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Solidifying the Second

Via Connecticut Local Politics, the Cook Report confirms what we’ve known for a long time, the Second is no longer in play:

The Cook Political Report has changed its rating for Connecticut’s 2nd Congressional District from “Likely Democratic” to “Solid Democratic.” This is stunning, considering that this district saw the closest congressional race in the entire country in 2006.

Not really, all things considered. Joe Courtney foreclosed the only line of attack when he secured funding for the submarines, and the final nail was driven in the GOP coffin when Sean Sullivan was unable to raise any money.

My wife has often remarked how weird this election year will be in this corner of Connecticut. In 2006 we had a Republican Congressman, a Republican State Senator, and a Republican (in our district) state representative. (I moved here in 1976 and I don’t think that state rep seat has been held by a Democrat since then.) We worked our butts off to get Democrats into those positions, and we succeeded. This year two of them have no opponents (so far) and it’s beginning to look like Joe Courtney will face only token opposition. That’s a huge turnaround, leaving us in the position of having very little to do come November. People are enthusiastic, though, and I’m sure there will be lots of people turning out to elect Joe Courtney and Barack Obama in the fall.

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