Meanwhile, Down in Connecticut

What is going on in Connecticut ? First we have Senator Joseph Lieberman, a man who was the Democratic Party 2000 VP nominee, defeated in the State's Democratic Party Primary, only to go on and win in the General Election as an Independent. In the interest of full disclosure, I like Independent Senator Joe Lieberman. Now we have rumblings that Senator Christopher J. (Chris) Dodd might face a challenger in 2010.  2010?  Heck, we haven't even inaugurated the President we elected in 2008.

With a hat tip to Instapundit, here is an item from Ray Hackett, writing in the Norwich Bulletin. He says:

Dodd’s popularity in the state has fallen as quickly and as sharply as the Dow Jones. His approval ratings are below 50 percent for the first time in his political career. And he still has to deal with the controversy surrounding the preferential treatment on two home mortgages he received. He’s promised to release all the documents related to the Countrywide VIP program once the Senate Ethics Committee completes its investigation.

Then there is the Dump Dodd web site. CAUTION: if your speaker is on, a lady on the site begins talking to you. I do like her comment that one should "have fun, but be respectful."

Then there is this from the Hartford Courant on the 8th of January. This is about Senator Dodd's promise to release the papers referring to his two "sweatheart" mortgage deals with Countrywide, him being Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee and all that.

And this from the Wall Street Journal on the 7th of January:

The Connecticut Senator got favored treatment from the subprime mortgage purveyor, even as he was a power broker on the Banking Committee that regulates the industry. When the news broke, the Senator first denied that he sought or expected preferential treatment. He later admitted that he knew he was considered a VIP at the firm but claimed he thought it was "more of a courtesy." He also promised the Connecticut press that he'd come clean with the documents and details of the loans. But six months later -- nada, zip, nothing.

It goes on and on at Instapundit in the archives. But I leave you with this video clip, "In Dodd We Trust?"

Regards  --  Cliff

And of course, we never talk about the Representative from Massachusetts who is Senator Dodd's opposite number in the House of Representatives.