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Each day brings new stories about Democratic candidates running away from President Obama, insider Washington, and the most radical anti-business agenda ever seen in the nation's capitol. Even Democrats, for example, are running against Obamacare. But Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, vying to replace retiring Senator Chris Dodd, tonight kicks off a novel strategy-he's embracing the president. Blumenthal's approach: I'm with you, comrade! Raise taxes, drive jobs away, increase the cost of living...together we'll show'em how government is supposed to work! Blumenthal tonight welcomes Barack Obama to this deep blue state to "energize" his campaign and raise money for his...

<p>"Pennsylvania is 51st in taxes on corporate income," said Darrell McKigney when I spoke with him last week. "And Pennsylvania is 44th in health care costs, 39th in electric utility rates, 42nd in workers' compensation rates and 47th in gas taxes." McKigney is the president of the Small Business Survival Committee in Washington, D.C., one of the nation's leading small-business advocacy organizations. With the rankings mentioned above, he was referring to how Pennsylvania stacks up against other states and the District of Columbia in the latest Small Business Survival Index.</p>