"His judgment is really rock solid. He looks at the facts and is willing to vote for things that he thinks are good whether or not partisan politics dictate or ask him to do so." Connecticut Post, CT
Christopher Shays, R-4, helping to raise more than $100,000 in Shays' race against Democratic challenger Jim Himes, of Greenwich. Shays studies issues and ...
....Several state Republicans attended the event, including state Sen. William Nickerson of Greenwich, state Rep. Toni Boucher of Wilton, and Scott Frantz, who is running for Nickerson's seat.
Nickerson said Shays has been a leader on issues affecting global markets.
Even though members of Congress -- Shays among them -- passed the controversial $700 billon bailout bill for Wall Street, stock markets worldwide tanked last week. But Nickerson said criticism of the bill is premature.
"The bailout bill has not even been implemented," Nickerson said. "One-day stock market fluctuation is not a judgment on whether Congress or the White House is handling this properly."
Shays thanked supporters for his 21 years in Congress.
"I made a Freudian slip one time," Shays said before his wife, Betsi, introduced Bloomberg. "I said being a member of Congress is very humiliating. And I meant humbling, because every one of my constituents knows more about a particular issue than I do."
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Shays has been hearing a similar refrain from Greenwich Democrat Jim Himes, who is challenging him this election. A Himes campaign analysis found that Shays ...
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