The Connecticut Republican not named Rob Simmons

State Senator Sam Caligiuri appeared on CT Public Television's "On the Record" over the weekend.

I think that viewers got a good sense of who Sam is, and why he is attracting grassroots support in his bid for the 2010 U.S. Senate nomination.

Don;t get me wrong. I'm very happy Rob Simmons is running and think he did an excellent job for the 2nd District in Congress. But Republicans ought not to assume that automatically means he would be the strongest general election opponent against Dodd.

Caligiuri wants to make the case as an "outsider". I think he makes it pretty well.