Yes, yes, yes.

I’ll take mine with salsa and that delicious humble pie with coffee.

Senator McKinney has in fact declared his intention to seek re-election to the state senate, throwing the door open to anybody who wants to take a stab at Fairfield County’s Congressional seat. And that means anybody.

More likely suspects include State Senator Dan Debicella, who is clearly interested in something other than a supporting role in the hopelessly outnumbered Republican State Senate caucus, and he’s got the “right” kinda cred to gain support from the Washington power structure of the GOP (there is some speculation that McKinney’s moderate Republican didn’t play well with the “C” streeters, et al). Then of course there is Debicella’s peer from Greenwich L. Scott Franz. And how about Mayor Moccia?

But if the Republicans really want to take a run at Himes, they may want to take a look at this guy. He’s an out-of-the-box prospect who could cut into Himes in his Bridgeport base.

Without something unexpected, Himes is looking like a pretty good bet for next year. Continue reading →