Hartford, CT – Mark Boughton and Tom Foley are in the national spotlight this week for their support of the Tea Party government shutdown. Yesterday, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) launched a new website highlighting out of touch beliefs held by Republicans. Click the following link to see the Connecticut page of the DNC’s new website that features Mark Boughton and Tom Foley: http://www.sameoldparty.com/state/ct.html.

“I support what they are doing.”

–CONNECTICUT GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE TOM FOLEY SAID OF THE REPUBLICAN STRATEGY TO SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT

“It’s how sausage is made.”

–MARK BOUGHTON, MAYOR OF DANBURY AND CONNECTICUT GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE, SAID OF LINKING NEGOTIATIONS OVER HEALTH CARE TO THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

Background:

CT Politics Blog: Foley “Stood With The House GOP” On The Government Shutdown, Stating “So I Support What They’re Doing.” “The congressional impasse over Obamacare that brought the federal government to a screeching halt Tuesday has created a schism among some of the Republican contenders for governor. Tom Foley, who is eyeing a rematch with Democrat Dannel P. Malloy in 2014, stood with the House GOP caucus and Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, on their attempt to force Congress to delay the start of the provisions of the Affordable Care Act. ‘I blame the president and I blame Harry Reid,’ Foley, the 2010 GOP nominee for governor, said of the controversial shutdown….“So I support what they’re doing,” Foley said. “I think some modified version of the health care bill that provided for universal health care, provided for coverage for pre-existing conditions, for example, and some other things in this bill are things that the majority of Americans support. (But) there are an awful lot of things in Obamacare that Americans don’t want and we can’t afford.”” [Hearst Media, CT Politics Blog, 10/1/13]

Boughton Said Linking Health Care Act Negotiations To The Government Shutdown Is “How Sausage Is Made.” “Exploratory candidate Mark Boughton, mayor of Danbury, politely returned my call and explained that he thinks there’s blame to go around both parties in Washington. But he said linking negotiations about the health care act to a government shutdown is OK with him. “It’s how sausage is made,” he said.” [Dave Collins, The Day,10/4/13]

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