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Presidential home stretch -- Connecticut watches from afar

 October 23, 2012

So the debates are over and the clear consensus appears to be that President Obama took two out of three. Unfortunately for the president he chose the wrong one to lose, and resoundingly -- the first. That first debate did...

Round 1 to Romney

 October 4, 2012

A passionate Mitt Romney routed a No Drama Obama in their first and most important debate Wednesday night. Most important because first impressions are so crucial and this is the first time the president and challenger faced off. Romney was every...

Obama's post-convention bounce

 September 10, 2012

President Obama has seen a bounce in the polls following the Democratic National Convention, moving ahead by several points in two key tracking polls. The boost in the president's poll standing was in contrast to his Republican opponent,...

No bounce for Romney. Next up on the trampoline, Obama

 September 4, 2012

As the nation gets ready for the start of the Democratic National Convention, it appears Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney received no bounce from last week's Republican convention. According to the

An insider's look at debate gamesmanship

 August 16, 2012

UPDATE: The Murphy campaign has informed The Day that the candidate cannot debate the week of Oct. 3 because Congress is scheduled to be in session. The rest of the blog, written before the announcement by the campaign, is...

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Shays wins! In Stonington

 August 15, 2012

While Linda McMahon swept to a landslide primary victory over former Congressman Chris Shays in Tuesday’s Republican Senate primary, getting 73 percent of the vote, she is still not very popular in Stonington. It was one of a few...

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Ryan shock waves shake Conn. races

 August 13, 2012

The Connecticut Mirror has an interesting take on Mitt Romney's selection of Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as his vice presidential running mate. In an

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Despite governor's spin; a bad jobs report

 July 19, 2012

The governor's office put a heck of a spin on Thursday's report from the Connecticut Department of Labor which found that the unemployement rate in the state...

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Linda McMahon disregarding media heat

 July 2, 2012

Republican Senate candidate Linda McMahon has been facing a lot of news media criticism in the state for her decision to avoid interviews and stick to her strategy of direct voter contact and a TV commercial blitz to get her message...

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Supremes uphold health law, you read it here first!

 June 28, 2012

Even supporters of the Affordable Care Act told me I was venturing far out on a thin limb when I predicted in April, after hearing the...

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Vice President Scalia?

 June 26, 2012

OK, now that I have your attention, I admit I don't really expect Antonin Scalia to give up one of the most influential jobs in Washington, a Supreme Court justice, to run for perhaps the least influential, vice president. But listening...

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