Will Linda McMahon still blow $50mil to buy herself a senate seat? (re: Conn Race)

[LynneSin]

http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2010/Senate/Maps/Jan06-s.html#2

Dodd Retiring in Connecticut
But Democrats also have some good news. Embattled Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) is expected to announce his retirement today. Dodd has served five terms in the Senate, but has come under withering criticism for his failure as head of the Senate banking committee to oversee the banks and for a sweetheart mortgage he got from one of the banks he was supposed to oversee. Between the criticism, poor polls, and a bout with prostate cancer last summer, Dodd apparently has decided to call it a day.

Dodd's retirement is good news for the Democrats as they were in great danger of losing this seat, even in very blue Connecticut. Most political observers expect Connecticut's Attorney General, Richard Blumenthal (D), to quickly announce he is running for the open seat. Blumenthal is the most popular politician in Connecticut and even if Republican hopeful Linda McMahon follows through on her promise to spend $50 million of her own money on this race, Blumenthal is still the odds-on favorite. In fact, against Blumenthal, McMahon may well have second thoughts. Spending $50 million to buy a Senate seat is one thing; throwing away $50 million for nothing is something completely different. If McMahon decides that she has no chance against Blumenthal, she may drop out, leaving former representative Rob Simmons (R) as the Republican nominee. That is, unless the tea baggers go after him. In Congress, he was a pro-union, pro-environment moderate. They might decide to support a minor candidate, Peter Schiff, a financial broker and commentator, to prevent Simmons from getting the nomination.

[joeybee12]

1. I'm all for her spending $50 million for nothing...n/t

[LynneSin]

3. Seriously

And it's interesting that a woman who is part of a 'sports entertainment' empire that makes women act like bimbos (or sure I'm sure there are a few examples of women who aren't but if you don't have supersized grapefruit implants and overblown lips you won't do well in the WWE as a woman) is running as a republican. I know I don't want someone like that in my part even if she could feasibly buy herself a senate seat.

[joeybee12]

5. Yeah, but if she runs, all of what you point out will be brought up...

...as well as the fact that the WWE NEVER offered their employees health insurance...she's a wreck and i'd like to see her blow $50 million to basically expose herself as a wreck.

[LynneSin]

6. You have GOT to be fricking kidding me.....

She has $50million to blow and they never offered health insurance to their employees? Is this the regular employees or the Wrestlers? The Wrestlers should have made enough of their own money to afford it (and what they do to their body is expensive). But if the regular folks working desk jobs to help promote this sham aren't offered insurance - that really sucks!

[joeybee12]

10. I think both...but I'd have to check...

...and even if it was just the wrestlers, there were hundreds, not just the stars, most under contract and made very little...yeah, she's a repuke, screw the working guy.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

12. Wrestlers pay their travel expenses too

Rental cars, hotel, etc. They may get one plane ticket at the start of a run, but that's all.

If a wrestler needs surgery, they often pay for it, but that's not a gimme. It's only if they are a big enough star.

Vince and Linda basically claim wrestlers are "independant contractors". Yet they sign contracts for 2, 3 or 4 years at a time, and when they expire, they even have a 90 day no compete clause so they can't go to a major promotion in the US (the only one that exists is TNA)

Jesse Ventura has been all over this for years about the wrestlers unionizing, but until one of the major stars starts pushing for it (usually if you are the champion, you get perks) it will never happen.

[johnfunk]

2. Short answer: Most probably -- and she'll get beaten like a bad piece of meat.

[CTyankee]

4. Simmons is not a bad egg, but since he's a puke I can't vote for him.

So I hope the teabaggers go after him. It will divide and conquer the pukes in the state and I'm all for that.

I don't know much about McMahon but I've seen her ads and they would put a stone to sleep...

[LynneSin]

7. I have that here with Mike Castle in Delaware

I geniuinely like the guy for a Republican but voting for him means I support their party, leadership and platform. Sorry, no can do.

[sharp_stick]

9. I never really minded Simmons

until he started walking around with a damned teabag in his pocket and profusely apologizing for supporting cap and trade along with some pro-union measures. I would never have supported him as a puke but since he started dropping his pants for those asshole teabaggers I wrote him off.

Against Blumenthal I don't think either of them have a shot in hell and that makes me happy.

[CTyankee]

11. Trying to remake yourself in the image of the teabaggers is pretty sad.

His day has come and gone, gone with the wind that blew away the concept of a "liberal Republican" in CT.

At the same time, I feel sorry for him. His wife once had a late term abortion due to a medical malformation of the fetus and I always felt that he was agonized by his party's stand on "partial birth abortion." He and his wife must have gone through pure hell...

[sharp_stick]

14. I've never met Simmons

but he always seemed to be a decent guy, the late term abortion would be heartbreaking. The Northeast Republican is a dead creature, Snowe and Collins are on life support I think the teabagging assholes have them in their sites.

I still wish one or both of them would see the teabag stains on the wall and switch parties. I think they could both win re-election as Democrats.

[FormerDittoHead]

8. A good snapshot of why the media plays the 'middle'...

If you think the media would report enough of the TRUTH that would stop Ms. McMahon from spending her $50m on their local media, you've got another thing coming!

The media is going to make sure that this race keeps as close as it can to keep McMahon spending her (and other rich friends') money...

95% of the money will be spend on TV advertising. If we banned TV political ads as we do cigarette ads, imagine someone being able to run for the Senate without needing access to so much money...

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[Jennicut]

13. She would be stupid.

She seems to be an intelligent woman but there is no way she will win this with Blumenthal in there now.