Richard Blumenthal distanced himself Monday from the Obama administration and the state's Democratic congressional delegation with a forceful denunciation of Washington in a speech to the Connecticut AFL-CIO.</p>
<p>The Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate was cheered as he arrived, but his anti-Washington theme drew little applause from an audience that had warmly greeted the man Blumenthal hopes to succeed, Sen. Christopher J. Dodd.</p>
<p>"Washington isn't listening, and Washington isn't working for ordinary people," Blumenthal said.
August 17, 2010
Richard Blumenthal distanced himself Monday from the Obama administration and the state's Democratic congressional delegation with a forceful denunciation of Washington in a speech to the Connecticut AFL-CIO in Hartford.
The Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate was cheered as he arrived, but his anti-Washington theme drew little applause from a labor audience that had warmly greeted the man Blumenthal hopes to succeed, Sen. Christopher J. Dodd. Read more
