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Dodd has voiced many thoughtful opinions over the years. I think he takes objective looks at highly complex issues. We KNOW how the republicans will act if they get the seat–they'll be a solid voting block that tries to hold up ALL legislation so the Democrats look bad.

Dodd has a ton of experience and knows how the big picture functions. Give the Dems a shot.

And to the repubs on here whining about fiscal responsibility, where has your righteous outrage been for the last eight years when we tripled the national debt and had two wars that accomplished nothing?
Who spent all that money? Oh yeah, the Repub congress and the repub white house.

Please expose DODD's in th ehomr mortage mess he a Barney caused.

Lane, Ellie, and Langdon are the same person. Your one line propaganda WITHOUT PROOF is shameless.

Landon – he then, sir, is a smart man. Better vote for him! ANYTHING has to be better than the crook – DODD!

the repub guy's can campaign on the following.

in these hard economic times you and me, we did not get and cannot get, that very special person mortgage deal from a now bankrupted mortgage company because neither of us was in charge of the banking sub committee of the us of a.

and in these hard economic times when millions of us are losing or have lost our jobs, there is one guy, dodd, who has a job for life. let him feel our daily pain. fire him, let him struggle with his mortgage. let him experience what "real" (the unconnected not ever privileged) american's feel every day.

Dodd should be in prison not running the country in the ground. He is best buds with the head of country wide, the guy who has ruined millions of americans. Not Dodd he got a great deal!!!

Dodd needs to go......he is one of the people who are responsible for this financial mess.

Let's hope the Democrats have someone ready to run in his place.

Simmons worships the ground Rush Limbaugh walks on. Enough said.

Rob Simmons isn't in it for the people, he's in it for the Party. He'll rubber-stamp anything a Republican puts in front of him.

Simmons licked Bushes butt for years.....just another ditto Republican.

Hey Jim, so if Adolph Hitler were running and had a "D" next to his name you would vote for him? You're what is wrong with the American electorate.

Mr. Dodd, you can fool some people some time, most of the people most of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.

For what we hear in the media regarding your dealings with Country Wide you seem to have enter the long list of corrupted poilitcian.

Is time for you to go...!!!!!

Dodd should be in jail just like all the other Democrat criminals.

Great another Liberal Republican!!!

start wearing lipstick Dodd, time to kiss your barney goodbye

Dodd will win.

i am amazed that more than 20% of the people on this blog are against the democrats. only a few usual ignorant fools who plot out the usual anti-repub mantras.

I wonder if he got as good a mortgage deal as did Dodd.

I am A Democrat but can't stand Chris Dodd.. He is a crook. I hope he loses. Because of Dodd we are in the mess we are in!!!!

Debra, you wrote: The less corrupt republicians we have the better. Dodd, straight up.

So, corrupt Democrats are better?

Chris Dodd will win even with the scandals.

As much as Dodd screwed up, America needs a bigger majority rather than a fillibuster.

I'd take Dodd over a GOP Seat Anyday.

"It's the fault of Dodd, Frank, and ACORN."
Hey, don't forget the ACLU, Sean Penn, Bruce Springsteen, unions, and the Tampa Bay Rays.

Dodd and Frank are not blameless. Everyone in Congress and the Bush administration share some blame. But, don't let your corporate masters tell you what to think.

The blame belongs to the money guys who used every trick they could come up with to take away your pension money while they made millions. The hedge fund managers who made 8 and 9 figure salaries the last couple of years and the banks who gambled on the scheme. Maybe you should pay better attention.

he's not the chair of the Senate Finance Committe – Max Baucus of Montana is. Get your facts straight CNN

Anyone voting for Senator Dodd has to really look in the mirror and ask why do such a foolish thing.

I don't care who is running against them unless they are just completely incompetent.

If Americans used their brains for once, Dodd would never be back.

Dodd should be impeached for his role in the financial crisis, and the neglect of his duties, that lead to this mess.Then the whole illegal mortgage mess–he's so out of touch with the rest of the country.

