Posted on 08/07/2006 1:15:28 PM PDT by Uncledave
Hi fellow nutmeggers,
I didn't see this discussed anywhere and wanted to get others' take on it.
Rell is a very popular governor and is certain to win reelection. If Lamont wins the dem primary in the general election, weather or not Joe runs as an indy, I think Rell could win the senate seat. I've no reason to think Rell is interested in going to DC, but the opportunity is there.
If indeed she had the inclination to run, she certainly wouldn't announce it until after the dem primary and Joe's intentions were clearer.
I know in late May the CT GOP nominated Rell for Gov and Schlesinger for US Senate (who has zero chance of winning). I'm not sure if/how the slate could be changed.
Does anyone think Rell might go for the senate seat?
Nutmeg,
Am I nuts here?
Surely Conn. must have someone besides Schlesinger who can step in and get 40% of the vote. This is a golden opportunity.
I dont think she is at all interested. If she gave up the governor's race then that would most likely go Dem. Plus there is no indication Alan Schlesinger will step aside and the party can't really do anything to strip him of the nomination.
Rell is a popular governor, but I doubt she has any interest in running for the Senate. I also don't think she'd win in either a 3-way with Lieberman and Lamont or head to head with Ned.
I'd rather see a Dem in the gov spot with Rell going to DC. Schlesinger could possibly step aside if his casino hijinx stank enough, and if Rell pressed for the spot.
I tend to agree she would not be a sure winner in the Senate race. In any case it probably is a moot point as she wants a full term as governor.
Agree. Schlesinger is such a bozo (gambling under an assumed name at the Indian casinos - c'mon) I can't even bring myself to work for him or support him. Damn you Bill Buckley for using Lieberman to get rid of Lowell Weicker - and bringing us the state income tax!!
Would Leiberman win a three way race?
Jeez we've got a sorry bunch of representatives in this state, don't we?
I've thought about it, but Jody Rell is too closely tied to Rowland (although she appears to be clean). She'd be torn apart by the liberal media.
I think she's popular because she hasn't really done anything.
Schlesinger is running about the most luke warm campaign I've ever seen. I went to his website and it provides almost no useful information. Perhaps he's letting Lieberman-Lamont tear each other apart first without giving the Dems anything to fight against.
Against Schlesinger and Lamont? I think almost certainly so.
Against Rell and Lamont? I think the odds would favor Lieberman, but she'd do a little better than Schlesinger. But, why give up the governorship to lose a senate race?
It is indeed sad.
If Schlesinger were sitting beside me at a coffee shop I wouldn't know. I've never seen the guy in a photo. His media coverage is zero.
Assuming he's Jewish given his last name, I wonder if he'll get some of the Jewish vote. With Lieberman dumped and what's happening in Israel, I imagine some of those votes are in play.
Another point is that Rell, too my surprise just a little, is still well ahead in the polls as she runs for governor. No reason for her to give that up in favor of a what would be a very iffy Senate race.
There's been hardly any talk of the Demo gubernatorial primary here. It seems like both candidates are doing nothing but trying to out-liberal each other, and say who hates Bush more. I think Rell would have an easier time beating DeStefano because of his poor TV persona, and the record in New Haven isn't that good.
Could she be on two tickets, as Joe was in 2000? Dumb idea anyway.
She's real RINO... and IMO... she's over her head already.
I think you're right that DeStefano will be easier than Malloy, who is more personable. Both bad news.
"She's real RINO... and IMO... she's over her head already."
She would definitely join the Snowe-Collins-Specter-Chafee liberal northeastern Republican caucus if she ran and was elected.
M. Jodi Rell was honored by the Pro-Choice Coalition, she's pro-estate tax and anti-No Child Left Behind.
It seems that Lieberman is closing the gap -- was trailing 13, now down only 6
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2283661
Why couldn't the GOP at least have recruited somebody who wasn't a certifiable nut case, just in case something odd like this happened?
Candidates from the other Party sometimes die or get caught in bed with little boys or some such thing. So, whoever gets on the ticket at that level should at least be sane and minimally electable. Instead, it appears the GOP just looked the other way thinking nothing could ever happen except a Lieberman blow out. Have we so soon forgotten the lessons of The Wellstone Moment?
Somebody in the RNC or on the Senatorial Campaign Committee sure dropped the ball, big time.
Well, it cost a lot of money and takes a lot of time and energy to run for Senate. No one wants to spend the money (or do the work necessary to raise the money if one doesn't have resources like Lamont) and make the effort to run if you don't think there's a snowball's chance in hell of winning. Back wen it was time to recruit candidates, it looked like Lieberman was a shoo-in. Not many serious people in the GOP in CT who could even mount a challenge, let along want to use up their credibility playing Don Quixote to Lieberman's windmill.
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