In Democratic Primary Race, Money Is A Means And A Message
Public financing program still up in the air
Published: May 24, 2010
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Democratic gubernatorial nominee Dan Malloy criticizes Ned Lamont at the Democratic convention
Photo:Robert Frahm, Connecticut Mirror
Money talks in politics, and it spoke loudly over the weekend at Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, where Republicans endorsed two rich neophytes for governor and U.S. Senate.
But the Republican losers didn't complain as much about the prospect of being outspent as did a Democratic winner, Dan Malloy, who was endorsed for governor across town at his convention.
Malloy fired the first salvo in the Democratic primary by denouncing wealthy challenger, Ned Lamont, for refusing to participate in the state's voluntary program of public financing and spending limits.
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How dare - how dare - somebody blow up the clean elections program?
-Dan Malloy, Candidate For Governor
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