i'm leaving work a bit early on monday

for a dental appointment. i have my fingers crossed i can somehow attend the obama stop (but i don't have my hopes up)
(i just posted rosa delauro endorsed obama, and i knew chris murphy and john larson endorsed him the other day)

At Last, Connecticut Gets A Turn
Clinton And Obama Could Cross Paths As They Bring Battle To State On Monday
By MARK PAZNIOKAS Courant Staff Writer
Over 48 dizzying hours, Connecticut has become a Super Tuesday battleground, with Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama placing new emphasis on a small state once solidly in Clinton's column.The Clinton campaign abruptly announced Thursday that their candidate was returning to Connecticut on Monday, the day before Democrats go to the polls here and the same day Obama is holding a rally in Hartford.Clinton is intent on shoring up support in Connecticut, a state where one poll gave her a 14-percentage point lead two weeks ago, against the buzz of an Obama visit and a late burst of endorsements................
.............Obama was endorsed Thursday by U.S. Rep. John B. Larson, D-1st District, the highest-ranking House Democrat to back a presidential candidate, and freshman Rep. Chris Murphy, D-5th District...............

YOUR (certainly not MINE)

senator from connecticut. democrat? NOT in this lifetime!

Lieberman tapped to McCain 'leadership team' in Conn
HARTFORD, Conn. -- Sen. Joe Lieberman has been named a chairman of Republican presidential hopeful John McCain's state leadership team.Lieberman, an Independent who caucuses with Senate Democrats, has endorsed the Arizona senator and campaigned for him in Florida, Michigan, New Hampshire and South Carolina. He is heading McCain's Connecticut campaign with Republican Rep. Christopher Shays.George Jepsen, former state Democratic Party chairman who supported Ned Lamont's successful challenge of Lieberman in the 2006 Democratic primary, said Lieberman's endorsement of McCain is an affront to Democrats who believed Lieberman when he said two years ago that he was committed to helping put a Democrat in the White House in 2008.........