Chris Murphy is definitely trying to illustrate his strong home style on his website. The congressman from Connecticut posts pictures of himself with scenic, nature backgrounds from the Connecticut area while also showing himself being more hands on with his approach to the working class in his district. There are pictures of him with the working man, with children and doesn't really show any Washington photo's. There is an emphasis on representing the 5th district as appose to representing a general party in the government.
The two members of the Senate from Connecticut are Joe Lieberman (who is retiring) and Richard Blumenthal. I found Lieberman's site to be a little vain and also slightly boring. Every image that pulls up on the Lieberman website is a close up of the Senator with random gestures on his face (from laughing to his serious tough face). It would appear he wants an image of the Big Man in the White House getting things done as appose to being a Connecticut guy.
Blumenthal, on the other hand, has a definitive man in Washington appeal to his website. Though his website goes on to mention payroll tax cuts in Connecticut there is much imagery of the Senator in Washington as appose to his home state.
I would also like to rank the three men in the category of, "How much Blue is on their homepage"
1. Leiberman (boat loads of blue)
2. Blumenthal (enough blue to prove a point)
3. Chris Murphy (believes in brown)
All and all it seems Murphy has an agenda of working with the middle class and making it an important issue. Lieberman has a much bigger agenda such as the stance on Iran and don't ask don't tell policies. Blumenthal is more concerned with the lowering of taxes and apparently is against on line piracy which loses me.
Blumenthal also has the most boring website with Lieberman having a well crafted homepage that is the easiest to access and surf.
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