{"id":161768,"date":"2010-01-10T07:37:07","date_gmt":"2010-01-10T12:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehollywoodliberal.com\/2010\/01\/10\/dodds-gift-to-the-democrats\/"},"modified":"2010-01-10T07:37:07","modified_gmt":"2010-01-10T12:37:07","slug":"dodd%e2%80%99s-gift-to-the-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/161768","title":{"rendered":"Dodd\u2019s Gift to the Democrats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/tpmcafe-main\/~3\/SIrMeP2ca6k\/\" >Dodd&#8217;s Gift to the Democrats \t\t<\/a><br \/>To read the esteemed New York Times reporters Zeleny and Nagourney this morning, you would think that the retirement of Chris Dodd was a major blow to the Democratic Senate majority, when in fact it was just the opposite. Not&#8230;<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/> <br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/> <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=a715111c95cb262e6ec7b88d2bcddb3e&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=a715111c95cb262e6ec7b88d2bcddb3e&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"http:\/\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?eui=2218\"\/><br clear=\"all\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?kw=\" align=\"absmiddle\" \/>  <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=a715111c95cb262e6ec7b88d2bcddb3e&#038;p=64&#038;kw=New+York+Times'>New York Times<\/a> &#8211; <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=a715111c95cb262e6ec7b88d2bcddb3e&#038;p=64&#038;kw=Chris+Dodd'>Chris Dodd<\/a> &#8211; <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=a715111c95cb262e6ec7b88d2bcddb3e&#038;p=64&#038;kw=Democratic'>Democratic<\/a> &#8211; <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=a715111c95cb262e6ec7b88d2bcddb3e&#038;p=64&#038;kw=United+States+Senate'>United States Senate<\/a> &#8211; <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=a715111c95cb262e6ec7b88d2bcddb3e&#038;p=64&#038;kw=Christopher+Dodd'>Christopher Dodd<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/tpmcafe-main\/~3\/hR3OZ47Lpfg\/\" >The Difference Between Talking Tough and Acting Smart \t\t<\/a><br \/>Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) is Chair of the Select Intelligence Oversight Panel. As we have seen since the attempted terrorist attack on Northwest Flight 253, there are those who never will understand the difference between talking tough and acting smart&#8230;.<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/> <br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/> <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=a54d8af16c057148f7943864f3cc3828&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=a54d8af16c057148f7943864f3cc3828&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"http:\/\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?eui=2218\"\/><br clear=\"all\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?kw=\" align=\"absmiddle\" \/>  <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=a54d8af16c057148f7943864f3cc3828&#038;p=64&#038;kw=Terrorism'>Terrorism<\/a> &#8211; <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=a54d8af16c057148f7943864f3cc3828&#038;p=64&#038;kw=Warfare+and+Conflict'>Warfare and Conflict<\/a> &#8211; <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=a54d8af16c057148f7943864f3cc3828&#038;p=64&#038;kw=War+on+Terrorism'>War on Terrorism<\/a> &#8211; <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=a54d8af16c057148f7943864f3cc3828&#038;p=64&#038;kw=September+11++2001'>September 11  2001<\/a> &#8211; <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=a54d8af16c057148f7943864f3cc3828&#038;p=64&#038;kw=Yemen'>Yemen<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/tpmcafe-main\/~3\/OBT43IOJMDw\/\" >To My Conservative Friends (or &#8216;Dear Shadow Government&#8217;) \t\t<\/a><br \/>Now is the political season of our disappointment. So many in the pundit class feeling let down after the high hopes of a year ago. Me too. You see, I actually believed in &#8212; and still hope for &#8212; the&#8230;<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/> <br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/> <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=cb24047eeb716240c82adfed0b310330&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=cb24047eeb716240c82adfed0b310330&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"http:\/\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?eui=2218\"\/><br clear=\"all\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?kw=\" align=\"absmiddle\" \/>  <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=cb24047eeb716240c82adfed0b310330&#038;p=64&#038;kw=Conservative'>Conservative<\/a> &#8211; <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=cb24047eeb716240c82adfed0b310330&#038;p=64&#038;kw=Politics'>Politics<\/a> &#8211; <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=cb24047eeb716240c82adfed0b310330&#038;p=64&#038;kw=Shadow+Government'>Shadow Government<\/a> &#8211; <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=cb24047eeb716240c82adfed0b310330&#038;p=64&#038;kw=Conservatism'>Conservatism<\/a> &#8211; <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=cb24047eeb716240c82adfed0b310330&#038;p=64&#038;kw=Parties'>Parties<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dodd&#8217;s Gift to the Democrats To read the esteemed New York Times reporters Zeleny and Nagourney this morning, you would think that the retirement of Chris Dodd was a major blow to the Democratic Senate majority, when in fact it was just the opposite. Not&#8230; New York Times &#8211; Chris Dodd &#8211; Democratic &#8211; United [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":807,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161768","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\/807"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161768\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}