By Dan Haar, Courant Business Editor
A loud and spirited event unfolded outside the Connecticut Convention Center early Monday evening as attendees quietly filed into the Jefferson-Jackson-Bailey dinner.
Backers of Dan Malloy and Ned Lamont, in phalanxes facing each other a few paces apart, waved signs and chanted their candidates’ names.
“Dan’s Our Man!”
“Ned Lamont for governor!” the Lamont crew shouted, led by the Nation Drill Squad and Drum Corp from New Haven.
Mary Glassman, another Democratic candidate for governor, approached the deafening din. “I’ve got people, I’ve got people,” she declared, and she hurried out to Columbus Boulevard to gather a handful of her volunteers, signs in tow.
The Glassman crew arrived and closed the circle, shouting M-A-R-Y, as Glassman herself danced, in medium heels on brick pavers, in the middle of the commotion, smiling and high-fiving all around. “Never underestimate the power of a woman,” she said.