Hold Fast

Glenn Reynolds is probably the biggest anti-Chris Dodd blogger out there, so it’s no shock that he’s lobbing every grenade he can at Dodd. Unfortunately, instead of throwing grenades, Reynolds sometimes seems content to grab the back side of the underwear he’s currently wearing, lean back, and pitch the waistband forward with all his might. [...]

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The editorial page of the New York Times today attacked Senator Chris Dodd for his receipt of fundraising contributions from pay day lenders and, according to them, subsequently not acting to reform pay day lending laws to cap interest rates.  They write: Forget what it looked like, this was a private fund-raiser by Mr. Johnson [...]

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Via CT Bob, here’s a clip from last week’s Jefferson Jackson Bailey Dinner in Connecticut of Chris Dodd showing why he’s such an accomplished and dedicated public servant.

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The New York Times has a very interesting article today about the impact Senator Ted Kennedy’s absence from the Senate for health reasons is having on the process towards landmark healthcare reform. What’s especially important to note is that reform is moving forward in Kennedy’s Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee because of the work [...]

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Tom Swan of Connecticut Citizen Action Group (and former Ned Lamont campaign manager) is one of the people I most respect in Connecticut politics. He’s a dyed in the wool progressive with a history of getting results, from forcing Joe Lieberman out of the Democratic Party to fighting for marriage equality and universal healthcare. Swan [...]

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Suzy Khimm is listed by The New Republic as a “reporter-researcher.” I haven’t yet waded through her three page article on Chris Dodd and his coming perilous reelection campaign to judge her overall ability as a reporter, but by the second paragraph it’s pretty easy to see that she’s not a researcher. Khimm writes: Today, [...]

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Yesterday Chris Dodd’s Credit CARD Act passed overwhelmingly. It’s a victory for regulation of an industry run amok and will provide a great deal of protection for consumers from predatory lending practices and usurious rates. The Hartford Courant calls it a “big win for Dodd.” Former Ned Lamont campaign manager, Tom Swam, has a great [...]

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TParty at My Left Nutmeg has a great post on the newly-announced challenge to Senator Chris Dodd from a Democrat named Merrick Alpert, a former Enron and PG&E employee, who is running against Dodd from the right and without any stated agenda besides personal attacks.TParty writes: Unfortunately, from all initial appearances, Merrick Alpert’s just-announced campaign [...]

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Chris Dodd takes to the op-ed page of the Hartford Courant to defend his wife, Jackie Clegg Dodd, from insane smears and accusations coming from Chris Healy of the CT Republican Party. Of course anyone who’s paid the slightest bit of attention to the CT GOP and the NRSC’s attacks on Dodd knows that they [...]

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This is pretty much why I think Chris Dodd will be reelected in 2010: he has real perspective about what his job is now and the importance of doing the peoples’ work ahead of worrying about electoral politics. My rough transcript (video courtesy of Connecticut Bob): People say you’re going through tough times, political times. [...]

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