Why is Murphy doing so badly? This is Connecticut, and McMahon lost badly last time. I don't understand how Murphy's not trouncing her.
Murphy is no Blumenthal. Blumenthal was a well-respected statewide Attorney General who had been elected numerous times. He was always on Connecticut TV as AG and otherwise kept a high profile. Everybody knew who he was. Murphy is a three-term congressman who represents one-fifth of the state. He has not kept nearly as high a profile as Blumenthal and because he was a relative unknown prior to this election, McMahon has had the opportunity to define him in a way that she never really did for Blumenthal.
