Bysiewicz Eyes 2012

Things are all set for the Friends of Susan announced press conference in Middletown Wednesday at 11 am, where presumably Susan Bysiewicz will jump from the Gubernatorial race to the Attorney General race. As the chess moves get made over on the Democratic side, we look forward to the potential leading contenders for the State’s highest elected office to quickly become a Stamford on Stamford affair.

Dan Malloy with his 450k plus war chest dominates the money field in the Dem contest for Governor. His surrogates have done well to position him ahead of the rest of the field heading into the convention. If the Dems could escape without a primary they would have a whole summer in which to make the case to the public rather than the hyper partisan primary voting Democrats.

But why would Bysiewicz make the jump to the AG spot? Looking ahead to 2012, it is another presidential year, and assuming the Obama does enough to keep the hounds of tea partiers at bay, Obama sweeps in another round of Democratic congress critters. And who isn’t a Democratic congresscritter these days. Senator Joe Lieberman. Lieberman too will be looking to see where the wind is blowing come 2012, and should the turbid waters of Connecticut politics seem unfriendly, he’ll position himself to exit off the political stage with a cabinet spot, freeing up the Senate seat in a safely Democratic leaning state to the next round of challengers. Brownie points for the master politician. He’ll need it. So what aspiring Connecticut Democrat wouldn’t want a senate gig these days, Six year terms, and not a lot of hard work to do. Something that would befit an aspiring AG, rather than a sitting Governor, or former Secretary of State and candidate for Governor.

And so that brings us to Wednesday’s announcement. And the potential line up of Malloy and Bysciwicz teamed together instead of fighting it out in a primary. Solves quite a few problems doesn’t it?

It also makes thing interesting for the Republicans. Mike Fedele is busy raising cash. ALmost $70k in 30 days is pretty nifty for a just announced candidate. But now that Malloy is looking like the potential match up, do the Republicans really want to run a race of Stamford vs. Stamford. Malloy comes into the race as a popular 14 year Mayor who did a bunch of things. Fedele comes into the race with slim credentials and as M. Jodi Rell’s sidekick. A Stamford doer versus a Stamford What Could Have Been.

Tom Foley isn’t the answer either. It should make Republicans long for Larry Cafero to have waited just a month or two more before announcing he was out. Then you would have had the leader of the fighting 44 against the former Mayor of Stamford. Wouldn’t that have been more interesting.

The next Democratic scramble will be who becomes front runner for Secretary of State. Watch Jonathan Harris pick up steam there.

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  • eatsleepct

    Malloy might have raised $450,000–but how much is left? After running for nearly a year, the war chest is almost empty. And as for his “popularity,” have you talked to the people of Stamford?

  • OLD TIMER

    Blumenthal today released an opinon that her “active practice” does not meet the statuatory requirement of ten years to be a candidate for attorney general.

    • turfgrrl

      Old Timer: That’s not quite what Blumenthal said. he said that the law regarding 10 years of active practice was constitutional, but that the Courts would have to decide what constituted active practice. My take on this is that eventually Bysiewicz drops back to the secretary of state race because of the “oversight” in filing as a non active lawyer with state funds.

  • OLD TIMER

    It was a long, detailed response. He did say the requirement and the law it was part of, were, in his opinion, constitutional. He also said the determination of what constitutes “active practice” would have to be made by a court. That neither rules her in, or out, but certainly calls her candidacy for the job in question. He made it clear that, in his opinion, “active practice” would require more than maintaining membership in the bar association for ten years. It is far from a ringing endorsement.
    This is the adress of the letter he sent her.
    http://www.ct.gov/ag/cwp/view.asp?a=1770&q=455118