I just enjoy seeing gun nuts in panic mode:
http://www.middletownpress.com/...
Scott Wilson was clear.
The head of the Connecticut Citizens Defense League, standing on the steps of the state Capitol Monday, reiterated two things: Republican Tom Foley is the best candidate to protect the rights of gun owners and petitioning candidate Joe Visconti will only help Gov. Dannel P. Malloy get re-elected.
The gun rights organization grew to 15,000 members after Connecticut passed tough legislation in 2013 in response to the killing of 20 first-graders and six educators in Newtown by a lone shooter with an AR-15 assault rifle.
“On Nov. 4, we will show up at the polls and we will vote to protect those rights,” Wilson said with several dozen supporters standing behind him.
Among them was Timothy Knight, who led the recall election in Colorado against two state senators who voted for a gun law in that state, which has experienced several mass shootings.
Sean Maloney, an attorney and 2nd Amendment activist and leader of the Buckeye Firearms Association in Ohio, was also there at Wilson’s invitation.
The state’s law doubled the number of banned assault firearms and added high capacity magazines, while expanding the need for permits. Owners of those weapons, as well as magazines with more than 10 bullets, got to keep them, but they had to be registered. - The Middletown Press, 10/27/14
What's funny is Foley doesn't want to talk about guns and Malloy has been using Visconti against him:
http://www.kansascity.com/...
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy took advantage of petitioning candidate Joe Visconti's first appearance at a gubernatorial debate Thursday to criticize Republican Tom Foley's nuanced position on Connecticut's gun control legislation, praising Visconti for his outspoken opposition to the law.
"At least he tells you what he thinks and what he wants to do," Malloy said of Visconti, who said he would push to repeal provisions in the law that ban large-capacity ammunition magazines and expand the state's ban on assault weapons. Malloy then accused Foley of "whispering" to gun rights activists that he would sign legislation repealing the gun control law if such a bill reached his desk.
"I was insinuating that somebody wants to have it both ways. Joe doesn't. He's pretty clear on what he would do," the Democratic incumbent said after the debate, adding how Foley "couldn't bring himself to talk about that" during the hour-long debate at the Garde Arts Center in New London.
Foley reiterated Thursday that he believes the gun control legislation passed in the wake of the mass school shooting in Newtown hasn't made Connecticut safer, didn't focus enough on improving available mental health services and took away the rights of many law-abiding citizens. With numerous gun rights advocates in the crowd of about 1,500 people, Foley accused Malloy of going "willy-nilly in the direction he wanted to go" with the gun control legislation but did not say anything like Visconti about which specific parts of the law he opposed. - Kansas City Star, 10/17/14
And Visconti has been campaigning in Foley's territory:
http://www.courant.com/...
Earlier this month a former Visconti supporter, who now supports Foley, filed a complaint with the State Election Enforcement Commission, alleging that Visconti improperly used a donation of $1,000. Visconti dismissed the claim as completely erroneous and says he has the paperwork to back that up. On Friday, a Republican party insider grabbed shirtless selfies from Visconti’s Facebook page and, asserting the pictures were reminiscent of disgraced former New York congressman Anthony Weiner, sent them out to more than a dozen media outlets. There is also a Facebook group dedicated to digging up information to embarrass Visconti, as well as providing a forum for his critics to gripe.
Visconti, a 57-year-old former actor, says it is all part of a coordinated campaign to push him to drop his long-shot bid and instead endorse Tom Foley, the Republican nominee. Foley and Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy were essentially tied in last week's Quinnipiac University poll; Visconti, who drew 9 percent in the survey, could tip the balance in what is likely to be an extremely close election.
So what does Visconti do in the face of mounting pressure? He is spending the weekend campaigning in the heart of Foley country, meeting voters in Fairfield and Westport on Saturday, with plans to swoop into Greenwich, Foley's hometown, on Sunday.
“The Tom Foley surrogate team and members of the Connecticut GOP are trying any underhanded tactic they can to get me out of the race,'' Visconti said. He says has no intention of stepping aside.
Several of Visconti's most impassioned critics are gun rights activists who were once his allies. While they have been attacking his credibility and his conservative credentials for weeks, the tenor of their critique has grown sharper since Visconti appeared in an hourlong televised debate with Malloy on Thursday. With no money for TV ads and only a few political novices helping him on the campaign, the debate gave Visconti a powerful forum to deliver his message. - Hartford Courant, 10/25/14
But it may not be guns that brings Foley down:
http://www.courant.com/...
The jobs picture for Connecticut looked grim as of this past Monday morning, with just 5,600 new positions added by employers over the previous 12 months.
Tom Foley wanted you to know how bad a year we were having in his effort to bash, and unseat, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.
The picture changed dramatically by noon Monday. Connecticut, we learned, had added a heady 26,000 jobs over the previous 12 months, when we update the view to include September. If the numbers are true, it's our best year in well over a decade — and Malloy is working hard to get the word out.
Obviously, the state's economy didn't morph from horrible to great with one release of new data. What did happen with the numbers on Monday goes a long way toward explaining the prosperity of Connecticut families and businesses, far and away the biggest issue in the election for governor.
The short answer to the big question — how are we doing? — is that there is no clear answer. Better than we were when Malloy took office, certainly. Better than Foley says, absolutely. Not as well as it might seem if we only listen to Malloy, arguably.
But for lots of reasons, there's a nagging malaise, a sense among voters that we're not doing well at all. At least until recently, that malaise has hurt Malloy, the Democrat seeking a second term.
The irony is that for wealthy people who support Foley because they think, correctly or not, that he will lower their taxes, their man's dour view of the economy is most likely wrong; they're doing just fine. And for many of the working families that support Malloy because they favor a stronger government hand to ensure their well-being, the economy is something of a disappointment. - Hartford Courant, 10/26/14
Now Malloy has been scoring a lot of newspaper endorsements, but this one's pretty big:
http://www.nytimes.com/...
One of the tightest races for governor in the country this year is the rematch in Connecticut between Gov. Dannel Malloy, a Democrat, and his Republican challenger, Thomas Foley. Mr. Malloy deserves re-election as a hard-working and effective governor.
In the past four years, he and state legislators raised the minimum wage and expanded sick leave for thousands of workers. He got a sensible gun control law passed after the school massacre at Newtown. He ended the death penalty in Connecticut. He increased state financing for low-performing schools. And he has stabilized the state budget.
Connecticut’s recovery from the recession is still not robust enough. If Mr. Malloy is re-elected, an economic revival will still be the main item on his agenda, while keeping the state’s budget sound. It is a hard balancing act, but Mr. Malloy has proved that he is the one to do it. - New York Times, 10/27/14
Click here to donate and get involved with Malloy's camoaign:
http://www.danmalloy2014.com/
