Voters(CT) put Republican in 53rd House seat for first time in 40 years

http://www.journalinquirer.com ^ | June 12, 2013 | By John Kennedy

[Maelstorm]

This is just a state house seat with low turnout but this may be a canary in the coal mine. I've noticed the Gomez race in MA tightening up. They are bringing Clinton and Biden to help Markley something you would thing they wouldn't have to do.

[I want the USA back]

Thats deep democrap territory. Is the the sign of things to come?

[cripplecreek]

Notice the democrats have dropped the “Republican Overreach” meme?

[Fai Mao]

The trick to changing a stat’s national politics is to change the statehouse and the school boards.

[fwdude]

How RINOish did Samuel Belsito have to be to beat the dem? Did he have to "out liberal" him?

Remember when candidates had to at least appear conservative to win? How things have changed.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

How will Belsito vote on amnesty?

[PATRIOT1876]

* The trick to changing a stat’s national politics is to change the statehouse and the school boards.*

If you have public schools that teach the truth instead of Socialist garbage designed to rot the kid's minds, you may turn out some intelligent voters....

Something that Leftists fear more than Death itself

[Maelstorm]

Well if this is any indication he isn't one of those soft NE GOP.

[Maelstorm]

He is a state house representative not federal state house but he doesn’t strike me as a pro-amenesty type.

[grania]

This is deep dem territory

Isn't it near UConn? It's a really rural area, so I'd think guns and self-preservation are an issue. Still, it's a surprise. Maybe the "feds are watching you" issue had an impact.

[Puppage]

Ashford is in the middle of no where. Electric Blue is there, though. :-)

[Puppage]

Yes, it’s close to Stors

[PALIN SMITH]

In a glorious victory, Tolland's Sam Belsito, 2nd Amendment defender, gun owner and traditional conservative blew away his opponent in a 58-42 percent landslide. Nearly 60 volunteers helped Belsito in Tolland, Willington and Ashford. A combination of local Republicans, Tea Party patriots and the newly energized gun enthusiasts fought as a coalition of allies with one goal in focus - VICTORY.

Let this be a lesson for the CT GOP. They have been trying to market the "new Coca Cola". That's John McKinney's crowd of gun-grabbing RINOs who falsely believe that behaving like Democrats wins elections. The American people already rejected the new Coke.

Sam Belsito is the traditional Coca Cola, the standard established by Ronald Reagan. Awaken Republicans! If conservatives like Mr. Belsito can win in a strong Democrat district, they can win almost everywhere in the state. Only twenty-three (23) more seats won and Republicans control the House. It is within reach.

[dila813]

everytime they did, we got another scandal

[DTogo]

He said he would have voted against the recent gun control legislation.

Ths is a HUGE issue in CT now (duh), and will likely result in anti-gun RINOS like McKinney & Bolinsky to lose a lot of support and possibly their seats to actual conservatives (or maybe to a Dem).

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

Thanks, sorry about my dumb question.

[Maelstorm]

Thanks for the info! I agree. You have to stand for something or people wont respect you and if they don’t respect you they aren’t likely to vote for you.

[PALIN SMITH]

Belsito has no vote on amnesty. He is a state rep.-elect.

[Maelstorm]

No problem. Its hard to keep local politics versus national straight sometimes. :-)

[fwdude]

Sounds like all fiscal issues. I wonder how he is on ALL conservatism?