Throwing her chair into the ring?

Oh yes, for all those who think Connecticut politics is a world of preppie decorum, we have received word that World Wrestling Chairwoman Linda McMahon is thinking about jumping into the race against Chris Dodd.

McMahon recently was appointed by Governor Rell to the State Board of Education and was confirmed; evidently convincing the Democratic controlled legislature her expertise in running a major local corporation overcame some of the less, hmmm, restrained, elements of their presentations.

That said, Democrats are already posting on local blogs the WWE has both received major tax credit assistance from the state at the same time they've laid off employees. Yep, times are tough, but they'll throw as many chairs at her as her employees have thrown at each other.

Besides, while she apparently spoke at the 2000 GOP convention she is also reputed to be a significant contributor to Rahm Emanuel's committee, and that's a pretty big problem in my eyes,

I'm left asking one question: Why?  The race already has a popular former Congressman, an up and coming legislator, and a wealthy former ambassador. It's not like there's a huge void that we need to fill right about now?

Indeed, where we may need a candidate is against freshman Democrat Jim Himes. At this writing, he's going to face someone with far less financial firepower than McMahon. But I suppose they all want to start at the top....sigh...