You’ve heard of the six degrees of Kevin Bacon — the game where you try to connect another actor or actress with the prolific Brat Pack star.
What if we tried to link politicians to Lowell Weicker Jr., the former governor and the former U.S. senator?
Weicker participated in a panel discussion on the state’s fiscal mess hosted by the Comeback America Initiative and No Labels Connecticut Friday in Hartford.
Also there, U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman; former Lt. Gov. Michael Fedele; Ned Lamont; David Walker, former U.S. comptroller general; former U.S. Reps. Nancy Johnson and Barbara Kennelly; and Ben Barnes, secretary of the state Office of Policy and Management.
Can you link the follow politicos/wonks to Weicker?
Joe Lieberman
Ned Lamont
Michael Fedele
David Walker
Nancy Johnson
Barbara Kennelly
Ben Barnes
Check below for the answers:
No Labels Connecticut and the Comeback America Initiative hosted a summit on fiscal responsibility Friday in Hartford. From left to right, Ned Lamont, former Senate and former gubernatorial candidate; Debra Hauser, Democratic co-chair of No Labels Connecticut; Ben Barnes, secretary of the Office of Policy and Management; Sheila Weinberg, founder of the Institute for Truth in Accounting; Oz Griebel, former gubernatorial candidate; and Lowell Weicker Jr.
Lieberman: defeated Weicker in the 1988 U.S. Senate race, denying the then-Republican a fourth term
Lamont: wrested the Democratic nomination away from Lieberman on a tide of opposition to the Iraq war in 2006, only to lose the general election to the independent Lieberman. See above for Lieberman’s connection to Weicker.
Fedele: served in the state House of Representatives when Weicker was governor and is considering a run for Lieberman’s Senate seat in 2012
Walker: the previous owner of his home in Bridgeport’s Black Rock section is former U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays, who lost his bid for re-election in 2008 to Jim Himes, former Democratic Town Committee chairman of Greenwich. Weicker used to be first selectman of Greenwich.
Johnson: lost to Democrat Chris Murphy in the 2006 5th congressional district race and is vying to succeed Lieberman in the seat once held by Weicker
Kennelly: lost the 1998 gubernatorial race to incumbent John G. Rowland, who was preceded in office by Weicker
Barnes: a key adviser to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, who defeated Lamont in the 2010 gubernatorial primary. Lamont won and lost to Lieberman, who beat Weicker.