Bob Englehart

The Hartford Courant

May 2, 2010

"Here's the effect big money has on a political campaign at the grass roots level. Zillionaire wrestling mogul and knee-to-the-groin senatorial candidate Linda McMahon offered a $5 bonus to student campaign workers for every new Republican registered at the University of Connecticut. Students helping with the drive were to be paid $10 an hour and then the bonus was to be added on top. ...

"Although it's not illegal, paying money to register voters is as sleazy as the industry McMahon represents -- which, of course, is also not illegal. ... If McMahon is this way with her fellow partiers, I can only guess at how she'll be with Richard Blumenthal when the cage fight starts in the fall. My prediction? Blumenthal in round one."

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