Milford Meet and Greet: Linda’s 327^th Meeting Since Announcing on Sept. 16, 2009

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But women’s success should not make us complacent. Around the world, women still suffer gross injustices. Just this week, the Economist’s cover story cites the “gendercide” that has led to the abortion or killing of over 100 million women worldwide. Dana Perino wrote in Politico this morning on the medical and economic hardships women confront throughout Africa. It is my hope that the continued assistance coming from private organizations, like the ONE Campaign, will help to alleviate these problems.

Here at home, we still have work to do as well.  Starting a family can stall a woman’s career, and the attempt to balance work and family has caused women to receive reduced wages at a time when they need income to help raise their children. I confronted many of the same challenges early in my career that women face today. I managed to raise my two children and build a business. It was not an easy task. It can be nearly impossible to split time between the boardroom and the playroom, but every day millions of moms do it. Gender discrimination in America is not as much a problem as it once was, but we need to assure women the opportunity to raise a family while continuing their careers. This is important for improving family values and creating a wider talent pool in our economy.

West Hartford, Conn. – Linda McMahon for Senate 2010 today announced that eighteen Republican leaders have given their support to Linda’s candidacy for U.S. Senate.   Endorsing Linda are five Republican Town Committee chairs, one of whom is also a Republican State Central Committeewoman.

“Linda exemplifies honesty, integrity, and experience—virtues that Washington needs now more than ever,” said West Haven Republican Town Committee Chairman Paul Frosolone. “With our state and country facing record unemployment and soaring deficits, I know that Linda is the person in this race best prepared to get us back on track.”

The following GOP leaders and activists endorsed Linda McMahon for Senate:

Ronald Aubel, Colebrook RTC Chair
Diana Bernard, Goshen RTC Member
Christie Carpino, Cromwell RTC Vice Chair
Bob Cascella, Ridgefield RTC Vice Chair
Timothy Ceritello, Bristol RTC Member
Margaret Cunnane, Bloomfield RTC Member
Peter Dizes, Berlin RTC Member
Enzo Faienza, Cromwell RTC Chair
Paul Frosolone, West Haven RTC Chair
Steven Lepore, New Hartford RTC Member
Marianna Ponns Cohen, Greenwich Board of Education and RTC Member
Spiros Poulos, Windsor RTC Member
John Sheehan, Bloomfield RTC Member
Elaine Strobel, Middlebury Selectwoman and RTC Member
Lee Toffey, Plainville RTC Chair
Cynthia Varricchio, State Central Committee, 33rd District, and Portland RTC Chair
Kenneth Wadowski, Bristol RTC Member
Carl Zejke Hermann, Cornwall RTC Member

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Cromwell Meet and Greet: Linda’s 321^st Meeting Since Announcing on Sept. 16, 2009

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That Character Issue Didn’t Last Long.

Daily Ructions Blog
By Kevin Rennie
Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Sputtering Republican U.S. Senate aspirant Rob Simmons declared at Tuesday’s debate that a party reveals its character by the candidates it nominates.  Nominate me, he seemed to suggest, and you will wrap your party in my rectitude.  Rut-roh, good thing Simmons didn’t press the point beyond his non-sequitur.  There’s a plagiarism brouhaha brewing in Camp Simmons and it’s revealing more than sticky fingers on other people’s work.

Seems Simmons has been ballyhooing as his own a small business plan that is just like the one developed by National Federation of Independent Business.  The plan disappeared from the Simmons campaign website shortly after the AP made inquiries into the provenance of the Simmons plan.  All those meetings with state businesses while Simmons was Jodi Rell’s small business advocate appear not to have inspired sufficient original thoughts in the three term former congressman to devise his own plan.

As disappointing is Simmons passing off the blunder on a “young staffer who borrowed the words without attribution,” according to his campaign manager, Jim Barnett.  A young staffer?  That’s who wrote lifted the Simmons plan to revive prosperity?

We know character when we see it, and it’s not on display at the Simmons campaign today.

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