It was meant as a joke.<\/p>\n
When state Democratic Party spokeswoman Colleen Flanagan came to a Christmas party in the state Capitol press room, she brought a chocolate cake with green writing from one of the top bakeries in Hartford – Mozzicato DePasquale’s Bakery and Pastry Shop on Franklin Avenue.<\/p>\n
Placed on a table in the historic press room, the dessert said, “My Race Is Going To Be A Piece of Cake” and it was signed, “Love, Chris.”<\/p>\n
At that moment, in mid-December, Dodd was trailing in the Quinnipiac Poll against the two Republican frontrunners in the U.S. Senate race – former U.S. Rep. Rob Simmons and World Wrestling Entertainment entrepreneur Linda McMahon.<\/p>\n
Gov. M. Jodi Rell, who attended the party, appeared stunned when an attendee suggested that she look at the cake. She questioned whether Dodd had actually sent the tasty dessert.<\/p>\n
State GOP chairman Chris Healy was also stunned – enough to prompt him to take a picture for posterity.<\/p>\n
It turned out that the cake was the work of Flanagan, who is now stepping down as the party’s spokeswoman. A former employee of Dodd, Flanagan was heavily involved in the party’s work when Dodd was still running for re-election to the Senate. <\/p>\n
But since Dodd dropped out of the race on January 6, Flanagan has been relatively silent – as compared to the daily barbs that she had e-mailed to political reporters. Starting Monday, she will start working for Dodd again – in his downtown Hartford office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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