Denise Merrill Is Confused–Again.

Secretary of the State Denise Merrill issues a short statement on the fate of flailing Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch’s attempt to secure a spot on November’s ballot. Finch’s Job Creation Party appears unable to fulfill its purpose of saving Finch’s job in the aftermath of his defeat a week ago by felonious former mayor Joseph Ganim in the city’s Democratic primary.

Whoever was in charge of filing the appropriate forms Merrill’s office failed to do what the law requires in a big way. (The guessing game in state politics is who missed the deadlines for the Finch invention.)

Finch has been making noises about suing to win the Job Creation Party spot. Merrill said in a written statement “I have no comment on the potential litigation mentioned in a statement by the campaign of Mayor Bill Finch. My office does no comment on potential or pending litigation.” That isn’t true. When state Republicans sued Merrill over the party’s ballot position after the 2010 gubernatorial election, Merrill issued one of her meandering, stream of consciousness statements berating the Republicans and mewling about the burdens of her office.

What she may have meant to say yesterday about her friend Finch is that she does not comment on litigation when it may injure an ally.

Republicans won the ballot position lawsuit.