Chris Dodd, Senator from Countrywide, will not be running for reelection. Grand. Did you know he used to date Carrie Fisher, like, before she went insane? It's true.
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Beat New York Times by 25 minutes. Boom goes the dynamite.
Dodd was cleared of any wrongdoing by the Senate Ethics Committee regarding the Countrywide mortgage. He made a few additional missteps lately, but he's also been behind the passage of almost every progressive piece of legislation for the last 30 years along with Ted Kennedy. He should be commended for this move to retire, which gives Democrats the upper hand in this year's Senate race.
Back in the day Carrie Fisher was hot.
And I think we all (should have) learned a lesson here recently about getting cleared of wrongdoing by a Senate Ethics Committee.
Polling shows that what was an upside down race for Dodd (losing by 10 points to three potential challengers) is now a 20+ favored retention for Connecticut's AG who has been waiting in the wings forever for a promotion.
He did this for the good of the party. The dream scenario for Democrats would be for Dodd to potentially come back against Lieberman in 2012, when Dodd fatigue will have probably subsided (and maybe like Kyle people will look back at all the good things he helped accomplish).