Shays Unhinged In Victory

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I have about six hours of video to wade through from last night.

Shays is nuttier than a fruitcake.

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by: Scarce @ Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 15:09:13 PM UTC

This is grotesque (0.00 / 0)

By far the longest speech, winner or loser. And listening to it again may cause brain damage.

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by: Scarce @ Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 18:40:03 PM UTC

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Dan Malloy would have won. (0.00 / 0)

Hopefully, we have seen the last of Diane.  I think it was the RNCC saturation bombing was what beat her. 

Chris Shays may yet show us something, I think he's more comfortable with the minority party.  He will be free to call out corruption.

Assuming he has some sanity left.

And if the war is still going on in 2008, there may be an opportunity for Ned.

It's Morning in America. Too bad Reagan's not here to see it. - Me

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by: roguetrader2000 @ Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 15:14:34 PM UTC

Exxxxactly. (0.00 / 0)

This is a seat for Ned in 2008. Shays-Lamont would be a helluva race... with Ned's business background and ties to Bridgeport he's one of the few who could really give Shays a run for his money in Fairfield County.

And then, 2012 -- we could really see a Senator Lamont.

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by: bluestater @ Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 15:26:13 PM UTC

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Ned put a year of his life into this (0.00 / 0)

He's not a career politician. Hell, he's not even a politician. Expecting him to run again for any office is presumptuous at this stage.

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by: Scarce @ Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 15:28:51 PM UTC

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Not an expectation. (0.00 / 0)

A suggestion.

But I don't blame him if he's tired.

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by: bluestater @ Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 22:09:31 PM UTC

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You assume too much (0.00 / 0)

Farrell was clobbered by the RNCC though, as was Courtney. Only Murphy escaped as Johnson went completely overboard and it backfired on her. Millions upon millions were spent to keep Connecticut Republican, with the dubious distinction of being the reddest New England state now. And yeah, I'm including Lieberman in that assessment.

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by: Scarce @ Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 15:26:25 PM UTC

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We can be proud (4.00 / 1)

of the fact that there is a very high pricetag on turning CT Republican.  Don't think we were easy or cheap!

We can be proud of the unprecedented size of the grassroots movement, and the ways it was tested and strengthened by the body blows dealt by the anti-democracy right wing.

We can rest assured, to paraphrase and hijack a certain bought and paid for junior senaturd, "This is only the first installment," the "buy now" part of it.

If you think you're the only one who gets to deliver "pay later," think again, senaturd.

CT has just become a microcosmic embarrassment along the lines of the Bush presidency.

If there's any lesson to be learned, it is to stop blaming the Democratic party as if it is truly a monolith, or as if its boundaries actually define one group of people -- and start accurately identifying and re-labeling the ACTUAL collusion that involves complicit "Dems of a different philosophy," DINOs , and GOP "bipartisan" enablers, neocons, foreign or out of state influences, etc.

Note to smug "Dems" who thought they could go it alone and do their thing  and make questionable alliances while dissing your party base's choice for senator -- happy with the result?  Work out well for ya?  Too slick and clever by half, imho.

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by: greenpeas @ Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 15:43:56 PM UTC

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Sure Didn't Sound like a Victory Speech to me (0.00 / 0)

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by: CGG @ Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 15:30:07 PM UTC

How about Dan Malloy for Congress? (4.00 / 1)

He's got the guts and the fight to squish Shays like a bug.  And he won't take wishy-washy positions.  He's a fighter.  He could do Washington for two years, then go for governor again.  I don't see DeStefano trying again.  Nice man, but Malloy is the streetfighter in this state.

BTW, I have a bet on with a local Dem that Lieberman formally becomes a Republican by the end of March. 

I saw Shays' face while his wife was speaking and I thought he must have lost, too!  Couldn't believe that he won!

Diane's campaign failed to grab the imagination.  Look at the turnout figures.  Only 196,000 for 4thCD, versus a quarter million in the second, and some 215,000 in the Murphy-Johnson race.  In other words, a lot of moderates couldn't tell the difference between Farrell and Shays, and it is likely that some Dems were turned off enough by the lack of a strong position on either health care or the war to stay home, too.

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by: thomashooker @ Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 16:20:37 PM UTC

I don't agree with your statement about Lieberman (0.00 / 0)

The Dems will now be the majority party, and it would be in his best interest to ally himself with them.

However, he will probably hold them hostage over his votes.

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by: connecticut yankee @ Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 18:26:44 PM UTC

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Not if he goes to the Repubs! (0.00 / 0)

Even if the Dems pick up 6 seats, if Lieberman goes Republican, he returns control of the Senate to the Republicans through the deciding vote of Cheney. 

He is totally beholden to the Republicans- his organization was Repub, his funds were Repub, his supporters were Repub, and the largest chunk of his votes came from Repubs.  Does anyone really think he will stand with the Democrats when they rejected him so utterly?

He's jumping.  Just watch!

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by: thomashooker @ Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 21:05:23 PM UTC

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my guess is he would want a presidential track (0.00 / 0)

Governor would be that track; I don't think Congress would be as direct a path. 

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by: greenpeas @ Thu Nov 09, 2006 at 03:26:57 AM UTC

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At that point (0.00 / 0)

neither candidate had the complete story.  Farrell's speech was just as rambling and disjointed. 

They both thanked everyone and said they would concede if they lost, but were holding out hope.

It was close to 11 pm and they wanted to send everyone home and close up the party.  They were in restaurants with a time limit.

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by: connecticut yankee @ Wed Nov 08, 2006 at 18:29:15 PM UTC