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Guess who’s pulling Coutu’s strings?

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Joe Courtney, our very excellent Congressman, is going to face a tea party type in the next election. His name is Chris Coutu, and he’s a representative type. A young man on the make who is looking to ride extremism and Republican cant into political office or, lacking that, a lucrative right wing sinecure or [...]

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Joe Courtney visits Drinking Liberally

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Joe Courtney joined the regulars at the SE CT Drinking Liberally get together in New London tonight. Mayor Finizio put in an appearance as well. That’s Matt Shafner on the right.    

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A great Democrat

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

A few days ago I put up a post that included this paragraph about our hapless Democrats: Today a poll was released showing that 47% of the people in this country want the health care law repealed. And why not? All they hear is a steady drumbeat of criticism from the right and a deafening [...]

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A small bit of welcome news

Friday, May 27, 2011

We in Connecticut can take some pride in our House delegation, everyone of whom voted against renewing the Patriot Act. I owe an apology to Joe Courtney, since a short while ago I predicted he’d vote the wrong way, as, in my defense, he has in the past. When they are old and grey, the [...]

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Shameful behavior on the campaign trail

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Joe Courtney is one of the nicest politicians I’ve ever met. Some might say that’s damning with faint praise, but Joe would be on the nice guy side of the scale in any group you’d care to name. So it is with heavy heart that I must call him out on the devious campaign tactics [...]

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Democrats opt to tax their base

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Firedoglake has engaged in a sometimes hostile opposition from the left to the Obama Administration. At times it has been a bit over the top, but sometimes they get things exactly right. We are all, perhaps, getting a bit weary about even thinking about health care, which is just what the lobbyists want, so they [...]

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Courtney does good, Himes not so much

Friday, April 3, 2009

You would think that Congress would be wary of sanctioning more bonuses at bailed out institutions, particularly at AIG, but of course you’d only be partly right. Congress is more than happy to help those bankers, so long as it can do so in a way that, at least at the moment, is totally opaque [...]

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A Lamb prepares for the slaughter

Monday, March 23, 2009

According to the Norwich Bulletin, at least one Republican is ready to take on Joe Courtney in 2010: Glastonbury Republican Matthew M. Daly has declared his candidacy for the Second Congressional District, challenging two-term incumbent Democrat Joseph Courtney. Daly said he will campaign on a platform of “bringing efficient, effective governance to Congress, restoring core [...]

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Courtney a “New Democrat”

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Hmmm. From an email from Joe Courtney’s office: Today at the White House, Congressman Joe Courtney and other members of the New Democrat Coalition met with President Obama to discuss critical issues facing our nation. The New Democrat Coalition is a group of like-minded moderate Democrats who have joined to seek solutions on issues such [...]

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Courtney to hold Town Hall Meetings on Stimulus Plan

Saturday, February 14, 2009

I’m on Joe’s mailing list, as I’m are sure a lot of my readers. This recent email is significant enough to pass along to those of you who aren’t on Joe’s list. WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Courtney announced today that he will host five Town Hall forums to discuss provisions of the American Recovery [...]

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