No1ButPaul08
03-09-2010, 11:02 AM
Spots on the bill at party town committee meetings are in demand as the selection of delegates to conventions takes place later this month. Monday night found two candidates for statewide office, Michael Fedele and Peter Schiff, at the East Windsor Republican Town Committee meeting. The north central town, with about 1,400 registered Republicans, will in two weeks select six delegates to the state convention.
Gubernatorial hopeful Fedele was up first and went on at considerable length about his background because, he said, the members might not know him very well. This suggests Fedele has not used his position as lieutenant governor to create a bond with local party organizations in the way Jodi Rell did while she served John Rowland for nearly 10 years.
Listening to Fedele for a half hour at the Town Hall Annex in the Warehouse Point section of town, one would not have suspected Connecticut faces catastrophic budget problems. Fedele barely mentioned them. When he did, he proposed no credible, specific solutions to wrestling that monster.
When Fedele invited questions from the audience, Senate candidate Schiff raised his hand, acknowledged the state’s a mess, and asked Fedele what he’s been doing. That question should be posed at every appearance Fedele makes. He may eventually find a compelling answer, but he offered none last night. The Stamford resident said that in September Rell should have vetoed that budget that became law without her signature. ”I would have vetoed it,” he declared. If so, he kept that to himself at the decisive hour 6 months ago.
Fedele rival Tom Foley spoke to the East Windsor Republicans two weeks ago and, I understand, made a better impression than Fedele. The audience was capable of enthusiasm, as Schiff proved in the hour following Fedele’s departure from the room.
No candidate for governor, Republican or Democrat, should be allowed to make an appearance without being pressed on what he or she will do about the budget deficit.
This is only an impression from listening to and watching 25 people at a Monday night Republican town committee meeting: Peter Schiff will win some of their delegates, Michael Fedele may not.
http://www.dailyructions.com/schiff-questions-fedele/
Gubernatorial hopeful Fedele was up first and went on at considerable length about his background because, he said, the members might not know him very well. This suggests Fedele has not used his position as lieutenant governor to create a bond with local party organizations in the way Jodi Rell did while she served John Rowland for nearly 10 years.
Listening to Fedele for a half hour at the Town Hall Annex in the Warehouse Point section of town, one would not have suspected Connecticut faces catastrophic budget problems. Fedele barely mentioned them. When he did, he proposed no credible, specific solutions to wrestling that monster.
When Fedele invited questions from the audience, Senate candidate Schiff raised his hand, acknowledged the state’s a mess, and asked Fedele what he’s been doing. That question should be posed at every appearance Fedele makes. He may eventually find a compelling answer, but he offered none last night. The Stamford resident said that in September Rell should have vetoed that budget that became law without her signature. ”I would have vetoed it,” he declared. If so, he kept that to himself at the decisive hour 6 months ago.
Fedele rival Tom Foley spoke to the East Windsor Republicans two weeks ago and, I understand, made a better impression than Fedele. The audience was capable of enthusiasm, as Schiff proved in the hour following Fedele’s departure from the room.
No candidate for governor, Republican or Democrat, should be allowed to make an appearance without being pressed on what he or she will do about the budget deficit.
This is only an impression from listening to and watching 25 people at a Monday night Republican town committee meeting: Peter Schiff will win some of their delegates, Michael Fedele may not.
http://www.dailyructions.com/schiff-questions-fedele/