(WTNH) – Vice President Joe Biden will be in Hartford and East Hartford today to pitch policy and raise money.
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(WTNH) – Vice President Joe Biden will be in Hartford and East Hartford today to pitch policy and raise money.
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[...]I’m not sure what I think of this.
Part of me agrees that, as Dodd says, we should set the records straight. The other part of me feels that it’s a fools errand to even respond to the Republicans patently absurd claims that they have been shut out of the [...]
The Cook Political Report, led by the intrepid prognosticator Charlie Cook, has changed their rating on Sen. Chris Dodd’s re-election effort from “Toss Up” to “Lean Republican”:
As a general policy, the Cook Political Report does not rate unindicted incumbents worse than “Toss Up,” at least until Labor Day of [...]
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush predicted on CNBC that former U.S. Rep. Rob Simmons will defeat incumbent Democrat Christopher J. Dodd in the 2010 U.S. Senate race.
Bush, whose grandparents and father lived in Greenwich for years, is familiar with Connecticut and served as the keynote speaker at the annual Prescott Bush Awards dinner [...]
...long overdue.
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Following a fundraiser for U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd on Friday, Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit a fire station in East Hartford that recently received federal stimulus funds.
[...]And according to Rasmussen, Senator Dodd would lose to every Republican, even Peter Schiff, whose financial media stardom hasn’t resulted in any name recognition in Nutmegland.
Former GOP Congressman Rob Simmons is still his toughest opponent, leading Dodd 48% to 35%. Seven percent (7%) prefer some other candidate in this contest, [...]
A new poll released last night by Rasmussen Reports shows that the contest for the U.S. Senate seat remains basically where it was last time a poll was conducted.
Former U.S. Representative Rob Simmons polled at 48% against Dodd’s 35%. Linda McMahon also polled well, leading Dodd by a 44%-38% [...]
A Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of 500 likely voters in Connecticut finds U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd losing to his three Republican challengers.
Former U.S. Rep. Rob Simmons is leading Dodd 48 percent to 35 percent. Linda McMahon is ahead 44 percent to 38 percent, and Peter Schiff, president [...]
A Rasmussen telephone poll of 500 state residents yesterday shows -- perhaps predictably -- that Chris Dodd isn't making any progress in head-to-head match-ups with his Republican challengers. Rob Simmons remains the strongest Republican candidate, though he's got to be concerned that he only outpolls the inexperienced, unknown and vulnerable McMahon' [...]
We have enough lunacy to deal with here in Connecticut with Sen. Chris Doddand his crazed, frenetic activity in the world’s most exclusive club. But nothing compares to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, who is trying to outscore Dodd as the nation’s most unpopular U.S. [...]
(WTNH) – With recent poll numbers showing he’d lose to the two top Republicans vying for his seat, Democratic Party insiders are starting to worry that Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd’s troubles could hurt other candidates.
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[...]U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon is meeting with top Republican senators down in Washington, D.C. this week.
She has gained their attention with a vow to spend as much as $50 million of her own money in an attempt to unseat Democrat Christopher J. Dodd, the former general chairman of the [...]
During a quick visit to the state, Chris Dodd unveiled his "jobs agenda" in East Hartford this morning. According to the nicely redesigned CT News Junkie, one of the business leaders present liked parts of the Dodd plan -- but not enough to vote for him.
Giovanni Tomasi, the CEO of RSL Fiber Systems [...]
From Gov. Rell's remarks this morning at the Middlesex Chamber of Commerce:
For Senator Chris Dodd: One of my old scarves to cover up the big bull's-eye on the Senator's back.
For Senator Joe Lieberman: From my collection of old movies. The old James Mason classic: "Odd'" [...]
U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd unveiled his plan to jumpstart the economy Monday, but he also may be hoping it jumpstarts his re-election campaign as well.
[...]East Hartford (WTNH) – Sen. Chris Dodd says now that the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) has successfully bailed out Wall Street, but now it’s time to use TARP to bail out Main Street.
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Former U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Tom Foley announced Thursday that he is running for governor, dropping out of the U.S. Senate race for Christopher Dodd's seat.
In a speech that lasted about six minutes, Foley gave no details about how he would solve the state's long-running budget problems or whether he would propose cutting taxes. In [...]
U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd announced that he is backing Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke.
"Today, we are faced with two separate questions," Dodd, chairman of the Senate Banking Commitete, said this morning, as a hearing on Bernanke's nomination got underway. "First, should Ben Bernanke, our nominee, stay on as the Chairman of" [...]
Hartford (AP) – Former U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Tom Foley is set to announce whether he’ll drop his bid for the U.S. Senate seat held by Christopher Dodd and seek the Republican nomination to run for Connecticut governor instead.
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[...]He'll make stops in New Haven, Norwich and Hartford and he'll be joined by U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd, a senior member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
Duncan has conducted similar "listening and learning sessions" around the nation.
We'll post more details about the specifics of the trip as they' [...]
Washington, D.C.—That’s what Connecticut’s senior senator labeled himself as his ally in the White House embarked on a newly ramped-up war.
U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd questioned how successfully the U.S. can achieve its goals in Afghanistan—and whether the Afghans even want us to help.
Click here to continue reading Paul’s [...]
Greenwich multi-millionaire Linda McMahon is expected to spend more than $500,000 on television commercials over the next three weeks, starting on Wednesday.
Our colleague, Rick Green, has the details at [blogs.courant.com]
With the margin of error included, McMahon was essentially in a statistical dead heat with U.S. Sen. Christopher J. Dodd [...]
