Connecticut Commentary: Red Notes from a Blue State

What might be called Connecticut’s social gospel is prospering under the hand of progressive Governor Dannel Malloy. Should anyone doubt that Mr. Malloy is a born again progressive, he has only to pay heed to remarks the governor made at a progressive panel discussion in Washington D.C., the epicenter of modern Democratic progressivism. When president CEO of the Center for American Progress John Podesta, former White House chief of staff to President Bill Clinton, asked Mr. Malloy to display his progressive credentials, the governor unscrolled a partial list that included: • The passage of Connecticut’s new earned income tax credit program • The decriminalization of marijuana use in small portions, “the third most robust of its kind in the country,” according to CTNewsJunkie • The passage of a law providing in-state public college tuition rates to undocumented Connecticut students • A new law outlawing discrimination against transgendered individuals • The implementation w...