Looks like Himes is winning the money game

Looks like those overseas trips to Iraq (4.00 / 1)

(plus buying the necessary fashion accessories) are costing him.  

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by: Sue @ Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 00:45:28 AM UTC

I agree 150 percent!! (0.00 / 0)

"Waiting....waiting on the world to change"  --John Mayer

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by: tigergrrl74 @ Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 06:13:43 AM UTC

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Off topic (0.00 / 0)

anybody watching the debate tonight?

The arc of history is long, but it bends toward justice. --Martin Luther King, Jr.

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by: connecticutyankee @ Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 01:03:16 AM UTC

Is Shays retiring? (4.00 / 1)

The Cook Political Report today released their "2008 House Competitive Race Chart".  They listed the Himes/Shays race as "leaning Republican" but added an asterisk next to Shays' name that meant "possible incumbent retirement".

Has anyone heard that Shays is retiring?

http://www.cookpolitical.com/r...    

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by: Web Yiker @ Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 02:49:36 AM UTC

It's a possibility (0.00 / 0)

but  haven't heard anything definite....because if Shays retires, then there could be a strong possibility that State Senator John McKinney (from Ffld) could run in the 4th......

"Waiting....waiting on the world to change"  --John Mayer

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by: tigergrrl74 @ Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 06:13:16 AM UTC

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Anything's possible (0.00 / 0)

Many months ago, Shays mentioned that he might retire if he wasn't moved up on the Republican food chain in Washington. Shays wanted to be named ranking member of the House Oversight Committee. After whining about his lack of respect for a day or so, he then claimed that the Republicans agreed with his demands, and stopped talking about retirement and said the media twisted his words. Then Shays started acting like a "good" Republican on the Oversight Committee by obstructing a bunch of hearings, like the ones highlighted on this website.

After all this, I assumed Shays would be running again, but you never know. McKinney is the Republican golden child, kind of like John Rowland was 15-20 years ago. And after Shays made a fool of himself at the Blackwater hearings and the baseball hearings, Republicans might feel like he's "losing his fastball," as they say in baseball.  

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by: CaptCT @ Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 11:53:06 AM UTC

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Voice from the past (4.00 / 1)

When I was researching Shays' fundraising efforts from past Congressional races, I found this gem from an October 2002 debate between Stephanie Sanchez and Shays:

U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays, R-Bridgeport, supports a pre-emptive strike against Iraq. Democratic challenger Stephanie Sanchez supports a weapons inspection program that eliminates the country's arsenal. She would attack Iraq only with support from a coalition of allies, similar to the war in Afghanistan.

"Look no further than this issue to see our differences," Sanchez told an audience of about 100 during an afternoon debate at Norwalk Community College.

Shays said the United States should attack Iraq to prevent it from acquiring and using nuclear weapons. Strong action by the United States would engender support from American allies. Failure to respond to terrorist attacks, such as the one on the USS Cole, left the country's enemies without a fear of reprisal, he said.

"By acting unilaterally, we will be able to act multilaterally," Shays said.

The Bush administration has not made clear its strategy for fighting terrorism, its plans for a "post-Saddam Hussein Iraq" and its "sense of urgency" in attacking the country, Sanchez said. Iraq's weapons should be found and destroyed through a U.N. inspection program, she said.

Even Stephanie Sanchez knew the right way to deal with Iraq.  

Shays couldn't have been more wrong about what a preemptive strike would do to our international alliances. And as for creating a "fear of reprisal," invading Iraq hasn't stopped Al Qaeda from attacks in Spain and Britain, or stopped it from regrouping in Pakistan and Afghanistan. So Shays was wrong on all counts.  

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by: CaptCT @ Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 14:14:28 PM UTC

Excellent research work!!! (0.00 / 0)

I hope Jim Himes brings this up in his debates when Chris Shays pulls his usual stunt of asserting that "everyone thought Saddam had WMD's."  Clearly, even his Democratic opponent in 2002, months before the invasion, had it right about Iraq.  I recall her saying on TV that Bush hadn't made the case for invasion."

Time for Both Ways to go!!

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by: thomashooker @ Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 17:37:34 PM UTC

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