Ex-Rep. Rob Simmons was one of the NRSC's brightest and earliest recruits, a major coup for the committee early in the cycle. So it's not hard to understand why the man is bit bitter after moneybags ex-WWE CEO Linda McMahon decided to stroll into the race and eat his lunch. And he's speaking out:
In an interview with the conservative National Review, the former congressman said McMahon cannot defeat state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, the Democratic nominee:
Former Rep. Rob Simmons (R., Conn.) tells National Review Online that he does not think that Linda McMahon can win in the Nutmeg State. "No, I don't think so at all," he tells us. And if McMahon asks Simmons for help on the trail, he says he'll say he is "preoccupied."
[...] But the ex-congressman said McMahon could also face attacks on her character on the trail due to allegations of suspect activity during her tenure running the wrestling circuit.
"While she was there, they had a mentally-handicapped character, Eugene, who they thought was humorous," he said. "I find that whole issue, and how it was handled by [McMahon], severely disappointing," adding that she has "countless entertainment products that she'll have to defend, especially when Democrats make them known to the public in coming months."
Yee-ouch.
UPDATE: Now Robbie is saying that he's sorry. Simmons: "I talked too much and I'm sorry." Aw, c'mon, he was just getting warmed up!