Why doesn't this guy challenge Emperor Palpatine – I mean, Joe Lieberman? Is he afraid of the power of the dark side?

New and sound ideas would be a confidence boost in congress.

Simmons' "moderate" credentials on social and other issues is a facade.

What the republicans do is to march lock-step with the most fascist elements of their party on procedural votes, like to cut off debate, so that they may accomplish their most backward agenda.

If a vote means nothing, or the result is a foregone conclusion, the Republican Party leadership allows a few "northern" republican representives (like LoBiondo of NJ) to "pretend" to be moderates on "throwaway" votes.

Don't be fooled. If you ever vote Republican you are voting Rethuglican, and for Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Tom DeLay, Jack Abramoff and every George Bush and Dicm Cheney enabler.

Dog bites Dodd.

It's time for Dodd to go!!!!

Bring him on! We'll take on that mobster anytime and make sure we beat their GOP into oblivion.

Dodd and Frank are like two bookends. Get rid of the set!

Dodd is just another Limousine Liberal....and he will bite the dust.

2010 will be the new 1994 – a new contract with America!

They should all have term limits.

GO SIMMONS! Dodd and Frank need to go ASAP.

GO SIMMONS! Dodd and Frank need to go ASAP.

i am a CT dem as well and remember there are no republicans in the house from new england for a reason! but the dems will overreach. dodd has to step aside, and not be like his father in 1970 and lose this seat for six years.

I think the repubs should save their money they are going to need it for the next presidential election , but then if Obama cleans up their mess they can save it then.

Dodd's pathetic. A lot of what's going on in the financial mess happened under his watch....and now he's crying wolf....to himself! What a typical democrat hypocrit.

"But the Vietnam veteran and former CIA agent — is largely considered a moderate Republican of the traditional New England mold, supporting abortion rights and overall fiscal conservativism. He's also said same-sex marriage should be a state issue." – CNN

Good luck joining today's Republican Party with those values...

The Republicans crucify any Party member who doesn't follow in lock step with their social and fiscal message.

Of course, that's kind of the problem with Republicans for the last couple years, right? Can't get your mainstream candidate through a primary, can't get your primary candidate into the mainstream.

It's what happens when an unstoppable force (natural progression) meets an immovable object (extreme conservatism).

CNN allows for stupidity to be posted where progressive geniuses are allowed to call all Republicans, old, racist, etc, etc, see mw.

But when a non-progressive makes a valid point that Dodd received a well below prime mortgage rate, nope, can't post that.

CNN, that is why you are losing badly to Fox, they allow ALL opinions on their shows and don't censor the non-profane blogs, clean it is posted, what are you afraid of CNN?

I already know, you were in charge of getting progressive like Obama elected, now your job is to keep them protected.

How does it feel to be number 2 in the ratings?

We finally got rid of those Republicans who put us in this mess. How can anyone in their right mind even consider voting one of them back into office. You people had better give Obama a chance to clean all this up. It didn't happen overnight so it will take time to make things right. If you vote the wrong way again, we will all suffer and next time, there won't be a way back.

I think is time for Dodd to go. hahahaha!!!!!!!

Finally someone who has a chance of removing one of the two in Washington that actually caused the mortgage crisis. If Dodd is beat and somehow Barnie Frank can be replaced that would begin the fix for the problem those libs put us in.

This will be interesting.....RNC chair Steele makes ONE abortion comment and look what happens...meanwhile the SAME Republicans will trot out Rob Simmons who SUPPORTS abortion rights.
HOW can the Republicans float THIS campaign any money without again showing how HYPOCRITICAL they are philosophically regarding their base issues? What would RUSH think?????

I honestly don't think Dodd has much to worry about.

Hey!......................Ya hear that?........................Its sounds like a bugle playing Tapps!

Dodd will win.

2010s gonna be a sad year for the Democrats.

I hope the people of Connecticut realize that Dodd is largely responsible for alot of the financial probelms they face today. It is the countrie shope that they choose wisely.

