Radicalism, Finger Sandwiches, and Doing the Impossible

Opening day 2009. No, I'm not talking about baseball. I'm talking about a legislative session that may very well be more detrimental to good government in the state of Connecticut than has ever been seen before. It has been said many times throughout the course of history, that radical ideas will always have their seat a the polticial table. Well, beginning tomorrow, radicalism will have the throne in the Connecticut House of Representatives.

The incoming speaker, Christopher Donovan, is a die hard unionist, who is about as liberal as they come. A staunch, near socialist liberal is fine as a majority leader or a majority whip, but as a Speaker, it is counterintuitive to any course of public debate known to man. Donovan objected last year to the Republican alternative budget being debated and voted on, because he said it had nothing to do with the budget.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that a State house was a place where democracy and debate take place, in an effort to do what is best for the inhabitants of the state. Maybe someone should explain that to the Democratic party of Connecticut, who would rather sit around all day drinking tea and eating little finger sandwiches than actually put forth real effort into solving the problems of the day.

The Republicans in the Connecticut General Assembly have a long and winding road ahead of them. It won't be easy. As they always have in the past with their hard work and sensible solutions, Minority Leaders John McKinney (S) and Larry Cafero (R) have to do their best to make sure that the voice of the Republican party, and ultimately a vast amount of people in the state of Connecticut is heard.

For thirty years we have watched the Connecticut Democrats mismanage this state. They always complain about a Republican Governor. Great amount of good a governor can do when a Democratic legislature overrides her vetos. And yet people, although indiscriminately angered by the Hartford Circus, continue to send Democrats to Hartford. But they wonder why things don't get done.

The Republican Party has some things to look forward to, however. With four new Senators, Sen. Kevin Witkos, Sen. Mike McLachlan, Sen. Toni Boucher, and Sen. Scott Frantz, and six new House members, Tony Hwang, Christopher Coutu, Fred Camillo, Tim LeGeyt, Terrie Wood, and John Rigby, the GOP has some hope in its eyes. These ten members of the Connecticut General Assembly won seats in a year that was exponentially difficult for Republican candidates. And they did it on the promise of hard work, real actions, and true results. Hey, I guess it's kind of fun to do the impossible.