CT Repub Senate Candidate a "Blackjack Addict"

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

Alan R. Scheslinger seemed to be playing a long shot when he announced in March that he would run for the U.S. Senate. How long even he may not have realized. After being branded Wednesday as a card-counting blackjack addict with a $50,000 debt at one of the state's Indian-run casinos, the former Derby mayor and six-term state representative is under pressure from Republican Party elders to fold his hand.

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The viability of Schlesinger's candidacy was called into question Wednesday when Bradley Beecher, a retired Connecticut State Police officer whose last assignment was as commander of the Casino and Licensing Unit, forwarded to reporters copies of e-mails he had exchanged with Schlesinger and Rell.

Beecher, in his e-mail to the governor, said he was "able to document a long history of improper relationships between Connecticut Republicans and Connecticut casinos" and described Schlesinger's candidacy as "a train wreck in progress."

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The last publicly available campaign finance report filed by Schlesinger with the Federal Election Commission showed that he had collected only $20,350 in contributions between January and April, which included a $10,000 loan made or guaranteed by the candidate himself.



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[bigwillq]

1. Didn't see this thread before I posted

in another thread in this forum.
I think the man has a problem in more ways than one.
I didn't see much fault in him obtaining another "rewards card' by using a different name but this new story is troubling.

[madinmaryland]

2. His problems pale to the ones the last repub candidate for that seat

had.

:evilgrin:

google "Phil Giordano" molester of children.

[Jimdish25]

3. Call me a tin-foil conspiracy theorist, but...

this has less to do with a guy who uses a nickname to play cards then the Republicans desire to have Joe Lieberman re-elected. They're just clearing the path.

[CTyankee]

4. I don't think so. I may be wrong but I think Rell and other top

repubs really want to replace Schlesinger with a more viable candidate. Read the editorial in today's NH Register.

[Jimdish25]

6. I disagree...

...and it's a known fact that Jack Orchulli would have considered a run at this seat had the Republican Party expressed ANY interest in his candidacy. He's a smart guy but a moderate Republican, and skeptical of the war. Unfortunately, a Democrat who supports Bush, Cheney, Rice and Alito is more valuable to the political advisors like Rove than a "moderate" (sane) Republican.

They had a chance to run a competitive race with a viable candidate and they chose to do nothing. Come to think of it, I'd have a hard time voting for Joe over him. Thankfully we have a Democrat in the race and we can begin to solve that problem on August 8th.

[CTyankee]

7. Interesting about Orchulli. Where is he from?

Your scenario does make some sense. The only 2 names put out there for the Repubs to run were Shays and Johnson. The window on that opportunity is gone. And Johnson really is too old, IMHO.

[wordpix2]

5. thanks, I didn't know this. Friends and I were just discussing who this

guy is and now I know.