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The job she’d had her eye on for years was finally in sight. Then Susan Bysiewicz abruptly changed course Wednesday and put one foot toward a run for attorney general.
At a press conference at Middletown City Hall Wednesday she made official what had been rumored yesterday. She’s no longer running for governor. She’s running for attorney general instead. But how much she wants the job became an immediate question.
When asked if she would pledge to serve the entire four-year term Bysiewicz (who’s currently the secretary of the state) danced around the question until she was finally cornered.
“One thing I have learned about politics is never to speculate about the future because one never knows what the future will bring,” Bysiewicz said.
George Jepsen, Bysiewicz’s Democratic opponent in the race, sent out a statement Wednesday renewing his pledge to stay in the job for four years.
“I have pledged, if elected, not to seek higher office in 2012 or 2014 so as to be exclusively committed to the office of Attorney General on behalf of the people of Connecticut,” Jepsen said.
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