Connecticut: As 43% Of Citizens Have 80/20 Vision, Politicians Are Blind.

 Connecticut is an interesting case study in this election year as sentiments mirror the national perspective. In the examination of this perspective, two vastly different viewpoints are presented by voters. Somehow, 57% of these state voters agree with the current corrupted, tepid, and failed state-run economy while 43% are shouting out for some innovative ideas, actual ethical leadership with economic growth and reducing the current state debt of roughly $150 billion dollars that is not factored into the venerated “Fiscal Guardrails”.  The Connecticut Democrat Party with all of its corruption, ineptitude, incompetence, and economic and social failure continues its dictatorial hold on the state-run media and some citizens, with said leverage facilitated by your tax dollars via lager “Marketing, Media, and Public Relations” -expenditures in the state budget.  Meanwhile, the current race for Governor is shaping up to be a re-run of the last four debacle races that were bereft of boldness, principles, and innovative ideas that in the end, signified nothing.

And almost on cue every election cycle, we invariably see another mishandled public relations disaster by the Connecticut Republican Party that somehow misses the entire moral core of the argument. In 2022, the “Annie Lamont Goes To (abortion-restrictive) Nashville” ad campaign, Republican insiders laughed and slapped their knees at this obtuse joke poking ridicule at the Lamonts, while not caring that at least 43% of their voter base do not want to see babies killed in the womb https://hartfordbusiness.com/article/annies-in-nashville-lamonts-offhand-comment-now-in-stefanowski-ad/.  Fast forward to 2026, and we see Jadon MacCormick, a 23-year old man running for state office on his partially imperfect Christian beliefs, and rather than provide guidance and embrace those parts of the young man’s enthusiasm and family perspective that 43% of legitimate voters in their stable agree with, choose to submit him to a high-tech lynching where many established Republicans, rather than separating the wheat from the chaff, have agreed with child-abusing Democrats that Mr. MacCormick and all of his views need to be eradicated from the race, if not the face of the earth, as he does not represent "Connecticut Values". https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/connecticut-leaders-denounce-gop-candidates-happy-straight-month-statement/amp/ . All said, if one is interested in the way this situation could have been a remarkable success as opposed to a colossal failure, I respectfully direct you to my friend and colleague’s Tony De Angelo’s show of June 4, 2026. https://youtu.be/yXekoEUKVuk?si=Xtj2lUaBx0aFpMva.  

And once again, we see another Public Relations disaster brought to you courtesy of the Connecticut Republican Party. 

But in the endgame, what does all of that matter to the 43%? That 43% of those legally voting in the state faced with a dead economy, oppressive utility costs, excessive taxation, a lack of leadership and a morally-bankrupt state are so tired of this facade of posturing, and care only to the extent that they do want any more of the malfeasance and venality that represents both the Connecticut Democrat Party and its corrupted Governor Ned Lamont. These people have what is known in the political trade as “80/20” issue voters, focusing their energies on the items most important to their survival. And at the same time the never-ending issues of illegal drug use, destroyed and wrecked cities, massive crime, and violence along with a failed legal system are repeated by taxpayer-supported media reminding them that all of the ills of their world are all President Trump's fault and/or all due to Republican’s fault.

But for all of the established parties jousting about state corruption, all of it real, and none of it good as it reflects gross negligence, abuse, fraud, and omissions across both sides, What Connecticut officials had to say about latest Erin Stewart report, . The major and real economic issues in Connecticut conveniently omitted by these parties continue to be a lack of transparency in the Lamont Administration. Once again, where are the answers to the involvement of the Lamont's in   "Thermo Fisher Scientific", "Sema 4", " Core Infomatics", “Centrellis”. "Ocrulus", "Urjanet", "1life Healthcare", "Galileo Health", "Castlight Health", "Paladina Health", and "VillageMD",  the Lamont-related Cayman Island partnerships, large Cayman Islands deals such as the "Horsebarn Hill Investment Fund" hiding in the UCONN Foundation,  and the numerous deals hidden through “quasi-public” organizations such as “Connecticut Innovations”, all of which entities have been tracked to have a Lamont-family financial connection through some state-located municipality or nonprofit.  But state media tells us that all things are great! If the state is in such great economic shape, why does it have one of the highest tax rates in the country, one of the worst rankings for businesses, a departure of corporate businesses the size of a conga line and $150 billion dollars in short- and long-term debt along with unfunded liabilities? 

Query why there are two realities in Connecticut, being the one they want for you to believe, and the one that is actually happening in reality?

What else is the 43% of forgotten voters concerned about as opposed to endless strivings of politicians jamming their version of “Connecticut Values” down our throats? Their kids. Harm to their children. The real social issue in the state of Connecticut. The crisis of illegal drugs.   How many more years are needed to clean up the chronic flow of illegal and deadly drugs in the state? How many more human beings need to die from drug overdoses to say enough is enough? It is evident that politically connected operators close to state government benefit from this constant drug crisis by Connecticut Taxpayers monies being funneled to numerous "non-profit" agencies that are not taking care of this problem.  It is the same situation with domestic violence charities as the more funding there is, the more beatings there are. Indeed, these are the “Connecticut Values” that your taxpayer-paid state media chooses to hide from your view when you flick a switch for news.

What else is important to that 43%? Violence. Car theft and criminal retail theft abound in the state. Why must people fear for their lives to buy gasoline at night? Why can't criminals be convicted of their crimes and be taken off the streets? How many more murders in the Democrat Party strongholds of Bridgeport, New Haven, Hartford, and Waterbury need to happen before someone really starts to get tough with crime for the last time? Will it happen if a prominent Democrat Party family member is murdered in cold blood? Will the police officer that took the craven killer down be criminally charged? (Of course, this is a nonsensical question as police in Democrat-run Connecticut are not allowed to police anything whatsoever).

But there is a critical error in blaming only one party for this morass. The charade of this failed Connecticut Democrat Party should be brutally addressed every single day in this election by the Republican Party. We know it will not be, nor ever will be, until there is new and dedicated leadership for ethics to be restored to both parties. You see, the problem is Republican blindness. Republicans try to deal with this cancer on a political level trying to be liked and accepted. while Democrats are fighting a culture war against all things responsible and decent. If this fatally flawed approach will not change, then maybe it is really time for a set of logically, functional, and honest ideas/solutions and actions to be promoted by a new and legitimate third party. It would truly be a breath of fresh air in the confusion, smog, and sickening pollution that our current Connecticut Uniparty political system is mired in for this election.