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	<title>CT Politics &#187; Neil Vigdor</title>
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		<title>Power lunch: Malloy &#8220;welcomes&#8221; Perry to CT</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/06/17/power-lunch-malloy-welcomes-perry-to-ct/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Vigdor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cue the &#8220;Spaghetti Western&#8221; soundtrack. Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy (D) conveniently found a block of free time in his daily schedule Monday and used it to make an impromptu stop at a luncheon in downtown Hartford hosted by his Texas counterpart, Rick Perry, who is trying to entice businesses here to relocate to the<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/06/17/power-lunch-malloy-welcomes-perry-to-ct/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Labriola confident on his re-election chances as state GOP chairman</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/06/14/labriola-confident-on-his-re-election-chances-as-state-gop-chairman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Vigdor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Falling to Rosa DeLauro seems to be a prerequisite for leading the Connecticut Republican Party. Two of the three contenders for the GOP chairmanship have mounted unsuccessful challenges to the Democratic congresswoman in the 3rd District, including current party boss Jerry Labriola Jr., who mustered 35 percent of the vote in the 2010 House race.<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/06/14/labriola-confident-on-his-re-election-chances-as-state-gop-chairman/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>State GOP picks tea party fave, union nemesis Walker for keynote</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/03/25/state-gop-picks-tea-party-fave-union-nemesis-walker-for-keynote/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/03/25/state-gop-picks-tea-party-fave-union-nemesis-walker-for-keynote/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:39:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Vigdor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No, the C in CPAC doesn&#8217;t stand for Connecticut. But don&#8217;t tell that to Republicans in the state. They have booked a tea party favorite who is persona non grata among organized labor to be their keynote speaker at the upcoming Prescott Bush Awards Dinner, eschewing a middle-of-the-road Republican in favor of a bold and<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/03/25/state-gop-picks-tea-party-fave-union-nemesis-walker-for-keynote/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Running of the bulls: Nappier to seek re-election as Dow hits high</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/03/05/running-of-the-bulls-nappier-to-seek-re-election-as-dow-hits-high/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:36:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Vigdor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The subject of speculation that she might not run again, the longest-tenured statewide office holder in Connecticut tells Hearst Connecticut Newspapers she hopes to be on the ballot in 2014. On a day when the Dow Jones industrial average reached an all-time high, Democratic state Treasurer Denise Nappier said she has no plans to step<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/03/05/running-of-the-bulls-nappier-to-seek-re-election-as-dow-hits-high/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>No mitzvah goes unpunished: Whitnum chases Blumenthal</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/02/26/no-mitzvah-goes-unpunished-whitnum-chases-blumenthal/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/02/26/no-mitzvah-goes-unpunished-whitnum-chases-blumenthal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:16:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Vigdor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lee Whitnum has LoJack on Dick Blumenthal. Apparently, it needs a new homing beacon. For five weeks, Whitnum, a disillusioned former Democrat who has publicly and quite controversially condemned America&#8217;s relationship with Israel, says she has been trying to serve Connecticut&#8217;s senior U.S. senator with a deposition related to a 2011 bar mitzvah ceremony attended<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/02/26/no-mitzvah-goes-unpunished-whitnum-chases-blumenthal/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Murphy gets carded &#8212; not in the traditional sense</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/02/20/murphy-gets-carded-not-in-the-traditional-sense/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:44:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Vigdor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s never a Staples when you want one. It seems U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., who is approaching two months into his first term in the upper chamber, is getting the freshman treatment from the congressional printing office. &#8220;Do you have a card?&#8221; Murphy was asked this morning by Greenwich Harbor Master Ian MacMillan on<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/02/20/murphy-gets-carded-not-in-the-traditional-sense/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>An all-Stamford gubernatorial race?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/02/01/an-all-stamford-gubernatorial-race/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/02/01/an-all-stamford-gubernatorial-race/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Vigdor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year marks the 40th anniversary of Westhill High School&#8217;s first graduating class in Stamford. But it&#8217;s no ordinary reunion. In that Class of 1973 was first-term Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and former Lt. Gov. Michael Fedele, a Republican who is making overtures about challenging his former classmate in 2014. &#8220;If I feel that<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/02/01/an-all-stamford-gubernatorial-race/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Malloy&#8217;s audience with Biden</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/01/18/malloys-audience-with-biden/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/01/18/malloys-audience-with-biden/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 01:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Vigdor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy huddled with Vice President Biden earlier this evening in the West Wing of the White House. The two discussed gun control reform in the aftermath of the Dec. 14 shooting rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. Malloy&#8217;s office released this photo, taken by the White House. Stay with<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/01/18/malloys-audience-with-biden/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Will Linda&#8217;s flock be celebrating or commiserating?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2012/11/06/will-lindas-flock-be-celebrating-or-commiserating/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2012/11/06/will-lindas-flock-be-celebrating-or-commiserating/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 23:16:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Vigdor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a peek at Linda McMahon&#8217;s Election Night setup at the Hilton Stamford Hotel, which is where she celebrated her victory in the Republican Senate primary back in August. Ironically, they&#8217;re watching CNN. This seems more like a Fox News crowd.]]></description>
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		<title>State: Robust turnout across Connecticut, isolated glitches</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2012/11/06/state-robust-turnout-across-connecticut-isolated-glitches/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2012/11/06/state-robust-turnout-across-connecticut-isolated-glitches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 22:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Vigdor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the Secretary of the State doesn&#8217;t keep hourly turnout figures the way many cities and towns do, a spokesman for the office is projecting that 75 to 80 percent of Connecticut&#8217;s 2,000,000 voters will cast ballots by the time the polls close at 8 p.m. Av Harris says that total is in the ballpark<a class="moretag" href="http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2012/11/06/state-robust-turnout-across-connecticut-isolated-glitches/"> &#160;Read More</a>]]></description>
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