Former Chief Justice William J. Sullivan and his lawyers went on the attack yesterday, calling into question the motives of Justices Borden and Palmer. He also delivered a rambling testimony about his own life, while staying away from the topic of Peter Zarella. What a disgrace this guy is.
There's a poll by a Republican firm showing Lamont 16 points behind Lieberman, but I'm not buying it.
The elder George Bush stumped for Rob Simmons yesterday. Bush was the last Republican to carry the state, back in 1988.
What else is going on?
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why is the Lieberman poll off...it seems to me Lamont peaked at the end of July and hasn;t had traction since
Doesn't quite track with other recent polls (except for the Zogby one, which had lousy methodology). I believe Lamont is behind, but this large of a margin is absurd.
Actually, if Lamont is only trailing Lieberman by 16 points amongst Republicans, Lieberman is in big trouble. In the Quinnipiac poll, Lieberman was getting support of 75% of Republicans.
Leaked inside polls, e.g. this one and DSCCC's on the congressional races, tell more about the spin/story the campaigns are trying to sell than any reality based objective measure of the current state of affairs.
From the Chicago Tribune:
Pollster made up results
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- The owner of DataUSA Inc., a company that conducted political polls for the campaigns of President Bush, Sen. Joe Lieberman and other candidates, pleaded guilty to fraud for making up survey and poll results.
I don't know if there is any relationship between Public Opinion Strategies and DataUSA, but I do know that I take Lieberman's internal polling with a grain of salt.
Is DeStefano still running? If he is the incumbent with a big lead than he is running a great campaign.
Neil Newhouse (and his company: Public Opinion Strategies) is among the best pollsters in the nation. Believe me, Joe probably shelled out between $10-15,000 for that poll---my guess is it's more statistically sound than anything Qunninpiac has ever done.
Regarding Sullivan - He will get to mention Zarella at some point, about how he was just trying to help. But no one accused Zarella himself of being involved. As for the scorched earth defense against Borden and Palmer - Good. The Court is a viper pit and these two paragons of virtue need to have their motives, and their own screw ups, publicized. If it ain't going to be Zarella succeeding him, Sullivan is going to make sure it isn't Borden or Lisa Moody's drinking buddy Dick Palmer.
Chris Jones candidate for the 21st
District Senate was giving away free coffee today at the Stratford Train Station. He was well received and many commuters expressed their desire for change. Stratford will be seeing much more of him for the duration of the campaign.
Go Chris!
BC,
I have listened to this banter between you and BB for long enough. The facts are that the man was appointed by a Republican Governor, confirmed by a democratic legislature, served well on the bench for a good many years, and has but one tarnish on his record. Not to outweigh the recent events, but he is and has been an upstanding member of his community and a man noted for his honesty. We could sit back and riddle off case law and certain topics of interest which have come across his desk, but neither you nor anyone else reading this blog want to sit here and read that.
As stated before, he is a man of both integrity and honor and he made a mistake, albeit a big one, but don't make comments/references about his record previous to this, as he has never been publicly accused of being "mediocre" or anything less than qualified for his position in the eyes of this state before.
In the final analysis Sullivan and possibly Zarella attempted to circumvent the legislative process and deny the Judiciary Committee critical information it needed to evaluate Zarella's judicial philosphy. This is a serious infraction made all the worse if Rell knew about it and was complacent in it. A full and thorough investigation of the Governor also needs to happen now.
Agreed. This is not playing politics because she is going to win election anyway. This is the principle of the matter to expose her for what she is: a liar. Let her win but be embarrassed at the same time. Enough is enough of this corruption.
Is that Alvin O'Neil from the Town of Stratford going to jail anytime soon? I have not heard anything new.
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