11 August—Connecticut Republicans finally ended their agonizing, entirely self-inflicted decline by slitting their own corporate throat on 9 August with the incredibly guileless nomination of Leora Levy to assure a third term in the U.S. Senate for Democrat Richie Blumenthal. Their senseless choice of Bob Stefanowski to place the crown on Ned Lamont’s head for another quadrennium hasn’t helped.

The party’s remains are in such decrepitude that the cardboard box at the wake will be sealed. And don’t expect Levy or Stefanowski or their slimy messiah to foot the bill for the wake . . .