GOP seeks rebound from election losses, a legislative defection(CT. GOP legislator defects)

Boston Globe, AP ^ | November 26, 2006 | Susan Haigh

[Dane]

HARTFORD, Conn. --Just two weeks after the election, the shrinking Republican minority in the state's House of Representatives got a little smaller.

State Rep. Diana Urban, a newly re-elected, six-year incumbent from North Stonington, announced she was switching parties and joining the majority Democrats. It marked another setback for the Connecticut Republicans, who had little to cheer about after this month's election except for Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell's overwhelming victory.

Rep. Lawrence Cafero Jr., R-Norwalk, the new House minority leader, denies Urban's defection has anything to do with the party. He said it was more about Urban.

But Cafero acknowledges problems within his party, which now faces a veto-proof majority of Democrats in the legislature and a full slate of Democratic constitutional officers. Meanwhile, Democrats now hold four of Connecticut's five U.S. House of Representatives seats, along with its two U.S. Senate seats

[Dane]

Looks like they are having a political orgy at the AP and Boston Globe over this.

[Graybeard58]

Ping.

[goldstategop]

Another Rockefeller Republican deserts the GOP to become a Democrat. I'm surprised there are still Republicans left in Connecticut.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[goldstategop]

The one left in Congress is that worthless RINO scumbag Chris Shays.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

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Is there such a thing as a Conn. Republican in the first place?

[VictoryGal]

> Is there such a thing as a Conn. Republican in the first place?

The closest thing is Lieberman :-)

[goldstategop]

They're liberals who've pretended for a long time to be Republicans out of fear of joining the unwashed masses. What's different now is voters are dumping RINOs for real liberals - Democrats.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[Mo1]

Many Connecticut Republicans see themselves as more moderate than their national counterparts. Rell, for example, supports abortion rights and funding for stem cell research. She also signed the same-sex civil unions bill into law when Republicans elsewhere strongly oppose such measures.

She is not a Republican

[FlingWingFlyer]

Urban only did what she had to do to insure an uninterrupted flow of pork to the voters back home.

[goldstategop]

Jodi Rell would have lost if the Democrats found a better candidate to go up against her. She's a RINO.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[goldstategop]

More likely, she decided it was the right time to be a Democrat. Why pretend to something you aren't? Conservative Republicans in the Northeast are as rare as a hen's tooth.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[Mo1]

I will admit I don't know much about her ... this isn't my state

But if those are the things that she believes in .. then she is a democrat

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What's different now is voters are dumping RINOs for real liberals - Democrats.

Good for them, its about time. Lets lay the cards on the table.

[Savage Beast]

The Bush Administration and the Republican Congress can blame themselves for their losses. They ignored the cries of their base support to close the border, stop illegal immigration, nullify Eminent Domain, and decrease federal spending. The GOP was amply warned. Its leaders can thank themselves.

[Dane]

The Bush Administration and the Republican Congress can blame themselves for their losses. They ignored the cries of their base support to close the border, stop illegal immigration, nullify Eminent Domain, and decrease federal spending. The GOP was amply warned. Its leaders can thank themselves.

Please, you trolls get shriller with every post.

Now let's use some common sense, why would a state(CT.) defect to the democrats?

I can assuredly tell you it wasn't because tom tancredo was ignored, tancredo wasn't, President Bush signed a tacredo backed bill for a 700 mile fence.

But nice try at being nancy's buttboy savage beast. Soory but your gig is over and your Queen nancy, now has to take the blame.

[EGPWS]

State Rep. Diana Urban, a newly re-elected, six-year incumbent from North Stonington, announced she was switching parties and joining the majority Democrats.

Gosh, losing another politician with true conviction for what is best for their constituents. /s

[EGPWS]

Urban only did what she had to do to insure an uninterrupted flow of pork to the voters back home.

An icon of virtue she is.

[goldstategop]

She'll be forgiven as a Democrat for things she'd be fired for if she was a Republican. Republican liberals are hypocrites; Democrats are true believers without scruples.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus