Mauer
Pompous Noble
articleIt's a political rumor with a twist. In fact, several twists, turns and flips.
It's a scenario that runs from Washington, D.C., to Danbury City Hall. From the Department of Homeland Security to the Connecticut state Senate.
It has local Republicans buzzing, e-mails flying and lukewarm denials rolling off the tongues of intrigued politicians.
And it's too good not to share.
It goes something like this:
Connecticut Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, a Democrat, could be named secretary of the Department of the Homeland Security, a department he helped to create.
This would leave an open U.S. Senate seat. The buzz is that Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell would name U.S. Rep. Nancy Johnson, R-5th Dist., to fill out Lieberman's Senate term.
That would leave an open U.S. House seat. A special election would be held, and observers are licking their chops over a possible free-for-all among local up-and-coming pols.
Just a rumor apparently, but one worth mentioning I think.