What's the name of Ned Lamont's republican opponent?

[norml]

I'm talking about the guy who won the republican primary, not the guy who's getting all the republican party's, and the right wing media whore's support.

I thought I might help him get some name recognition.

[Greeby]

1. Joe Lieberman

;)

Seriously though, it's Alan Schlesinger

[norml]

8. Meet the Republican in Connecticut's Three-Way Race (Human Events)

Meet the Republican in Connecticut's Three-Way Race

by John Gizzi
Posted Aug 14, 2006


With Sen. Joe Lieberman’s primary defeat at the hands of anti-war Democrat Ned Lamont last week and his decision to seek re-election as an independent, the national media have just begun to focus on the “third man” in Connecticut’s Senate race: moderate-to-conservative Alan Schlesinger, former six-term state legislator and past mayor of Derby.

No one had been paying any attention to Schlesinger, “But all of that changed on August 9—the day after Lieberman lost, which was our best media day ever,” said Schlesinger campaign manager Dick Foley, former state Republican chairman. “Alan was on Fox, MSNBC, every local television station here and six to eight radio programs.” Foley added that at least 15 reporters attended the Republican candidate’s press conference following Lieberman’s defeat.

An attorney, Schlesinger served for 12 years in the state legislature, where he was often at odds with Republican Gov.-to-be John Rowland. Schlesinger unsuccessfully challenged Rowland for a Republican congressional nomination in 1984 and in 1990 opposed Rowland ally Gary Franks for a congressional nod. (Rowland resigned the governorship last year and went to prison after pleading guilty to corruption charges.)

Elected mayor of Derby, Schlesinger took over a city whose finances were in the red and unable to pay salaries of city employees. By making cuts and instituting a tax increase without floating bonds, Schlesinger paid off the city’s debt, turned the deficit into a surplus, and eventually gave voters a rebate and lowered the taxes—“just like Ronald Reagan in his first year as governor of California,” he recalled.

Prior to last week, the most media attention Schlesinger received came following newspaper reports that he was a recreational gambler who played cards at casinos under an assumed name. Amid suggestions from some Republicans that Schlesinger resign the nomination, the candidate met with reporters and with Republican Gov. Jodi Rell and State Party Chairman George Gallo.


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http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=16466

[leftofthedial]

2. Joe Lieberman

the other guy is a placeholder

[Cooley Hurd]

3. Joe Lieberman

...I say that because I want EVERY response to the OP to read "Joe Lieberman.":rofl:

[Jack Rabbit]

4. Officially: Alan Schlesinger ; for all intents and purposes: Joe Lieberman

[elehhhhna]

5. Wheelie Mc Cardsharp. Or Bill Bennett. Or Melanie Morgan...

...some reep asshole with a major gambling problem.

It gets soooooooooo confusing.

[nolies32fouettes]

6. Joe Lieberman

[invictus]

7. Joe Lieberman

The Repugs deliberatly put up a loser to disguise the fact that their real guy is Lieberman.

[Smarmie Doofus]

9. It might make sense for Lamont to ignore Lieberman....

... completely and launch a hair-raising attack on Schlessinger as the embodiment of all evil.

Republican base might rally to his... Schlessinger's ( is he related to Dr. Laura?)... support.

[norml]

16. Lamont should ignore Lieberman, and instead refer to Schlessinger as...

his worthy opponent.

I differ with you that attacking Schlessinger would be a positive for Lamont.

Lamont treating Schlessinger as though he were his only opponent, and often mentioning his name, would be better.

[napi21]

10. I just read a poost that said the WH is NOT backing the GOP

candidate in Ct. Can YOU believe that???? I know when Ken Mehlman wouldn't commit to backing him, I said if I were Schleshinger, I'd tell those AH's where to stick their job, and then quit! After reading this about the WH comments today, that's actually the next bit of news I expect to hear...."GOP candidate in Ct. drops out of race!"

Some are saying they're going to back Joe and then when he wins, talk him into becoming a Pub. That may very well be true!

[AlinPA]

11. Joe Lieberman

[alvarezadams]

12. Joementum?

[auburnblu]

13. Loser

He has zero chance.

[JerseygirlCT]

14. Depends

Are you in a casino, or not?

[bigwillq]

15. As someone who's from that area:

Alan Schlesinger is a piece of shit, no-good, right wing hack. Did you see him on the teevee? What a fool! :mad:

He's got a snowballs shot in hell. And that's a good thing b/c he's an awful politician and an awful person.

My sister saw him have an outburst at the bank. He wanted to get a cashier's check (or something like that, I forget what my sister said) and the bank wouldn't give it to him and he was going off and said how he has millions of dollars in this bank, blah , blah , blah.....
my sis said he was screaming at the poor tellers.


He's just another money hungry repuke piece of shit. :mad:

[Hawkeye-X]

17. Heywood Jablowme?

Just guessing :P (I know it's Schlessinger, but I had to say it)