[jamese777]

"You check out the GOP bench in Connecticut lately? It's pretty thin."

The Republican governor of Connecticut, Jody Rell currently has the 5th highest positive job approval rating of any sitting governor at 69% positive. This in a blue state.

3 out of 5 Connecticut congressmen/women are Republicans. They may be moderate northeastern Republicans but for the fall its numbers in the Republican caucus that will determine control of the Senate and the national agenda. The Republicans need numbers and can sort out ideology later.

[sittnick]

The Republicans need numbers and can sort out ideology later.

I left Connecticut in part because of that shell game. The party is where it is because it has more principle (not much more than zero but more) than the Democrats. It would be better to have a smaller majority and be rid of quislings and infiltrators. What we lose in the "Suburban-Bimbo-from-Hell" vote we gain in rank and file blue collar types. If the Dems want to be a party of the northeast and west coasts only, that is a strategy to be a permanent minority party.

[A Balrog of Morgoth]

No offense, but if this Schlesinger mutt is the best they could do, I am profoundly unimpressed.