Monthly Archive for November, 2014

: November, 2014

Cruz’ suggestion for Secretary of Defense: Joe Lieberman

Texas U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, responding to the resignation Monday of Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, held out former Sen. Joe Lieberman as a possible successor. Cruz, one of President Obama’s harshest

Walker puts out feelers for Senate run in 2016

For a political party in the grips of a famine, there appears to be little appetite in the Connecticut GOP to put a challenger up against U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., in 2016 — until now

Greenberg sets sights on GOP chairmanship

Mark Greenberg’s next foray in Connecticut politics could be a charitable endeavor. Coming of his loss to U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty, D-5th District, in the Nov. 4 midterm election — the third time he

Himes not tapped for senior party position in House

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Monday appointed Rep. Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., to head the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the Democratic Party wing devoted to electing

Shelton mayor eyes job of state GOP boss

Emboldened by a $148,000 fundraising haul during his brief run for governor, longtime Shelton Mayor Mark Lauretti has emerged as a suitor for the job of state GOP chairman. Lauretti, 60, who is in his

Group tells Pelosi not to appoint Himes to DCCC

A left-liberal group that identifies itself as the “Elizabeth Warren Wing’’ of the Democratic Party is calling on House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi not to name Rep. Jim Himes as the next chairman of

Did Somers cost Foley the governorship?

You’d never see John McCain driving the “Straight Talk Express.” Or Mitt Romney taking the wheel of his campaign bus. A political operative says that the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor

Moving on up. Sen. Bob Duff of Norwalk becomes Senate majority leader

Good things come to those who wait, especially for legislative veterans such as Sen. Bob Duff and Majority Leader Martin Looney of New Haven. In a vote today, the 21-member majority voted to make

Tom Foley “Who’s your daddy?” Quinnipiac Poll nails it.

That surprise day-before-the-election Quinnipiac University Poll turned out to be the harbinger of Gov. Dannel Malloy’s

Gun-control bill of 2013 worked both ways in House races

Remember when the House was 97 Democrats to 54 Republicans? The majority still has it. But come January 7, when the next General Assembly gets sworn in,it might be 87 Democrats to 64 Republicans. One