WonderfulPessimist.com » Richard J. Blumenthal http://www.wonderfulpessimist.com No one has ever been fondly remembered for being a wonderful pessimist. -Ronald Reagan Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:02:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Simmons backs off in Connecticut; McMahon will face Blumenthal http://www.wonderfulpessimist.com/2010/05/25/simmons-backs-off-in-connecticut-mcmahon-will-face-blumenthal/ http://www.wonderfulpessimist.com/2010/05/25/simmons-backs-off-in-connecticut-mcmahon-will-face-blumenthal/#comments Wed, 26 May 2010 04:55:17 +0000 Craig Hansen http://www.wonderfulpessimist.com/?p=633 Rob Simmons, a former GOP Congressman, finally announced he has accepted his party’s endorsement of former WWE executive Linda McMahon as the party’s nominee to take over retiring Democratic Senator Chris Dodd, who was heading toward a humiliating defeat before deciding to withdraw from a re-election bid.

Simmons crying uncle and ceasing his bid for a primary challenge to McMahon clears the way for Linda McMahon to focus her campaign energy on Richard Blumenthal, the popular Democratic attorney general of the state. Blumenthal is not to be confused with former Clinton staffer Sidney Blumenthal.

McMahon’s name recognition, despite being linked to WWE scandals like the links between pro wrestling and human growth hormone supplements, will be needed in November if the GOP hopes to win the seat.

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