A Nod For Dodd From Groton Dems
The Groton Democratic Town Committee approved a resolution of support yesterday for embattled Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT). The twist? His Dem challenger, Merrick Alpert, is a member of the town cmte. and was in the room as the resolution was debated.
"I was astonished and saddened by the effort of some on the Groton Democratic Town Committee last night to silence me,'' Alpert said in a statement emailed by his press aide, Meredith Drum, to the Hartford Courant. "Astonished because the move was so petty and saddened because I served in Bosnia as a US peacekeeper to ensure that all citizens had a right to participate in elections only to come home and have local Democrats fight to prevent me from participating in the American democratic process. The silver lining is that only nine of the twenty people present voted for the motion, despite considerable pressure from the Dodd forces."