Newsday has an interview with Senator Chris Dodd on his opinions of presidential politics. On the Democrats:

Democratic voters are sending a clear message by giving Barack Obama 11 consecutive primary victories over rival Hillary Clinton, Sen. Christopher Dodd said Monday.

“It’s obviously getting to a point where people are speaking pretty loudly,” Dodd told reporters. “Eleven contests. My hope is that we’ll get closure on this pretty quickly.”

On Ralph Nader:

“It’s sort of a yawn,” Dodd said. “Eight years ago he cost Al Gore the election, no question about it. But I think people learned a very painful lesson.”

Not surprisingly, I agree with Dodd’s sentiments on both subjects (though I’d be willing to debate the full extent Nader deserves blame for Gore’s loss).