McMahon, capitalizing on voter anger with government, has drawn within 3 percentage points of Democrat Richard Blumenthal in the U.S. Senate race, the latest Quinnipiac University

Tales from the rope line

Just got off the phone with a source — the person shall remain unnamed — who met President Obama along the rope line at the end of Thursday’s fundraiser for Dick Blumenthal in Stamford. Tickets were

Credit given where credit is due

The pols inevitably get most if not all of the ink when the president comes to town, and when they don’t, the celebs do. But the members of the president’s security detail — the Secret Service,

Reflections on the last Obama visit to Greenwich

The last time Barack Obama was in Greenwich for a fundraiser was in May 2007, when he was an Illinois senator and Hillary Rodham Clinton seemed to have the inside track toward the Democratic

Millionaire’s club: Obama to rake in $1 million

A Democratic National Committee source confirmed to us that President Obama is expected to raise $1 million tonight at a an oh-so “private” dinner tonight in backcountry Greenwich. The price per plate

McMahon gives Obama a wide berth — 100 miles and 6 counties

As if you expected Republican Linda McMahon to leave the lights on in her Conyers Farm estate tonight for President Obama, who is visiting the heavily-fortified enclave for a $30,000-per-plate