Whatever Simmons' faults, they are nothing compared to Dodd and his subservience to Fannie and Freddie, and Dodd's destruction of the American economy. Do we really believe Dodd didn't know he was getting special treatment from Countrywide?

TRUTH – I am a CT resident who will certainly vote AGAINST Sen. Dodd. I used to like this senator before I knew of his heavy involvment in the economic turndown and the special deals (Mortgage, etc) he gets for himself.

Also, as a citizen and resident I have written to Sen. Dodd about issues, like TARP and he, or his team, didn't respond for months. When I finally got a response – well after the issues I wrote about were decided up – the response was "thank you for contacting me".

Excuse me, but his job is to represent CT and the people of CT. Blowing me off, a voting concerned citizen, tells me that his interests are not with his constituents and therefore he has no business representing me.

By, by, Christopher.

NO MORE REPUBLICANS!

The less corrupt republicians we have the better. Dodd, straight up

the same war-profiteering neo-cons that bush/cheney paled around

you kept in key positions of power, obama!

and the neo-cons at CNN won't post my commet, of course, LOLOL!

No Chance Simmons

Dodd has to go

@ mw

yeah, thats it. clearly you have the key to success for our country.

let the dems keep spending trillions of dollars. that will fix everything.

suckers.

The Devil him self from any political party is 100 times better for the country than Chris Dodd,most if not all of our economic problems can be traced back to him and Barney Frank.

Chris Dodd is a crook. He received a free loan from Freddie Mac (or Fannie, i forget which one) in order to keep regulators off of the mortgage lenders' backs.

He is as responsible as anyone for the mess we are in. People of CT, rise up and dump this crooked turd.

@chris in albany

Dodd was getting sweetheart deals from countrywide (bankrupt and sold off, i know because my mortgage is with them).

In case you haven't noticed, ALL INCUMBENTS ARE CROOKED.

THEY ARE ALL DIRTY.

Also, in case you haven't noticed, the majority of scandals in the last 2 years have involved democrats. Democraps, repubelicans, ALL THE SAME.

Both sending our country down the tubes. People like you are the reason we have problems with our politicians- "I'll take dodd over anyone who models themselves after these two!"

Idiot. Vote on principle, not because you don't like the other guy.

This is the only Republican I want to win, because Dodd should not run. After all, he is responsible for the economic mess to an extent.

Democrats are such low life pieces of dirt. You call Bush every name in the book but you keep supporting Dodds for all acounts should be in a prison cell for all the illegal activity he partaked with in the Countrywide Sweatheart loans. I am in the mortgage industry if anyone else did what Dodd did he would have some problems on his hands......Once again the hypocrits stay silient when one of theirs commits these acts.

Oh goody. Another Rethuglican to put in his place. Let's hope the people of Connecticut reelect Senator Dodd. We seriously do not need to elect any Republicans until these people get their act together.

Dodd, it's going to be hard to run this time from a jail cell with your comrade Barney.

Dodd and his house counterpart Frank should be hauled off in chains.

About time for some fresh in there. Dodd has his hands dirty and was a part of this whole mortgage mess. Him and his buddy, Frank. I dont care if it is Republican or Democrat, just get someone else in his seat. Then he can go home to his house that he bought with his "sweet deal". He has never shown paperwork to the public on it yet!

I wouldn't miss Dodd, but this guy doesn't look much better.

All in all, not my problem, I'm from Ohio and not CT.

As someone who lives in Connecticut, I would prefer to have Dobb.

People think that the Iraq war kept him out of office? After we finally get to see the fruits of Bush's administration, anyone one that came within a 50 yard radius of him, nevermind even agreed with his policies are toxic.

I have to agee with Bob in Pa, let the national parties stay of local and state elections. The Democrat party has already begun their tricks regarding the 2010 election. We need to replace a number of these men/women who represents themselves and not the people that elected them. Lets clean house on both sides.

mw- the country doesn't need ANYONE's mean spirited, rotten butt-kissers, so I guess you're out, too.

