The New York Post reports that former United States Attorney Kevin O'Connor is being pushed to run for governor of the Nutmeg State.  O'Connor has deep political ties in New England -- he's a partner in Rudy Giuliani's law firm and the son-in-law of George Pataki's political mentor. There are rumors that Jodi Rell won't be running for re-election in 2010.  If true, it would make for an extremely competitive race, regardless of whom the Democrats nominate (within reason, of course).

Fun fact for the day:  Democrats have lost five of the last five gubernatorial races in Connecticut, four of the last five (and five of the last six) races in Rhode Island, four of the last five in Massachusetts, five of the last ten in Vermont, and three of the last five in Maine.  In New Hampshire -- easily the most Republican of the New England states -- Democrats have performed as well as they have in Vermont (arguably the most Democratic).  It just goes to show that gubernatorial races tend to be the least partisan of all the races watched (which is one reason I think its so funny that so much attention is going to be paid to the Virginia and New Jersey races this fall).