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Category Archives: Joe Courtney

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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Fool them thrice, or more

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

From the New York Times: The Treasury secretary, Henry M. Paulson Jr., on Tuesday rejected pleas to use money from the $700 billion bailout program to help homeowners avoid foreclosure or to stave off bankruptcy by Detroit’s Big Three automakers. Facing a barrage of complaints from Democratic lawmakers that he was ignoring the will of […]

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Students for Courtney, Take 2

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Yesterday I wrote that I was unable to post a video of a new Courtney commercial, because it played automatically when anyone came to this site. Thanks to Lon Seidman it’s now on youtube, and here it is: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bINN_aIGyE[/youtube] Doesn’t it feel good to have a great Democratic Congressman again. Those six years of Simmons […]

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Students for Courtney

Monday, October 27, 2008

Brian Farber of the Courtney campaign asked, along (probably) with every other blogger in Connecticut, to post a video of a new Courtney commercial featuring 2nd District students. Unfortunately, the embedded video plays automatically, whether you like it or not, as soon as you come to this august location. So I deleted it right after […]

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Courtney Endorsed by VFW

Friday, October 10, 2008

At the request of a Courtney fan, I’m posting this video. By the way, I’ve had some experience with the constituent services that the speaker mentions in the first few minutes of the video. I represent a lot of people seeking social security disability. In about 10% of the cases we win, there are incomprehensible […]

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