Blumenthal: The 'A' in AG is for Activist

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal points to a list of recent racial incidents at Greenwich High School during a meeting organized by Joyce McKenzie of the Armstrong Court housing complex in Greenwich in July 1995. Blumenthal was handed the list by someone at the meeting and was pointing at it in agreement that there seemed to be a problem at the school. Photo: Bob Luckey / Greenwich Time

Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General for the State of Connecticut, waves and smiles as he walks into the dinner room at the Greenwich Country Club with a fake arrow through his head May 15th, 2003. Blumenthal was the "Fall Guy" during the 45th Annual Harpoon Club Dinner/Roast at the Greenwich Country Club. Photo: Bob Luckey / Greenwich Time

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal giving a speech at a Greenwich Democratic Women's Club pool party at the home of Edith Fehr on Round Hill Road, in Greenwich, Conn. June 28, 1998. Photo: Helen Neafsey / Greenwich Time

Richard Blumenthal at K&LHT school Oct. 10th, 2000. Photo: File Photo / Stamford Advocate File Photo

Richard Blumenthal announces at Norwalk City hall that he'll seek another term July 9th, 2002. Photo: File Photo / Stamford Advocate File Photo

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal wants the Legislature to end the system of zone pricing for gasoline. Blumenthal says the method unfairly raises the cost of gasoline in lower Fairfield County, such as at this station in Greenwich Jan. 29th, 2002. But an executive with a state petroleum council says it's not zone pricing but the decreasing number of stations that keeps area gas prices high. Photo: Kathleen O'Rourke / Stamford Advocate

Connecticut Attorney General, Richard Blumenthal speaks during a press conference held by the American Cancer Society to announce plans to build a proposed $3.4 million Regional Center at 38 Richards Avenue in Norwalk Sept. 3rd 2008. Photo: File Photo / Connecticut Post File Photo

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, RIGHT, speaks with Joe McGee from SACIA before Blumenthal addressed a gathering to discuss a casino in Danbury in 2002. Photo: Carol Kaliff / The News-Times

State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal rides for a second straight year in the Sept. 1, 2008 Bridgewater tractor parade Photo: Norm Cummings / The News-Times

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal gives riders the thumbs-up while giving a speach in Norwalk on Aug. 24th, 2003. Photo: File Photo / Connecticut Post File Photo

First Selectman Kenneth A. Flatto is congratulated by Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal following Fairfield Oath of Office ceremony in Nov. 21st, 2005. Photo: Ned Gerard / Connecticut Post

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, center, made an appearance at the annual Penguin Plunge at Compo Beach in Westport on March 4th, 2006. Photo: File Photo / Connecticut Post File Photo

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal speaks in Milford on July 16th, 2003. Photo: File Photo / Connecticut Post File Photo

Connecticut State Attorney General, Richard Blumenthal speaks in Fairfield on Nov. 16th, 2005. Photo: File Photo / Connecticut Post File Photo

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal shakes hands with Fred Frillici in Westport on Sept. 5th, 2003. Photo: File Photo / Connecticut Post File Photo

Richard Blumenthal, then U.S. District Attorney, poses on July 8th, 1978, location unknown. Photo: File Photo / Connecticut Post File Photo

Richard Blumenthal with his wife Cynthia announces his bid to become Connecticut's Attorney General on June 28th, 1989. (Location unknown) Photo: File Photo / Connecticut Post File Photo

In September 1989, New York Senator Daniel P. Moynihan and state Senator Richard Blumenthal of Stamford greet a guest yesterday at a fund-raiser for Blumenthal's attorney general bid. The Democrats were at the Wallenberg Drive home in Stamford of Mickey Sherman, a Blumenthal supporter. Blumenthal had already raised $105,000 to finance his campaign for the Democratic nomination next year. He was challenged by tate Rep. Jay Levin of New London. Photo: File Photo / Connecticut Post File Photo

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal unveils a 'wanted' poster of six of the most serious child support delinquents at a press conference at his office in Hartford, Conn. Monday, June 19, 1995. Together the six men on the poster owe a total of nearly $400,000 in back child support payments. The posters will be displayed in convenience stores, grocery stores and post offices throughout the state. (AP Photo/John Dunn) Photo: ST / CT

Thom Serrani, Richard Blumenthal and Peter Stangl at a ceremonial whistle-stop tour inaugurating new fleet of 54 rail cars, date unknown. Photo: File Photo / Stamford Advocate File Photo

Richard Blumenthal as a Marine Reservist. Richard Blumenthal used this image in campaign literature he distributed during his first campaign for Connecticut Attorney General in 1990, under the banner "Job Training Û Marine Style" Photo: Contributed Photo / Stamford Advocate Contributed

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, in Stamford, Conn. Oct. 10th, 2006. Photo: File Photo / Stamford Advocate File Photo

Attorney Ross Garber Photo: File Photo / Stamford Advocate File Photo

Ross Garber, a Republican running for attorney general, greets voters at the Stamford Metro-North train station August 5, 2010. Photo: Chris Ware / The News-Times

7-24-95, ARMSTRONG COURT, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal points to a list of recent racial incidents at Greenwich High School during a meeting organized by Joyce McKenzie of the Armstrong Court housing complex in Byram. Blumenthal was handed the list by someone at the meeting and was pointing at it in agreement that there seemed to be a problem at the school....PHOTO/LUCKEY JR.....B&W PHOTO.. Photo: Bob Luckey, GT / CT

Richard Blumenthal, then U.S. District Attorney, poses on July 8th, 1978, location unknown. Photo: File Photo / CT