So there was a CT-Sen Democratic debate last night...

MLN has the video. I came away from this debate the same way I went in, I'm still basically behind Chris Murphy until something changes my mind. All three seem fine on the issues, for the most part.

Tong and Bysiewicz spend a lot of time reciting canned attacks on Murphy that are tangentially related to the question asked. The worst example being when Tong literally said in response to one Murphy statement, "That's not what Chris said at the last debate, I don't have a response to that but here's a long rebuttal of what he said last time." I get they have to take shots at Murphy because he's ahead, but it felt really forced.

Chris Murphy saying a primary would be a bad thing is really stupid. Didn't we learn anything from 2006 and 2008?

They keep going on about their plans. This is my plan, I have a plan, That's not really a plan, My plan is better than his plan, etc, etc, etc. News flash: You're running for senate, not president. No plan from any of these people is going to be worth a damn thing after Jan 1, 2013. Seriously, who thinks we're going to enact a financial transaction tax in this country because the freshman senator from Connecticut has one in their plan? I don't care about any of these people's plans, I want to know how they'll vote on things that will actually come up for a vote in the Senate.

Susan Bysiewicz says she admired the role Olympia Snowe played in the health care reform debate in 2009-10? Seriously? Olympia Snowe, who spent a year dangling her vote in front of Democrats on the end of a stick but who would up being less open to compromise than Joe freaking Lieberman? By the end of that process Lieberman was changing his policy positions daily just to piss off liberals, but he still wound up being a more gettable vote than Olympia Snowe, who never broke from the Republicans' unanimous lockstep opposition to health care reform at any time on any vote. I think Bill Tong just jumped to number 2 on my depth chart.

And a quick aside to close, if you're watching the CT senate race you'll want to know what exciting candidate is back for another run!