10 Library Commission Minutes

<!–
body{margin-left:9px;margin-right:10px;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;}

Video: Fox Republican & Democratic Senate Debates

Democratic Debate Between Merrick Alpert & Richard Blumenthal – 03/01/2010

Part 1 – Economy

Part 2 – Jobs/Healthcare

Part 3 – Healthcare/Foreign Policy

Part 4 – Foreign Policy/Closing Statements

Republican Debate Between Peter Schiff, Linda McMahon & Rob Simmons 03/02/2010

Part 1 – Jobs/Economy

Part 2 – Foreign Policy

Part 3 – Health Care

Part 4 – Politics

Part 5 – Closing

East Hartford 7th District Republican Primary Results – Endorsed Slate Takes It

-Updated-

The results are in for the controversial 7th District Republican Primary. Somewhere between 4,800 and 7,000 dollars later the entire slate endorsed at the Republican Caucus in February was elected to the Republican Town Committee 7th District Committee.

Final costs for the district primary will be in the range of $50-70 per vote cast with 97 102 (including 5 absentee ballots not yet tallied) of just over 600 Republicans coming out to vote.
I don’t have the vote counts for each candidate but The vote counts are now below. The lowest vote getting endorsed candidate received 70% of the vote while the highest vote getting petitioning candidate got 39% of the vote.

The Candidates were: (* = winner)

Endorsed Slate
George Vernon Barrow Jr.* 78
C. Edwin Carlson* 81
Charles H. Clarke* 76
Esther B. Clarke* 81
Robert J. Damaschi* 86
Lois Gero* 73
Peter R. Gero* 80
Carolyn V. Kronen* 68
Joe Kronen* 68
Vincent J. Mondo Jr.* 82

Petitioners
Michael R. Brinius 35
Victoria Gaudette Brinius 36
Daniel F. Moura Sr. 37

Video: Peter Schiff @ Milford Campaign Headquarters Grand Opening

Peter Schiff gives a speech and answers some questions.

Peter Schiff Campaign HQ Grand Opening Bursting at the Seams

One word can describe the average Peter Schiff supporter at last night’s campaign HQ. Sardine. The house was packed tight like Times Square on New Years Eve. Parking had overflowed from the office parking lot to the industrial park across the street and adjacent commercial lots around the HQ.It was a well subscribed event. Most notable about the attendees was their party status. Most were not in any way associated with a political party outside of voter registration making this gathering uniquely composed amongst events of it’s type.

Rob Simmons who is the establishment candidate in the race on the Republican side has been traveling the state with a tea bag in his pocket claiming it as his Tea Party credentials. Newsflash Mr. Simmons, a tea bag doesn’t make you a good candidate. Principle does. While Mr. Simmons has a tea bag, Schiff had multiple well known Tea Party folks milling about in the crowd. It appears that although Simmons wants to be the Tea Party candidate Mr. Schiff actually is.

Word is that Schiff is also well on his way to receiving the endorsement of the Independence Caucus, a coalition of various groups formed to vet candidates for office. These are interesting times and it will be interesting to see how many NY-23s pop up across the country in response to establishment GOP candidate choices.

The biggest wild card in this race is still Chris Dodd. Will he stay in? More and more names are coming out opining that Chris ought to retire. It just may happen.

Video: Schiff speech @ HQ Opening & Questions

Picture Slide Show

2008 1st Congressional District Republican Convention

Start of Convention

Rules Committee

Credentials Committee

Nominations

Seconding

Acceptance

January 26, 2008 Presidential Straw Poll

Introduction by Susan Bysiewicz

Clinton Speech

Huckabee Speech

Obama Speech

Ron Paul Speech

McCain Speech

Supporter Speeches

Results Announcement

January 25, 2008 GOP Straw Poll

Pre-Speech Interviews

Starting Ceremony

McCain Video/Speech

Huckabee Speech

Giuliani Speech

Romney Video/Speech

Ron Paul Video/Speech

Straw Poll Closing, Results & Interviews