A View Beyond the Spotlights
When I first heard the voice and the name come across my television set early one morning, I had to do a double take. Is that really her? I tried to shake the rest of the early morning cobwebs off and peered at theCandidate mailers shortly started to fill up my mailbox with her name and face. It was at that point that I knew it was serious, Linda McMahon was running for the Senate seat here in Connecticut. I didn't think much about the Senate seat before her commercials because I figured it would go to Blumenthal. He has strived to be a great advocate for the people of Connecticut and people know his name. I'm not the only one who has thought this way. An article printed on April 14, 2010 at the New York Times website discusses this very same point.
The article delves into Blumenthal's appeal and how most people would have been nuts to go up against him and his popularity. Linda, who is best known for bringing us the weekly episodic entertainment known as WWE wrestling, is doing just that. She has even promised to use a little of her branded entertainment during the campaign by battling her opponents with "blunt and in your face appeals and attacks" according to David Halbfinger of the New York Times. Having read that, I wonder if the debate stands would look more like a squared circle.
I haven't seen any of that but I must admit that I really didn't take her mailers or commercials very seriously. I didn't think that a person worth billions could understand what people in the state were really going through. Yes, Connecticut has boasted the highest Per Capita income for many years. We have many celebrities and business people dwelling quite well here. Connecticut was only recently bumped to number two by DC in 2003 according to infoplease but that doesn't mean that all of us are doing well. In fact, Connecticut is one of two states (Michigan being another) that has seen a decrease in jobs in the past 20 years.
Published by Kimberley Linstruth-Beckom
Writing started out as extra credit in the fourth grade for me, and for the past 27 years, I have published in various genres. View profile
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Carole Anne Somerville
05/04/2010
Informative article.
Janet Hunt
05/03/2010
Great coverage of the race!
Walton S. Tissot
05/01/2010
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