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Simmons was the least odious of the Conn. RINO trio (Shays/Johnson/Simmons) but that's not saying much. He's definitely far left on some social issues (example: opposes Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, which 80% of the public supports) and I don't think he “needs” to take those moonbat positions to “win” in CT. He's certainly be an improvement over Dodd. I'd hold my nose for him in the general election (like I did with Tom Kean), but there's no way I can bring myself to endorse this guy in the primary.

I am not impressed with Larry Kudlow. Some other freeper said they mainly know him from when he was on TV with Jim Cramer on the “Kudlow & Cramer” show, where they had a hard time figuring out which one was the “liberal” and which one was the “conservative”, and I agree. Usuaslly the conservative is the forceful, tough guy and the liberal is the whiny, blovicating bore, but in these guys case it was the opposite. Kudlow has that annoying nasally voice that does remind people he was a former coke addict. He's pro-open borders too, and he spent most of 2008 denying the U.S. was in recession, so the RATs will hit him over the head with that the way McCain got killed for saying the economy is “fundamentally sound” Unlike Simmons, polls show Kudlow would lose to Dodd.

My personal preference at this point would be Peter Schiff, who is about as perfect a candidate for economic issues as you can get. Unlike Kudlow’s mistake, Schiff was the opposite — he predicted the economic collapse and housing market bubble would pop before ANYONE else did. He was warning about this stuff back in 2006, and his track record is excellent. The campaign commercials we could run against Dodd with Schiff on the ballot would be great. Social issues wouldn't be a factor because the whole race would revolve around ability to handle the economic crisis. The only downside to Schiff is he was an economic advisor to Ron Paul, but as far as I know he's never embraced any of Paul's nutty foreign policy statements, and was drawn to Paul mainly because Paul was the only candidate supporting a platform to oppose the federal reserve and return America to the gold standard.

Peter Schiff would be the best choice, IMO, with Lt. Governor Michael Fedele being my a distant second. State Senator Sam Caliguiri might run too, I don't know where he is on the political spectrum. The remaining GOP field is “hold your nose and vote for them to stop Dodd” candidates.