For weeks, in some cases months, the campaign to become the next fill-in-the-blank has been occupying the best and brightest political flunkie minds. Oh, maybe not, but there’s certainly been a fair amount of trees sacrificed to the alter of why the “other guy” is is bad, American pie is good, and bright photos of aging white men who want you to think they can rock the house, legislatively that is. Then there’s Linda McMahon, who no longer wants to rock the ring, is not an aging white man, and plans to introduce chair throwing as a debating tactic in the Senate. But that’s a post for little later.

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Nothing like quick rulings from Superior Court. Shouldn’t all lawsuits go this fast?

Judge Julia Aurigemma heard the arguments by Griebel and Foley that Fedele and his running mate, Mark Boughton, are not entitled to $2.1 million in public financing through the state’s Citizen’s Election Program because the “double-counted.” The state approved the money last Thursday, Foley filed a court challenge Friday, and the case was heard Monday. Today is Tuesday so it must be Belgium.

And a nine-page ruling, no less. Let the campaign ads begin.

A scan of the news headlines concerning the race to become the governor of Connecticut reveals that we still haven’t gotten over our fixation over the race itself. Tom Foley wants you to know that he’s filed a lawsuit against Mike Fedele because Foley’s campaign doesn’t want Fedele’s campaign to qualify for $2 million in public funding.

Dan Malloy’s campaign wants you to know that Ned Lamont is too chicken to debate him. Ned Lamont’s campaign says Ned is working hard on speaking to the voters directly.

Oz Griebel still can’t get his name into the headlines.

What they’re all saying, somewhere buried in all this campaign news, is that they’re the guy to turn Connecicut around and create jobs.

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