Should He Have Answered The Question?
by Christine Stuart | Feb 2, 2010 7:19pm
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Posted to: Election 2010
Shortly after announcing his run for U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd’s seat, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said if any reporters wanted to ask him a question related to the campaign he’d be happy to go outside on the sidewalk and talk about it.
He made it clear no campaign questions would be taken in his seventh floor office. However, some believe he may have broken that rule Tuesday when asked by Fox 61 Reporter Shelly Sindland about the possibility of the 9/11 terror trial being held in New Haven federal court.
Instead of refusing to answer the question Blumenthal talked about how he felt a military tribunal would be a more appropriate venue for the trial.
Republican Party Chairman Chris Healy who attended the press conference Tuesday said Blumenthal has “zero role in the administration of the federal courts.”
“He’s using his office, again, to promote his candidacy,” Healy said.
As a civilian lawyer in this state with no jurisdiction over the federal court system, Blumenthal has nothing to do with the “KSM trial,” Healy said. However, with cameras on and a dozen or more reporters present “he just can’t help himself.”
Blumenthal said he had every right to answer the question because he’d been asked his opinion by a number of state officials. And his assistant attorney generals are involved in the federal courts day in and day out.
He said when he answered Sindland’s question Tuesday he was speaking as the attorney general. He said his campaign would send out a statement later and it did. But click here to read Paul’s report on that issue as it relates to the U.S. Senate campaign.
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posted by: mmms92 | February 2, 2010 8:02pm
That is just ridiculous.
Just a few weeks ago, Cafero held a press conference INSIDE OF his Capitol office to announce that he was running for re-election to the House.
A couple of weeks later, McKinney also held a press conference inside of the Capitol to announce his re-election to the Senate.
In November, Fedele held a press conference inside of the Capitol to announce that he was going to run for governor immediately after Rell announced that she wasn’t running.
Or how about when Rell and Fedele used their state offices to send out an political endorsement of presidential candidate John McCain? (Link to that unethical press release: http://www.ctnewsjunkie.com/upload/2008/01/rell_picks_mccain/Jan28McCain.doc)
Meanwhile, Blumenthal answers a question from a reporter about whether he thinks a trial should be held in New Haven, and the Republican chairman says THAT is political?! Please!
posted by: CT Jim | February 2, 2010 11:48pm
I am more than happy to watch this horses a** parade around saying stupid things, excuse me REALLY stupid things.
The #1 reason the Republicans loose this year again is Healy.If he ever comes up with anything of substance the whole state will go in to shock.
Once again the republicans who have been parading around like a bunch of drunks since the Massachusetts Coakly disaster are proven as always to have peaked way to early.
I think their Doctor should have something for that. LOL
