Governor Ned Lamont spoke over the heads of moderate Democrat delegates to a different neo-progressive constituency in his acceptance speech as the Democrat Nominating Convention concluded. He was addressing the 25% of delegates who voted for Josh Elliott, a neo-progressive heartthrob some quasi-socialist Democrats in Connecticut regard as the Zohran Mamdani of Connecticut. Elliot, who garnered a sufficient number of delegate votes to primary Lamont, has vowed to engage the governor, considered by some a moderate Democrat, in a primary. The delegate count, Elliott has said, did not adequately portray his delegate support. He believes he would have won the endorsement had the delegate vote been anonymous. “People were afraid to cast their votes against the governor,” he said. “I’ve been hearing threat after threat from people if they voted against the governor today. I’ve been telling people to channel that frustration into energy over the next three months. We have ...
Blumenthal The blog below was Published Six Years Ago. Looking back on these events with the benefit of hindsight, we now know that Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony before the committee was dubious. She – and anyone listening to Blumenthal’s hearty assurance that she was telling the truth when she said that Judge Brett Kavanaugh had molested her when he and she were students at different high schools thirty (30) years earlier – had assured the committee that a witness to the molestation would testify on her behalf. That witness later testified that she had not witnessed the event as Ford had claimed. Three direct witnesses Blasey Ford identified as having been present when the molestation had occurred testified under oath that they could not support her charge. U.S. Senator Dick Blumenthal’s term expires in January 2029 ___________________________ Kavanaugh v. Blumenthal Before Judge Amy Barrett is called to answer possible objecti...