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Kudos to her – if every good person left the GOP there would still be millions of the evil ones.

Too bad she wont be running, its wisdom to know when its time to exit and move on to other things.

hehe...will be funny to watch if it plays out like NY23, but who knows. Personally, I could care less. The important thing is getting rid of Lieberman. Pull your heads out of your bums CT.

As a Connecticut resident it's to bad Gonemor Rell did not veto the current budget, over a billion dollars of spending with no end in sight. On another note CT has twice as many state employees as California per capita, what gives with that. Jodi will be missed but we can do even better.

That's kind of a shame, although I'm not entirely distraught. She raised recreational license fees by 100% this year which is reckless. That being said, were a lot smarter and safer with a Republican in office here than a Democrat.

And why is she not running again?????

Can you say crooked dealings, possible fraud.

The only reason these OLD BLUE HAIRS stop running is if thier afraid of being busted for something.

Probably has not paid her taxes.............

Rell may not be like the rest of the restive and restless repub. rogues who are raring to reign supreme once again, if possible, of course.

Smart move. Governor Rell is a reasonable, hard-working, intelligent, moderate republican in a blue state with a high approval rating. The right wing lunatics from out of state would feel compelled to attack her and replace her with a fascist nut job with yellow teeth, thereby thwarting any chance for re-election.

This surprised me. I live in Connecticut and I'm a liberal democrat, but I was planning on voting for our Republican governor. She has done an excellent job. I really believe she could have coasted to reelection.

Whoever Joe Lieberman endorses will lose.

Maybe this election will be a referendum on the success or failure of the conservative wingnuts to become a viable party.

Women like this apparently accomplished and able governor is what makes intelligent women in this country pause for thought when it comes to all the hoopla stirred up by a complete ZERO like Flailin Palin.

A year AFTER the presidential election I, and thousands of other women, continue to ask ourselves: What the heck was McCain thinking in choosing Caribou Barbie as his running mate?

The article does not address Ms. Rell's reasons for not choosing to run for re-election....????

Maybe she didn't meet the true Republican test.