[nutmeg]

"I have to take a pill," Sen. William Nickerson said to a Greenwich Republican colleague after the governor's speech.

That's pretty much how I felt after hearing Jodi Rell's speech yesterday, Senator...

[nutmeg]

Connecticut ping!

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[decal]

"...but also increased her leverage in dealing with a potentially hostile legislature that has veto-proof majorities in both chambers."

The same reason President Ford nominated John Paul Stevens to the Supremes.

I think she'll find, as he did, that it won't help much in dealing with the Dems, but it will lead to her being fatally weakened in the next round of primaries.

[Alter Kaker]

So let me get this straight. Why is it that Connecticut Republicans worked so hard to elect this woman? I thought the whole idea behind backing a social liberal was to get fiscal conservatism as a payoff. Now she's become a social liberal and a fiscal liberal -- she's basically Barney Frank in drag. How is she any better than John DeStefano would have been?

[CutePuppy]

Is she an Arnold Republican?

[amchugh]

What else is she going to do against a veto proof majority? She could stall, but they might fight for even more.

[tkathy]

Number one democrat lie: throwing money at problems solves problems.

[Raycpa]

I was told Walt Disney once said that when they are running you out of town, grab a baton and lead the parade.

[RetiredArmy]

I think in the years to come we are going to have to take a lot of pills and grow stronger stomach's with what the Marxist plan for the Republic once they gain full control.

[TChris]

When will the "more money equals better education" hallucination end? It's just nuts, along the lines of Global Warming^TM.

Liberals have successfully convinced most voters that it's somehow immoral not to give more and more money to ineffective school systems. Yet student success does not correlate to dollars spent per student. It's not correlated very strongly with class size either.