What is so difficult about phrasing your opinion without spewing so much hatred?

The voters in Connecticut should all get a trophy when they vote Dodd out of office.

Having Chris Dodd as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee is like having the fox watching the hen house. He receieved more money from Freddie and Fannie than any other politician.
Time to take out the trash!

Dodd is a stooge, he should be out. He is part of the problem.

mw March 16th, 2009 12:52 pm ET

Keep your noses clean Dems. The GOP and all their rotten policies are trying to make a comeback. The country does not need old GOP fogies, old ideas, bigots, mean spited Rush butt kissers.
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I guess my question is what ideas are new from the Dems? Everyone keeps comparing them to FDR, whats new about that? Neither party has new ideas, if you want new ideas you have to look at the independents and libertarians.

Another one bites the dust....then Nancy, then Harry, then Barney...this is like the fall of the Roman Empire...!!! ...but in a better way!!!

Way to go, 'RATS...

Hopefully Dodd will be facing a jury soon.... Between Frank and Dodd and Fannie and Freddie and Country , these two along with ACORN have done more than any to bring our economy to its knees

"The family had a long meeting today and was unanimous that I run," Simmons said. "So I am running."

Hmm a LONG meeting that was unanimous.. Now I might not be a member of the radical religious rightwing and so tend to see reality as it is instead of as I wish it to be but it seems apparent to me that if it really were unanimous than the meeting would have been short ie, I want to run again cause otherwise I would have to look for real work does any one disagree? Nope, Nay, fully support you! ok than meeting over" A long meeting implies dissent that, like most republican doissent means someone was told they either toe the line or they are getting cut off

Ah yes... Chris "Subprime" Dodd

The architech of the current economic downturn.

In a kinder, gentler time in our nation's history, this b*stard would be shackled in the stocks in the city square so the people could pelt him with rotten produce... BEFORE they tarred and feathered him.

As a Democrat even I find it hard to defend Dodd except the alternative doesn't sound much better.

Dodd is no prize, but I'd take him over this "former CIA agent" palling around with Abramoff and DeLay, yuck...

Just what we need anorhwe "NO" vote in Congress to everything. Please we have had eight years of Republicans in charge I for one will never vote for a Republican period.

So we need more old White elephants – I don't think so!

Well thank goodness for that.

As a Connecticut citizen I am very happy about that. Maybe change will finally be coming to Connecticut.

Dave – so, don't vote for anyone who supported the bailouts (Dems)? What about the ones that made the bailouts necessary (Reps)?

It's easy for congeressional Reps to vote against something when their vote doesn't matter. But the truth is that most of the Reps in office voted to bail out Iraq, Haliburton, Big Oil, Blackwater, etc etc. The call for fiscal responsibility rings hollow now.

It's important to look forward to a better tomorrow but, you have to look to the past and get the whole picture because that's the only way we can learn from it.

Some may have a different philosophy than the current administration and thats fine. Without different ideas, we can't grow and learn. But, try to remember that above all, we are human. And if we want to be better humans, we need to throw away the old way of doing things and replace it with something that accentuates whats good about us, not what's bad (greed, corruption).

Dodd is a good place to start with a Washington "Clean-up"!

Dodd's got to go. Unless of course you put the democratic party ahead of the american people. How can you vote for one of the key responsible indivuduals of the banking crash??? Everyone is so gung ho about blaming GWB when it was Dodd and Clinton who devised the plan to give loans to undeserving borrowers.

Can't get clinton but Dodd's got to go.

If you truly think bipartisan politics, vote for anyone but Dodd, if you're still party first, (or a complete idiot), vote for Dodd.

Don't pay your credit cards if they raise the rates!

What is the point of paying them? You will never get them paid off when the rates are raised for a zillion reasons.

You will have your credit messed up, but you can revive it down the line.

Save as much as you can for emergency funds.

If people stopped paying credit cards, we can bring those banks down on their knees and they will be begging us to resume payments at lower rates so we have half a chance of being successful.

Step it up Dodd.....Don't want to see the likes of this guy in office.

