Malloy has Roy O. break endorsement news to Bysiewicz

Turns out when Democratic Gov. Dannel Malloy had to tell Susan Bysiewicz about today’s endorsement of U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy for U.S. Senate, he had Chief Advisor Roy Occhigrosso do it.

“I did call Susan this morning,” Occhiogrosso said. “The reason I called and not the governor is because he was at an event and we learned on fairly short notice that the (news) advisory was about to go out. Rather than have her find out via press advisory we decided I would call, realizing I’m not the governor but figuring it was still better than having the Bysiewicz folks find out via the press.”

Malloy’s support is hardly unexpected. Murphy’s been racking up endorsements from state party leaders so it was only a matter of time before the Democrats’ titular head got involved.

I guess it’s better than texting her.

Brian Lockhart