(CNN) - Sen. Joe Lieberman, Chris Dodd's fellow Connecticut senator, issued a statement hailing Dodd's retirement as the end of a "remarkable era of service in the Senate."
Full statement:
“Chris Dodd has been a genuinely great Senator for our state and country, and a close and valued friend and colleague for me. His retirement ends a remarkable era of service in the Senate by two generations of the Dodd family, beginning with his father Tom who was elected more than a half century ago in 1958.“Chris Dodd has been an unusually skillful and productive legislator and leaves a great legacy of accomplishment that has improved the lives of millions of American families and children. I am sad for our state and country, and for myself frankly, that Chris is leaving the Senate but I am happy for his family that he will have more time to spend with them now. And I know that his service to America and our friendship will continue in different ways in the years ahead.
“Senator Chris Dodd will leave the Senate in January 2011 with the knowledge that he has made a difference that will last in the lives of his constituents and his country. For that, we are all grateful.”
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More room of manoeuvre for the Republican Trojan Horse Joe Lieberman.
I'm glad Dodd is leaving. Maybe we can get a financial/banking regulation bill through congress that has teeth and protects the middle
class?
Its about time 4 u 2 retire Joe!
Come on Joe, join your friend Chris in retirement .... the insurance lobby and the Jewish lobby who have supported you for these past 20 years will take care of you in retirement
Sen Dodd benefitted from one too many sweetheart deals from the banking industry (e.g. his own mortgage loan rate). Too bad he does not have the nerve to run in a tight race for re-election. He can't stand the possibility of losing his seat, so he retires. He should be forced to use the health care plan that he and his colleagues are pushing upon the average American citizen. Way to go, Chris!
Good riddance, Chris Dodd blackened his otherwise productive career with the Wall Street bonus scandal – he will never be forgiven for this. Thanks for including Judas Joe's laudatory comments, time for you to go next Joe.
Chris Dodd is not perfect and by no means was a perfect Senator but he will probably be replaced by one of those narrow-minded, ultra conservative, negative thinking, reactionary dingbats from the other Party. Too bad for Connecticut.
That's politics!!
Gosh Senator Dodd, both Democrats and Republicans seem to hate you. Thanks for bringing this rare display of national unity.
Joe should be right behind him.
I wish Chris Dodd would take Lieberman with him. Why doesn't that whining moron just go away. His statement is just nauseating. Woody Allen said it best, "Politicians are one rung below child molesters."
GOOD LUCK SENATOR.... YOU HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE WITH GRACE, HEART AND CONVICTION. Good luck Senator Dodd, God bless you and your family.
The "NO" men Do NOT have a chance with a new bred of Democrats. America is sick of these draft-dodging, anti-americans, unpatriotic, self-serving idiots that sleep around with their friend's wives and belong to secret clubs that promotes death of homosexuals in another country...Africa. If their thinking is such........where is the morality and who died and left them in charge of it, when it is obvious they don't have any. The Crooks were the ones VOTED out last year. REMEMBER!!!
All of you, Demowussies and Restupidlicans need to get out and we need to elect some folks that actually care about the country versus Wall Street. Good riddens Dodd
John McCain is the biggest crook of all and should have been gone long ago.
Hey Republicans, you realize that he will be replaced with the Connecticut State Attorney General, A DEMOCRAT?
I say this with certainty because Dodd would have been very lucky to win his election, but Blumenthal would have to be VERY VERY unlucky to lose his.
It is no longer a 'senate race to watch'.
If he had any backbone, he would have left the voters of Connecticut decide his fate in the primary in May. Even by retirring, you are still not going out on top.
Yeah, Dodd really knocked it out of the park with Fannie and Freddie....not to mention TARP. That's why his state can't wait to vote him out….because he is SOOOO good.
Dod's accomplishments during the last couple years certainly will leave a mark on future generations: failed policy on financials; failed "healthcare reform"; increased taxes on every American; inflation due to overextension of government interference in business, etc, etc.
And then Lieberman will be whispering behind his back when he leaves. Lieberman is a jerk and he should consider leaving. It would be a great day in America when he puts in his resignation. This guy is like a ticking hemorrhoid
i think karl rove and dick morris should get marry creeps they deserve each other!
Good Luck Senator Dodd.....your 30 years in service to your country is appreciated....
and to 'obama is a liar"....how many times did Bush & Cheney lie to americans!!!
Ummm.... Joe needs to bounce too... I am a democrat and think these old timers are too slow for the party...
Join your friend Lieberman.
bye bye supermajority!
Lieberman should follow suit
Good joke Joe!