After the Holidays.

While you have been celebrating the birth of Jesus and preparing to welcome a new year, some politicos have been plotting their way forward. At least two took flight to a warm climate to decide if either will seek the state’s highest office. Others are preparing polls to help them assess their chances. They need not bother testing the traditional right track/wrong track question. A private poll, Daily Ructions can report, found that the wrong track response was higher than observers have ever seen.

Watch for an announcement early in the year from longtime State Treasurer Denise Nappier. Should she decide not to seek a sixth term, take a moment to recall what her 1998 victory saved us from when she defeated felonious Republican incumbent Paul Silvester. It ended the festival of corruption that Silvester–who had served in the office under egregious Republican Christopher Burnham–immersed himself in.

Expect an announcement from Democrat Susan Bysiewicz that she will run for governor. It will be the third time the Middletown Democrat has sought that office. The former secretary of the state has been making calls seeking campaign staffers.

If you are a Democrat holding an event, send an invitation to Ned Lamont, the other wealthy scion who is expected to get into the race for governor. After a long absence, Lamont has been showing up at all sorts of Democratic gatherings.