[JayCT]

Originally Posted by MikefromCT

Give it time. She'll come around. Apart from being young with children, she's still cutting her teeth as mayor and she still has to build her reputation some. Once she does that, she just might be ready. Hopefully by then, a growing number of people in this state will be, too. We'll see.

She’s getting there. She’s been mayor of New Britain for 9 years already and is 35 years old. Jay

[dazzleman]

Originally Posted by JayCT

I agree. Last nights tragedy in Bristol will have little effect on the election. If Stefanowski makes too big a deal out of it and out and out blames Lamont for it, he runs the risk of looking bad by using police officers deaths in the line of duty as a political ploy. That will not sit well with voters either. Jay

I think this is correct. This could happen anywhere, and it will probably have no effect on the election. A sustained wave of serious crime, as New York is experiencing, could possibly affect the election but we haven't seen anything here yet that rises to this level.

Connecticut has so far avoided the worst public policy mistakes that states like New York and Illinois have undertaken, such as cash bail and the placement of pro-criminal prosecutors like the Manhattan DA and the Cook County DA.

My fear is that if the Democrats gain a majority that is large enough, they will inflict these disastrous policies on the state. It is clear that many legislators are more concerned with lowering the incarceration rate among certain demographics than they are with protecting innocent people in society. To his credit, Lamont hasn't pushed for these disastrous policies, but there are undoubtedly people in Hartford who favor them, and they have passed certain laws that hint at the direction that they want to go.

[SteveM85]

Originally Posted by JayCT

I agree. Last nights tragedy in Bristol will have little effect on the election. If Stefanowski makes too big a deal out of it and out and out blames Lamont for it, he runs the risk of looking bad by using police officers deaths in the line of duty as a political ploy. That will not sit well with voters either. Jay

The perpetrator’s demographic hates Lamont and democrats. It can only further and strengthen Lamont’s already mesmerizing influence and power in CT. If Stefanowski was in denial and didn’t think his campaign was a lost cause, he does now.

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by DigitalMilford

I don't understand why you think thousands of people will change their voting preference due to a tragic domestic violence event that Lamont had nothing to do with?

Why would he be taking any heat?

Individual tragedies happen everywhere-- Governors and other officials should be evaluated on macro-level trends where they can have an impact. As far as trends go-- crime is moving downward. (https://www.wfsb.com/2022/09/26/watc...t-be-released/)

And yes, condolences to all impacted.

This was not a “domestic violence event”. This was a premeditated ambush disguised as a domestic violence event. The only reason the brother was wounded is because he tried to stop him.

Anyway, back to the governor election.

[mdovell]

Perhaps it might cause anyone undecided to make a decision.

Governors can win without a majority and frankly that's a tad scary in CT.

https://ctmirror.org/2022/10/10/ct-g...ki-newsletter/

"Four of the five governors who followed O’Neill were elected to an initial term with less than 50% of the vote in multi-candidate races, none with a winning margin of more than 3.5 percentage points.

Here is the roster, not a landslide winner among them.


Lowell P. Weicker Jr. in 1990, a third-party candidate with 40.4% of the vote and a winning margin of 2.9 points.
John G. Rowland in 1994, a Republican with 36.2% of the vote and a winning margin of 3.5 points. (He was comfortably reelected twice.)
Dannel P. Malloy in 2010, a Democrat with 49.5% of the vote and a winning margin of 0.5 points. His plurality was 6,404 votes. (He was reelected with 50.7%.)
Lamont won with 49.4% of the vote, beating Stefanowski by 3.2 points."

There's no landslide or mandate here folks and there hasn't been for quite some time.

[MikefromCT]

Originally Posted by JayCT

She’s getting there. She’s been mayor of New Britain for 9 years already and is 35 years old. Jay

I didn't realize it's been 9 years already. Dang. Her current age might be a convenient way for opponents to equate with inexperience, but a few years from now she'll likely have another term under her belt, and by then, she might be ready. I'm really hoping she moves up the ladder politically in this state, though she really seems to be passionately committed to revitalizing New Britain, and so far I feel she's done a good job with this. Statewide, I think she'd have an easier time connecting with moderates and undecided voters. She's a true moderate, and more importantly, she's a pragmatist. At least that's what I see in her.

[DigitalMilford]

Originally Posted by kidyankee764

This was not a “domestic violence event”. This was a premeditated ambush disguised as a domestic violence event. The only reason the brother was wounded is because he tried to stop him.

Anyway, back to the governor election.

Yes, correct. I had only heard initial reports when I wrote my initial post-- that described the event as domestic violence. I've since heard the even more grim reality. Awful.

[New Englander]

Originally Posted by MikefromCT

I didn't realize it's been 9 years already. Dang. Her current age might be a convenient way for opponents to equate with inexperience, but a few years from now she'll likely have another term under her belt, and by then, she might be ready. I'm really hoping she moves up the ladder politically in this state, though she really seems to be passionately committed to revitalizing New Britain, and so far I feel she's done a good job with this. Statewide, I think she'd have an easier time connecting with moderates and undecided voters. She's a true moderate, and more importantly, she's a pragmatist. At least that's what I see in her.

Erin Stewart would be terrific. I agree that she's a true moderate and pragmatist, which is what we need in CT and elsewhere in the nation.

[norcal2k19]

Originally Posted by dazzleman

I think this is correct. This could happen anywhere, and it will probably have no effect on the election. A sustained wave of serious crime, as New York is experiencing, could possibly affect the election but we haven't seen anything here yet that rises to this level.

Connecticut has so far avoided the worst public policy mistakes that states like New York and Illinois have undertaken, such as cash bail and the placement of pro-criminal prosecutors like the Manhattan DA and the Cook County DA.

My fear is that if the Democrats gain a majority that is large enough, they will inflict these disastrous policies on the state. It is clear that many legislators are more concerned with lowering the incarceration rate among certain demographics than they are with protecting innocent people in society. To his credit, Lamont hasn't pushed for these disastrous policies, but there are undoubtedly people in Hartford who favor them, and they have passed certain laws that hint at the direction that they want to go.

>> Connecticut has so far avoided the worst public policy mistakes that states like New York and Illinois have undertaken, such as cash bail and the placement of pro-criminal prosecutors like the Manhattan DA and the Cook County DA.

That's because our State Attorneys are appointed in an independent way not elected in CT (one interesting quirk about this state I found out about after moving from CA where there's an election for everything it feels like lol).

And no - CT Dems will not automatically impose what you see in other states. The sensible Dems are the majority of the caucus and can generally read the room well (hence why they have a supermajority right now without passing a ton of extreme policies - actually more fiscally prudent than ever before).

[MikefromCT]

Originally Posted by norcal2k19

That's because our State Attorneys are appointed in an independent way not elected in CT (one interesting quirk about this state I found out about after moving from CA where there's an election for everything it feels like lol).

Well, they have a Proposition for everything. At this point, they should have a proposition for the propositions, LOL. Some of it has actually been useful, however (i.e., Prop. 13).