Word: connecticut
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...vulnerable. The silver-haired father of two young girls is facing his toughest re-election fight ever, and he doesn't even have an opponent yet. (CNBC pundit Larry Kudlow and former GOP Representative Rob Simmons have both expressed interest in running.) In a January Quinnipiac poll, 51% of Connecticut voters said they would not vote for Dodd in 2010. "It's the subject matter - people are watching their tax dollars go into institutions and they wonder when it's going to get better and they wonder where it's going," Dodd says. "I don't find people trying...
...never gotten. His reputation has not recovered from the allegation last year that he received a sweetheart deal on his mortgage, saving upwards of $75,000 courtesy of Countrywide, one of the biggest pushers of the subprime mortgages that have landed the U.S. economy in such dire straits. Connecticut officials say there is no evidence of wrongdoing, and Dodd, who has allowed reporters limited access to his mortgage documents, denies he got any preferential treatment and insists he is going to refinance with a different bank. (Dodd allowed reporters one-time access to hundreds of pages of his mortgage documents...
...Dodd's decision to move his family to Iowa in 2007 to lay the groundwork for what would end up a short-lived presidential campaign didn't endear him to his constituents either. "How can he identify himself as D-Conn. when he lives in Iowa?" asked a Connecticut Post editorial at the time. In the Quinnipiac poll, Dodd's approval ratings came in at a dismal 41%; that makes him even less popular than Joe Lieberman, the independent junior Senator who left the Democratic Party after losing his primary race and then crossed what was left of his party...
...Dodd's aides point to Obama's dominant 61% victory in Connecticut in an election that saw the defeat of the state's (and New England's) lone House Republican, Chris Shays. "Connecticut is trending blue. Even if Dodd only got 70% of Obama's voters, he'd still easily win," says one adviser. "His potential opponent Rob Simmons couldn't even hold Connecticut's Second District - how is he going to win statewide...
...counter idea," Dodd says, noting that his amendment passed by a voice vote, with no opposition. As evidence of how much distrust there is of Dodd these days, some commentators reacted to the provisions by claiming the Senator was just doing the bidding of his hedge-fund constituents in Connecticut by making it easier for them to woo talent from their more heavily regulated competitors...