A new Quinnipiac University poll places Dodd well behind his 2010 challenger Rob Simmons. The poll was released today and shows Dodd trailing Simmons,  50-34 percent among Connecticut voters.  Dodd’s approval rating has also dropped to its lowest point ever, with 58% of residents disapproving of the job he is doing as the senior senator [...]

When the average citizen has somethign to say about the way their government is being run, they right a letter. When a politician gearing up for a gubertorial run named Dick Blumenthal has something to say he writes a letter and lets the media know about it. To quote Bloomberg:
In a letter today to Federal [...]

Right now isn’t the best time for Chris Dodd, with his bonus provision and lying about it I think its safe to say a shot against him is a fair one. Former Connecticut congressman and state legislator Rob Simmons seems to agree and has announced that he is has begun raising 5 million dollars (at [...]

Chris Dodd has had a long, generally respectable career in politics (something difficult to do) he is chair of the powerful senate banking comittee and one of the more active democrats in the senate. For over a week Fox News has been claiming that the bonus loophole was Dodd’s doing (sorry for doubting you Fox, [...]