Wednesday, August 11, 2010

You know, bring 'em on

She spent $22 million to win the Republican nomination against an opponent who, basically, did not campaign. Although CT has not had a Democratic governor since Reconstruction, or something, it's a deeply blue state.

And she's a fucking loon and runs a business with less integrity than a strip club.

But, according to the Times -- who, by the way, has been waging a weird war against Blumenthal for months, apparently using McMahon's oppo research -- Dems should be worried.

Richard Blumenthal, the longtime Democratic attorney general of Connecticut, has been winning elections handily in the state for nearly two decades and seemed destined for higher office. But the woman who emerged from the Republican Senate primary on Tuesday night, Linda E. McMahon, is unlike any challenger he has faced.

And now the national Democratic Party finds itself with another headache heading into a grueling midterm election season.

Ms. McMahon, the former chief executive of World Wrestling Entertainment, built a formidable political organization from scratch in 11 months, has bombarded the state with a dozen television advertisements that have made her nearly as visible as the ubiquitous Mr. Blumenthal, and has fired up the perennially underdog Connecticut Republican Party.

Ms. McMahon has promised to make her race against Mr. Blumenthal one of the country’s most expensive. She spent $22 million to capture the Republican nomination and is prepared to spend an additional $28 million to win the seat.

And Ms. McMahon will almost certainly wage a personal and potentially nasty campaign that will question Mr. Blumenthal’s integrity and take advantage of voter anger to paint him as yet another career politician.


I can also add this, Blumenthal is hardly "ubiquitous." To date, he hasn't campaigned. He hasn't had to.

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