Copyright 2009 http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/politics en-us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:13:05 -0500 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:13:05 -0500 NBC Local Integrated Media http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/politics/Psalm-109-8-obama-assassination-70459737.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:00:01 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*120/Psalm+t-shirts.jpg
“Pray for Obama: Psalm 109:8” interpreted as hastening president's demise.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/State_Budget_Woes_Hartford.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:06:53 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/Still1118_00000_640x480.jpg
Legislators hold hearings with state budget chiefs.

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A state lawmaker was arrested after driving while talking. It turns out his license was suspended for not paying a ticket for driving while talking before.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/politics/Violence-Lingerie-and-Linda-McMahon-70380787.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:45:17 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/linda+mcmahon.jpg
Former wrestler Billy Graham wants Connecticut voters to know about Linda McMahon's World Wrestling Entertainment past.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/CT-GOP-Chief-Consider-a-Change-70344237.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:19:45 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/cal11.jpg
State Republican Chairman Christopher Healy asks State Sen. Sam Caliguiri to reconsider a run for U.S. Senate in 2010.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/The-64th-Congressional-District-And-Other-Recovery-Failures-70305027.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:00:14 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/111709-recovery-gov-rsz.jpg
It is lovely this time of year, but the 64th of Connecticut only exists in our heads -- and a government website.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/politics/The-Joose-Is-NOT-Loose-70271812.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:51:07 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/KNSD_Good_Times_and_Bad_110809_32_mezzn_640x480.jpg
The FDA threatens a ban on all alcoholic energy drinks. Your frat party may never be the same again.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/politics/Pay-Tsar-Warning-Could-Be-Behind-Phibro-Sale-Westport-70268412.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:08:16 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/rsz_citigroup.jpg
Before Citigroup sold off the lucrative energy trading that operates out of a Connecticut barn, the Obama administration’s pay tsar warned that the man behind it might be taking “excessive risk.”

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/politics/Message-By-Candlelight-Keep-the-Public-Option-70181687.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:23:54 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/Joe_Lieberman_Oct_2009.jpg
Demonstrators hold vigil in Stamford to urge Sen. Lieberman to allow a Senate vote on health care.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/politics/Trying-To-Avoid-Partying-Like-Its-1994.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:20:10 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/bill+clinton+and+barack+obama-640.jpg
The GOP hopes to relive its 1994 Contract with America, but Obama will do whatever he can to avoid repeating history.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/politics/Naders-Not-Ruling-Out-a-Run-Against-Dodd-69995372.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:10:59 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/Nader_Dodd_split_template_edited-1.jpg
Ralph Nader could be another name you see on the ballot for Senate in 2010.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/Lieberman-Thats-Inconceivable-Gitmo-Decision-69977577.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:04:46 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/Joe_Lieberman_Oct_2009.jpg
This time, he thinks the administration’s decision to try Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Gitmo detainees is just plain wrong.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/politics/Cherchez-La-Femme-69954062.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:56:45 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*83/92808336.jpg
From Pelosi to Palin to Bachmann, women are dominating the political landscape in ways they never have before

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/Happy-First-Gay-Wedding-Anniversary-69904027.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:13:16 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/86238559.jpg
Couples are looking back on the first year of gay marriages.

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President Obama chose General Stanley McChrystal to chart out a new Afghanistan policy eight months ago and his administration has come up with Plans B and C. Exactly, how far through the alphabet will the...

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/WWII-AIRMEN-MEET-FOR-THE-FIRST-TIME-SINCE-1945-69783802.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:47:49 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/Atlantic_Pillar_of_WWII_Memorial.jpg
After flying 20 missions together, the two lost touch -- until now.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/politics/Who-Wants-to-Be-Governor-69665972.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:17:17 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/Conn+Capitol.jpg
We are 357 days away from the 2010 election. Now that Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell has announced she’s not seeking another term as the state’s leader the ring is getting crowded.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/politics/Wiping-Away-The-Stains.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:15:13 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*88/92961877.jpg
John Allen Muhammad and Nidal Malik Hasan betrayed their uniform and their country, but Americans must remember the real lesson of Veterans Day.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/Name-That-Possible-Candidate-69657507.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:55:30 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/Govrace4.jpg
You may recognize some faces, you may recognize some names, but can you name all these people who might be in the running to be governor? (We say might because hardly anyone will go on record saying...

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/politics/With-Rell-Out--69659167.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:12:50 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*93/012709+Susan+Bysiewicz+mug.jpg
With Gov. M. Jodi Rell out of the running for another term, the gubernatorial field is wide open, and that could be a good thing for Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/politics/The-Governor-Rumble-69634717.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:06:37 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*89/82667745.jpg
Mike Huckabee doesn't seem to appreciate all the attention Sarah Palin is getting, but figures it might have something to do with their looks.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/Let-The-Subpoenas-Begin-69574067.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:28:40 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/121208rell.jpg
Investigators looking into whether a UConn project was used to help Governor Rell politically have started requesting documents in the case.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/Guv-Candidate-Willing-to-Give-Back-Rich-Towns-Money-69589677.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:21:21 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/110909-rudy-marconi.jpg
You may not know his name yet, but Rudy Marconi makes it clear he’s swinging for Gov. Rell’s job.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/Hole-in-State-Budget-Widens-as-Revenues-Plummet-69554677.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:38:45 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/Conn+Capitol.jpg
Falling tax revenues are seriously threatening the state budget.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/politics/Keeping-The-Baby-With-The-Bathwater-69540117.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:34:29 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*80/92880255.jpg
To get health care passed in the House, Speaker Nancy Pelosi resisted her own pro-choice sensibility and permitted a big pro-life win.

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In the wake of this week's elections, the White House needs to ask if it it has overextended its political operation as much as it has its policy agenda in Congress.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/politics/Back-At-It-More-Cuts-to-State-Budget-69344837.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:53:43 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/jodi-rell.jpg
Gov. M. Jodi Rell is making more cuts to the state budget to the tune of more than $30 million!

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/politics/Letting-Party-Voters-Decide.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:31:02 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*85/89039586.jpg
In the wake of the off-year election, the Republican Party and its conservative base try setting rules on how they can work together.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/politics/Throw-The-Bums-Out-69045122.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:38:48 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*84/92697761.jpg
With Democratic incumbents falling, the country's economy had better come first.

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/politics/Mr-Blumenthal-Goes-to-Washington-68852672.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:14:20 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/111108-scotus-p1.jpg
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal wants the states, and local residents, to have the power to fight high electricity rates, and that took him to Washington on Tuesday to argue his point before the United...

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/politics/Revenue-Shortfall-Could-Jeopardize-Sales-Tax-Cut--68840117.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:51:04 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*90/thrift+store+blazers.jpg
The state budget deficit could bigger than expected and jeopardize the planned sales tax cut from 6 percent to 5.5 percent. The Hartford Courant reports that if the trend continues, the January sales-tax cut...

]]> http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/politics/Obamas-Broken-Promise-68836017.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:43:13 -0500 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/120*80/92598687.jpg
One year after his election, President Obama's report card is filled with "incompletes" on the big issues, and an"F" in creating a new political atmosphere.

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