"My team and I are honored and proud to be endorsed by the New York Times," Malloy said. "The New York Times sees my candidacy as the one best positioned to challenge Governor Rell in the general election, with an understanding of the issues facing Connecticut and a track record to deliver results."
The New York Times editorial states that "...voters deserve a race in which the issues are clearly and forcefully debated, one that ends with a real choice in November. On that count, Mr. Malloy seems the better candidate." And goes on to say, "...Stamford's mayor has the more impressive track record when it comes to tackling the big issues and trying out practical solutions. Mr. Malloy correctly sees that affordable housing, jobs and transportation are all linked." (Malloy)
I have to imagine that for a lot of people, the first time they hear of Dan Malloy will be when they crack open the New York Times's Connecticut section today.
Will it affect the vote? Maybe. A lot of likely voters haven't made up their minds about the gubernatorial primary. We'll see. I'm sure John DeStefano will have something to say about this soon.
Source
"Malloy Receives Endorsement of New York Times." Dan Malloy for Governor. Press Release. 22 July, 2006.
18 comments:
Allow me to be the first to scratch my head in confusion as to how that happened.
NYT is only a factor in Ffld County and if Malloy is not crushing there already, wont matter.
If the Courant endorses DM, JDS is in deep sushi
Ha ha ha
A Malloy endorsement may be quite reasonable and pass the rational basis test. But even the Times will endorse Rell in November, if history is a guide. They just love moderate Republicans, and are not ashamed to show it, even in the general.
It does lend some credibility as a marker to place on primary advertisements, but directly, it offers no help.
We're all really waiting for the big 3 endorsements: The Trumbull Times, The Newtown Bee and the Yale Daily News.
Funny that the NYT editors mentioned Malloy's job numbers. . . . which were declared 'discredited' in the New Haven Register this week.
The 3,500 hundred jobs that he claims to have brought to Stamford through UBS came in a deal signed by Dan's predecessor, but he's quick to falsely lay claim to those jobs.
One wonders if the NYT's would have gone the other way if they had known this.
You never know what produces a Times endorsement. Back in 1986, during a luncheon Q&A session at the Times' headquarters in Manhattan, Gov. Bill O'Neill said he'd "look into" the problem of deer that were attacking Punch Sulzburger's mother's rose garden in Stamford. Since this was the publisher's main (and only) stated concern at the time, I'll always believe O'Neill's words of concern won him the endorsement over Julie Belaga.
Actually, Anon 1:10 the NYT mentions employment numbers, not job creation numbers, which are two totally different statistics.
"Mr. Malloy has worked hard to attract business to his city and, aided by Stamford's strategic location close to New York and with the help from the state, has presided over an impressive increase in employment. Several large corporations have moved to Stamford or expanded there."
bluecoat said... RE: "
Indictment of Doctor Tests Drug Marketing Rules "
The FDA should be closed down - it's a total waste.
(lurkers, don't bother with the Thalidomide nonsense, the FDA had nothing to do with it)
DesTeafno attacking Malloy on the crime issue would be like Alan Gold doing an ad about gambling
At least he's right about the NHL. The state already has probably spent close to a billion on ballparks, concert pavilions and arenas...and accomplished what exactly?
Suprised it took it took ChrisMC so long to comment.
Chris wants you to believe very badly that DeStefano going on television early was a bad idea. In fact, so does Dan Malloy. Dan said last week in the Courant that he thought DeStefano was wasting money.
That was until he saw the Q Poll.
Chris Cooney writing in an e-mail to DM supporters that the "race is wide open" is the equivalent of Joe Lieberman saying in January of '04 that he was in a three way tie for third place. Ugh.
The early ads have done an extremely good job of introducing DeStefano to voters - he had a much higher name recognition to begin with and the early ads really cemented that fact. Dan's ad is good too - but the first impression is so important and it looks like a gamble that's worked for the DeStefano people.
I sometimes get the sense that the Malloy/Global Strategies folks are a little unfocused because of that other race going on right now.
Maybe they should pull ChrisMC off the blogs to run the show.
NYT is only for New Yorkers? Really? Many people do actually read papers other than the Hartford Courant. I say "Congrats, Mr. Malloy".
Have any of you actually READ the poll. 2/3 of the people polled are undecided as to whom they will vote for! 2/3!!! That's no great victory for the DeStefano team if 66 people out of every 100 still don't know who they will be voting for. He's only up the 20% of people who answered the question with a specific candidate. I'd like to think that savy politicos as you would see this. And there's almost a 10% margin of error. Not exactly a blowout for DeStefano...
HCN:
I saw those numbers on 7/11 too and was puzzled. I suspect, but could be wrong, that he didn't mention the drawer full of bills that he needed to pay. Cash on hand is a pretty meaningless and easy-to-manage number if your spending fast like he was then.
CRIME IS OUT OF CONTROL IN New HAVEN!
I read my paper in the car at work each morning and I make sure the doors are locked. People are always breaking into the work vehicles. Innocent children are being gunned down in New Haven. We cannot have DeStefano as our Standard Bearer. He has had since'94 to get things under control and has accomplished nothing, nothing! I feel safe almost anywhere in Stamford at any time of the day.
You are right about this
sir. The police are doing
the best they can but JDS
needs to show leadership.
He will get crushed by Rell
in a debate about crime.
Everyone knows it is worst
than Bridgeport. There are
brutal things that happen to
people there that goes
unreported in the papers.
Danny boy may be afraid to
attack on this but Rell would
destroy JDS on it. Tough call
but Malloy should go negative
and say hey man what is up with
crime in your city Jack??
I think I speak for all JDS supporters on this blog when I say that I hope John wins because a) I think he'd be great for the state and b) so we don't have to see ChrisMC spin for DM anymore.
Better off with DeStefano? Are you
crazy? He cannot keep me safe in
New Haven. Malloy is it. Crime
has gone down 40% since he has been
mayor. He must of had something
to do with that. I only feel safe
at Yale. Outside of that it is
the wild wild west in New Haven.
Jeepers Creepers.
I like how people are trying to spin DeStefano's 20 point lead in the polls as a failure, good stuff no doubt. And then they are trying to spin that Malloy has all this money for the last few weeks. The truth is, Malloy might have the same amount of money left as DeStefano going into the last few weeks. But Dannel is going to have to spend it all on his election day workers and canvassers because people refuse to volunteer for him. I don't know if you saw the debate, but at the rally outside, Malloy had to bus in paid high schoolers to rally for him because he doesn't have any real volunteer support in the state. And all the delegates that he won from the convention, where were they. DeStefano will be able to spend his money on media and increase his lead while Malloy scrambles to get anyone to do something for him come EDay.
I like how people are trying to spin DeStefano's 20 point lead in the polls as a failure, good stuff no doubt. And then they are trying to spin that Malloy has all this money for the last few weeks. The truth is, Malloy might have the same amount of money left as DeStefano going into the last few weeks. But Dannel is going to have to spend it all on his election day workers and canvassers because people refuse to volunteer for him. I don't know if you saw the debate, but at the rally outside, Malloy had to bus in paid high schoolers to rally for him because he doesn't have any real volunteer support in the state. And all the delegates that he won from the convention, where were they. DeStefano will be able to spend his money on media and increase his lead while Malloy scrambles to get anyone to do something for him come EDay.
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