Who can blame Ned Lamont, ahead comfortably in the last Q Poll, for not wanting to go face-to-face with Dan Malloy in any kind of format that could affect the looming August 10 Democratic gubernatorial primary? So the Blogster wasn’t surprised when Ned begged off a televised July 27 throwdown planned for New London. But in a possible attempt to divert any criticism toward Lamont, his nominal running mate Mary Glassman (remember she was Malloy’s primary running mate for lieutenant governor back four years ago, but ended up being John DeStefano’s fall LG candidate) has asked for a four-way debate with Malloy and Nancy Wyman, his LG candidate. The botom line is, any candidate should want as much exposure as possible in attempt to interest people in actually voting in the primary.
Here’s the salient reference, fresh from Malloy’s camp.
” Dan Malloy and Nancy Wyman, the Democratic Party’s endorsed candidates for Governor and Lt. Governor, today responded to Mary Glassman’s proposal for “a four-way, joint appearance” that would include Malloy/Wyman and Lamont/Glassman. Glassman made the proposal during a radio appearance on WTIC-AM yesterday. Malloy and Wyman jointly issued the following statement:
“We accept! We think it’s a great idea. In fact, how about July 27th in New London? If that doesn’t work, we’ll let you pick the date and location.”