States of decline: does Bush care about the Republican governors? (Gazette).

EIGHT YEARS AGO, CONNECTICUT'S economy was in decline," the campaign ad flashed across television screens last spring. "Thousands of jobs lost. Taxes going up. Education failing. Governor John Rowland set out to change all that and today the positive results are everywhere.... Now some Democrats want to reverse our progress and raise the income tax. Don't let the legislature tax and spend Connecticut into economic decline. Call your lawmakers. Tell them to keep Connecticut working."

The ad, paid for by Connecticut Republicans, helped re-elect the staunchly ...