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1984?

No. Perhaps more like 1976, when Ford won CT in a squeaker. I believe Labriola is the son of a conservative rediatrician who went RINO in later years.

Romney's flavor of RINOism might play OK in CT, though Obama remains popular in Bridgeport, New Haven and Hartford.

The CT Dems have been getting more and more bold about their vote fraud. The last Republican governor who didn't inherit the position was convicted felon John Rowland, who did NOTHING to get these shenanigans under control. His Republican successor, Jody Rell, did less.

Jerry Labriola the Elder was elected to a verrry blue collar State Senate seat centered in Naugatuck on the Housatonic River. He understood very well and voted accordingly in favor of conservatism generally and social conservatism in particular. When he sold out to John Rowland (an apostate on social issues), therefore, in exchange for a lieutenant governor nomination when Rowland lost to Weicker (who was elected as an "independent"), Labriola willingly entered the moral monster zone. A pediatrician, he sold out the babies. If it had occurred to Rowland his campaign manager John Mastropietro, Labriola the Elder would have sold out marriage as well. He has disappeared from public consciousness and may be dead for all I know.

Labriola the Younger who is now Connecticut GOP State Chairman (which explains much about Connecticut's sorry state) is not only a disgrace to the GOP but also to the legal profession. Nothing could be as bad as Weicker on both scores but Jerry the Younger is trying. He had no moral dilemma as a necessary part of being the disgrace that he is. He was an ideological liberal whore to begin with. He is no doubt whoring after the election of State Senator Andrew Roraback to the Northwest Connecticut 5th District seat being vacated by Chris Murphy (Demonrat US Senate candidate). Roraback is so bad (Weicker without the arrogance) that he just might surpass Weicker.

here’s more useful food for thought on what the pro-lifers should do regarding Roraback:
WWTRD? What would the Rinos do?

When Hoffman took the lead in NY-23 and Dede Scozza-f dropped out, she endorsed the DEM and the RINO crowd openly followed along .. RINO towns went for the DEM. Hoffman lost ... Rinos came back with their own candidate in ‘10 and again in ‘12.

So if Greenberg had won, the Rino’s would be openly for Esty just as they were in the primary! The Rino’s had carfuls of Lisa Wilson-Foley signs and the other side of the car had Esty signs. Joint project ... everywhere you saw a Lisa sign, an Esty sign was 4 feet away.