We have the fund-raising figures filed by the Mayoral and Congressional candidates.First, in the Congressional race, according to Congressman's Chris Murphy's office, the freshman Congressman collected an eye-popping $357,000 this last quarter for a total of $805,000 for the year with $780,000 cash on hand.
Whoa, that's some serious cash for a first-term Congressman.
In contrast, according to the State GOP site, David Cappiello's camp raised $200,432.00 last quarter with $184,958.83 cash on hand. With Cappiello in Johnson's camp during the last election, it's not that big of a surprise that he would be able to raise cash...we're talking the 5th District which is Nancy Johnson's money tree folks. The verdict is still out on whether or not this wil be an interesting race to watch but only time will tell. Now, as my friend CGG noted on CTLP, in a telling sign of some early desperation, I guess the State GOP didn't learn from the beating they took in last year's election with their pathetic attempt to slime Murphy.
Of course, when Murphy isn’t staging photo opportunities, he is busy selling his constituents a heavy dose of hypocrisy. As first reported by the Majority Accountability Project, Rep. Murphy said, on the day of his swearing in, that earmarks should at least be more “transparent”. But then Mr. Murphy refused to release his list of earmarks, unlike Republican Congressman Christopher Shays of the 4th Congressional District. The Westport News hailed Congressman Shays for his honesty and transparency. No such words for Mr. Murphy.Hmm, I guess Healy's whack-pack didn't read this from MURPHY'S SITE.
This type of crap from the State GOP and the NRCC is EXACTLY why people were turned off with Johnson and in a Presidential year where the Democrats should win outright on the top of the ticket, the Republicans better watch themselves as the Iraq War has placed them far, FAR behind the Democrats.
I'll deal with the other crap the State GOP is attempting to smear Murphy with at another time...I have better things to do than debunk wingnut garbage.
Later, I'll update everyone on the figures for the mayoral race between "Mayor Mark" and Helena Abrantes and explain why this race is going to be pretty damn exciting.
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