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Update:<\/strong> The original title to this post said “Democratic Nightmare” and it’s true that this is turning into a nightmarish year already for the incumbent party.<\/p>\n But in reality, this specific news <\/a>can be interpreted as good for Democrats, especially if you figured that Dodd was goose-meat come general election time.<\/p>\n The new candidate — most likely AG Richard Blumenthal<\/a> — should do better against whichever GOPer gets in.<\/p>\n So, the Dodd retirement is emblematic of the nightmare, but not necessarily a nightmare itself.<\/p>\n Original post:<\/strong> Wow, this really is going to be the year of the elephant.<\/p>\n Two key Senators will not be standing for re-election in November. The first is ND Senator Byron Dorgan, who announced his retirement plans late afternoon yesterday.<\/p>\n The STUNNER though was Chris Dodd, the Connecticut Senator, who, according to various news reports<\/a>, has decided to throw in the towel as well.<\/p>\n Dodd’s close ties to the financial industry made him vulnerable in this time when anti-Wall Street sentiment runs deep.<\/p>\n The political winds, plus the depleting funds of his core base (hedge funds, insurance, etc.) has put him in a tought spot. A trio of eager Republicans — Peter Schiff, Linda McMahon, and Rob Simmmons — are vying for that seat.<\/p>\n That seat could still be a hold for Democrats, though Dorgan, in deep-red North Dakota may be a lost cause.<\/p>\n Anyway, there goes 60, and in reality, there goes a lot more, both in the House and Senate, because if there were any remaining doubt that it’s a bad year to be a Democratic Candidate for Congress, this is just the icing.<\/p>\n Throw in the tight Mass. Senate race<\/a>, and you have to figure that the Obama administration has, oh, about a week left to pursue its agenda.<\/p>\n Join the conversation about this story »<\/a><\/p>\n See Also:<\/b><\/p>\n Update: The original title to this post said “Democratic Nightmare” and it’s true that this is turning into a nightmarish year already for the incumbent party. But in reality, this specific news can be interpreted as good for Democrats, especially if you figured that Dodd was goose-meat come general election time. The new candidate — […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144463\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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