cassel, what happened, mike cassel got defeated by a tea party-backed challenger named christine o donnell, who is not a witch, and we all know how that worked out. without objection, the senate will come to order. the clerk will read a communication to the senate. senator chris coons, democrat of delaware, thank you, christine o donnell. the same thing happened in connecticut where rob simmons, who might have had a good shot at winning a senate seat, got defeated by the tea party-backed linda mcmahon, wrestling executive. linda mcmahon lost and we have blumenthal of connecticut. in nevada where it looked like harry reid s political career was not long for this world until a tea party backed candidate named sharron angle defeated more normal republican candidates in the primary. and of course we still have democratic senate majority
guy. he was the subject of a terror task force investigation. they were divorced earlier this year and he was deported. reid claims he knew nothing about those claims. ok. linda mcmahan, the republican candidate for senate in connecticut is slamming his democratic opponent richard blumenthal for dragging the father of the professional wrestler who killed himself, his wife and his son into the campaign. he says that mcmahan is only running for office to head off attempts to regulate wrestling. she s a former wrestling executive. it s politics as usual. the blumenthal campaign paid for him to come down and put him up in a hotel. and i think it s clearly an intent to try to be a distraction from real issues facing the people here in connecticut. the latest poll to release shows right now the attorney
john mccain from that which he advocated during the presidential race. absolutely. john mccain was the number one advocate of comprehensive immigration reform, which would have include some path to citizenship, or at least permanent residency for illegal aliens who are already here. he now says border first, security first. and as howard said, he was going to get to the right of j.d. hayworth, especially on this explosive issue in arizona, come hell or high water. and he s managed to do it. and if hayworth can t open up any sort of daylight between his position and that of mccain, then i think hayworth is probably toast. let s go to connecticut. linda mcmahon is hoping well, is the republican candidate for the u.s. senate in that race and pollsters trend line for connecticut shows attorney general dick blumenthal leading the former wrestling executive. howard, does the family business help or hurt linda mcmahon? well, i used to think it hurt
howard s right, there s been a sea change in the position of mccain from that which he advocated during the presidential race. absolutely, john mccain was the number one advocate of comprehensive immigration reform, which would have included some path to citizenship or at least permanent residency for illegal aliens who are already here. he will now says border first, security first. as howard said, he was going to get to the right of j.d. hayworth, especially on this explosive issue in arizona come hell or high water. he s managed to do it, and if hayworth can t open up any sort of daylight between his position and that have mccain, then i think hayworth is probably toast. let s go to connecticut, linda mcmahon is the republican candidate for u.s. senate in that race. and posters trend line for connecticut shows dick blumenthal leading the former wrestling executive. howard, does the family business help or hurt linda mcmahon?
mccain from that which he advocated during the presidential race. absolutely. john mccain was the number one advocate of comprehensive immigration reform, which would have include some path to citizenship, or at least permanent residency for illegal aliens who are already here. he now says border first, security first. and as howard said, he was going to get to the right of j.d. hayworth, especially on this explosive issue in arizona, come hell or high water. and he s managed to do it. and if hayworth can t open up any sort of daylight between his position and that of mccain, then i think hayworth is probably toast. let s go to connecticut. linda mcmahon is hoping well, is the republican candidate for the u.s. senate in that race and pollsters trend line for connecticut shows attorney general dick blumenthal leading the former wrestling executive. howard, does the family business help or hurt linda mcmahon? well, i used to think it hurt