Dodd, a champion of the people? Give me a break. Just like all his fellow croonies he his anything but a champion of the people.

Please get Dodd out of there. While you are at let's get all of them out of there and start fresh. We need term limits now. We need new ideas not the stale recycled ideas of the democrats and republicans.

Adios DODD. Bon Voy-atchy. You pompous pig.

Dont give Congress back to the WHITE Elephants!!! It's too early for that!!

Dodd fell out of favor with a lot of democrats when he demanded that Hillary Clinton drop out of the primary last year – even though she went on to get 18 million votes.

To a lot of us, it would be poetic justice to see Dodd go down. I am a die hard dem but would not lift a finger to help Dodd.

Yes, vote for Simmons!

Then watch all that Obama is trying to do FOR OUR COUNTRY fall apart!

We need to stabilize ourselves, our country, our economy. You don't do it having a long line of "bosses." You need to take a great boss and keep him or her on the job and continuing what he or she started.

CNN is doing its part to tear our country apart. Day after day after day CNN and other media beat into us how awful things are.

And things will get far worse if you start switching our leaders. And as you KNOW, folks, the Republicans screwed up this country and they will go back to trickle down economics and tax cut B.S. if they get a foot in the door.

Give our current leaders a chance!

Anybody would be better than Dodd

I sincerely hope neither one of these career politicians get elected. Both of them have been in politics so long that they are all about their own self-serving interests and not those of the american people. Term limits should be imposed for anyone in political office. That way they would truly be a servant of the people and not just in it for their own personal gain.

good reason for term limits... to long, so long ,good bye,, the senate needs new blood

Another Dem whose going to fall in 2010. What goes around comes around. Let's see....Dodd gone, Corzine gone, Patterson gone, Burris gone and in 2012 Obama gone; the list grows on and on.

the last time the stock market on wall street was at its peak,

main street was going bankrupt.

beware, people, be very afraid.

the last time the stock market on wall street was at its peak,

main street was going bankrupt.

beware, people, be very afraid.

Dodd will win by 40 points

Dodd would lose to anyone with a pulse, even a corrupt career politician like Rob Simmons. Time for Dodd to give someone else a chance to serve. Or if he runs for re-election he can explain what he has accomplished (other than economic disaster) as Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee.

change has to come in2010.................

Keep your noses clean Dems. The GOP and all their rotten policies are trying to make a comeback. The country does not need old GOP fogies, old ideas, bigots, mean spited Rush butt kissers.

Senator Dodd :
All you have to do to raise your rating is to continue your fight against the Credit Card companies who are raping the American people.

You must be the champion of the people and focus like a laser beam on their practices.

Stop the usurious interest rates.
Stop their practice of lowering people's credit lines below what they owe....and then charging over limit fees.

Stop the mountains of extra charges that drain people of extra money that they can spend in the economy.

Be the champion of the people, Senator Dodd...and you will be fine.

Just what we need more men from the disgraced mold of Jack Abramoff and former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. I'd take Dodd over anyone who models themselves after these two!

I dont care if he's a new elephant. He's still a WHITE ELEPHANT. Things you dont want..

I suspect that most Democrats will get strong challenges the next time around.

Bob in Pa – I disagree – once they go to DC, they make the rules for the entire country. IT IS NOT JUST STATE.

I live in CT and I will blindly vote democrat, I cannot wait until the election! Honestly I won't even look at the name's, if there is a D next to it, I'm voting for em, that is how disgusted I am with the republican party. But I like Chris Dodds as well so I will gladly vote for him. But I am so anxious to vote Lieberman out of there I never imagined I would be this much into politics, thank you republican scumbags for making me realize how important it is for our country to get rid of your lieing dishonorable and downright disgusting party filled with nothing but hate and obstruction unless it's your driveways that are being paved with our tax money.

Thank God. Let's hope the people of Connecticut are intelligent enough to send the scandalous Dodd packing.

National parties should be required to stay out of local elections.
This is for the people of Connecticut to decide.