Exposing Rell

Governor Rell will likely win by twenty points today. However, as explained by Colin McEnroe, her record on helping members of her party has been awful and unexcusable.

Peggy Noonan's Swan Song to Rick Santorum

Although Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) is not a Connecticut politician, I wholeheartedly recommend the wonderful Peggy Noonan's most recent column on him.

Novak's Final Predictions: Shays and Johnson Lose, Simmons to Win

Bob Novak's final predictions are in. Locally, he predicts that Reps. Johnson and Shays will lose and that all other incumbent Congressmen -- including Rob Simmons -- will win. Overall, he predicts that the Republicans will have a net loss of two seats in the sentate and nineteen (and control) in the house.

The Today Show Poll Results: Murphy "Cleft Palate" Ad Nastiest in the Country

This morning the Today Show ran a segment on political ads. Part of the segment included running three ads nominated for "nastiest." Surprisingly, one of the ads was the infamous "Cleft Palate" ad run by Chris Murphy (D), candidate for Congress from the 5th Congressional District. Viewers were invited to vote online for what they considered to be the nastiest ad. At the time of this posting, the almost 5,000 voters OVERWHELMINGLY voted Murphy's ad the nastiest in the country. The results are linked above.

Bob Novak Suggests Murphy May Defeat Johnson

As one of a very small list of pundits who predicted the Republican takeover in 1994, Bob Novak's predictions carry great weight. Today, Bob Novak's column discussed the Murphy-Johnson (5th District) Congressional race. Novak praised Murphy's campaign to date, calling it "top-notch" and noted that Johnson was running out of time:

Connecticut-5: After four polls, it is evident Rep. Nancy Johnson (R) has fallen behind State Sen. Chris Murphy (D), who has run a top-notch campaign against one of the House's most entrenched incumbents. But Johnson also appears to have narrowed the gap since she first fell behind 10 days ago. She has been hurt by large independent expenditures against her, and she is only marginally ahead now in cash on hand.

Her get-out the vote operation is reportedly the most active of the three endangered Republicans in Connecticut, and her new ad attacking Murphy is humorous and effective, but it may represent her last Hail Mary push. Johnson has always been on difficult turf, and her time to make a comeback is running out fast. Leaning Democratic Takeover.