Now that the primary is over in CT, the campaign should be beginning in earnest. So what has been said so far? Well, Ned Lamont is trying to tie Bob Stefanowski to President Trump while Stefanowski is linking Lamont to Den Malloy. While Trump's ratings in CT are not high, Malloy has abysmal ratings. So what. Neither Malloy nor Trump are running for governor here in CT. We need to hear from these candidates how they plan to deal with Connecticut's economic crisis, how they plan to keep people from leaving the state, how they plan to fix the transportation mess that we deal with every day, and how they plan to balance the budget deficit that Malloy is leaving.
So far, we've gotten a lot of specifics from Republican Stefanowski, but not much of anything from Democrat Lamont. That may be a big mistake by Lamont. In 2016, Trump won in part because he actually told America what he planned to do while Hillary spent her time calling Trump voters deplorable and telling other voters that it was her time, as a woman, to be president. There are enough voters who care abut policy that a candidate cannot just ignore explaining his or her views.
If Lamont stays mum on how he would deal with the CT economy and its problems, he is unlikely to win. That should not come as a surprise to anyone, even in very blue Connecticut. If Lamont just runs a campaign trying to tie the GOP candidate to President Trump, it will be the height of political silliness. Still, Lamont has run statewide campaigns before and lost each time. There's no reason why this time should be different.
So far, we've gotten a lot of specifics from Republican Stefanowski, but not much of anything from Democrat Lamont. That may be a big mistake by Lamont. In 2016, Trump won in part because he actually told America what he planned to do while Hillary spent her time calling Trump voters deplorable and telling other voters that it was her time, as a woman, to be president. There are enough voters who care abut policy that a candidate cannot just ignore explaining his or her views.
If Lamont stays mum on how he would deal with the CT economy and its problems, he is unlikely to win. That should not come as a surprise to anyone, even in very blue Connecticut. If Lamont just runs a campaign trying to tie the GOP candidate to President Trump, it will be the height of political silliness. Still, Lamont has run statewide campaigns before and lost each time. There's no reason why this time should be different.
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