Speaker of the House Christopher Donovan at the podium during the final hours of the Connecticut General Assembly in Hartford, Conn. on Wednesday May, 9, 2012.
We posed that question to Linda McMahon this morning during a campaign stop in Stamford.
The professional wrestling mogul and Republican Senate contender could have tried to spin the Chris Donovan scandal to her advantage.
But she didn’t, emphasizing that a federal investigation into Donovan’s fundraising operation is “still underway.”
“What’s more distressful for me it just continues to erode (the) confidence level in those who are either seeking office or are in government for the folks that are there,” McMahon told Hearst Connecticut Newspapers. “At time when approval ratings of Congress are so low, these kinds of things contribute negatively to that confidence level.”
McMahon, who was endorsed by Republicans at the state party convention last month over Christopher Shays but is still in a primary race against the former congressman, is comfortable to the umpteenth degree.
The former chief executive of WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) spent $50 million of her OWN money two years ago on her unsuccessful campaign, setting a new standard stratosphere for self-funded candidates in Connecticut.