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Obama Hugs Himes, Blumenthal

U.S. Rep. Jim Himes and Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, who appeared at times during his campaign to be running once again as attorney general, were photographed Saturday locked in the embrace of President Barack Obama, who visited Bridgeport to give both their campaigns a shove over the finish line.

Himes, who represents a district that in the past has bolted to the Republican end of the political barracks, had previously sought to keep his distance from Mr. Obama. Following polls showing Himes lagging a bit behind his Republican opponent, Dan Debicella, Himes gratefully fell into Mr. Obama’s arms.

Both Mr. Himes and Mr. Blumenthal have attempted during their campaigns to place some political distance between themselves and Mr. Obama, who has been sliding in the polls. Mr. Blumenthal, for instance, has publicly disagreed with Mr. Obama on the utility of bailouts while warmly embracing U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd’s regulatory bill, and Mr. Himes is not quite as ferocious as Mr. Obama in attacking hedge fund businesses and wealthy CEOs who make their homes in Mr. Himes’ district.

Comments

mccommas said…
The Marsha 9sic) Croakley KISS OF DEATH!!!
Don: Just added you to my blog roll.

As to Himes, I put up an interesting post on Himes' money sources vs. Debicella's here:
http://libertarianadvocate.blogspot.com/2010/10/himes-vs-debicella-where-money-is.html
ccdemuth said…
Himes’ vote for the DISCLOSE Act moves forward a bill to curb private political speech (with a generous exemption for trade unionists). The Constitution’s First Amendment was written with the explicit intent to protect citizens from this type of overreach.

In November, we have an opportunity to defend the Constitution by defeating Himes.
Don Pesci said…
Lib,

Ditto.

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