Rob Simmons downplays talk of Senate reentry

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Former Connecticut Republican Rep. Rob Simmons -- through a surrogate -- dismissed chatter that he might re-enter the state's Senate race, speculation he set off Wednesday in an interview with a local reporter.

"I'm thinking about it,'' Simmons told the Hartford Courant's Rick Green yesterday. "I'm trying to think about what's right what's honest and what's decent."

But now Simmons is backing off a bit. In a statement provided to The Fix, former campaign manager Jim Barnett says Simmons is not secretly waging a comeback.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/senate/simmons-downplays-talk-of-sena.html

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1. He could be more dangerous than McMahon

Despite spending $20 million or so already, McMahon still trails by 20