Too bad, in a way. I think he would have been pretty easy to defeat.
this guy epitomizes the limousine liberal, and to boot he’s a real asshole. i stood in line behind him to go see blackhawk down back in 2001 in alexandria and noticed that he avoided eye contact with everyone, especially me. had that holier than thou sneer on his face the whole time. what a complete tool. i regret not being able to see him lose a race in his state that’s about the size of boone pickens’ oil, i mean, cattle ranch.
I agree. I think the GOP was going to take this seat if they ran against Dodd. Now I don’t know what is going to happen.
Agreed - Let’s write him and beg him to stay and run for re-election.
Don’t worry, Richard Blumenthal has the charisma of cold dishwater, I think the Repubs still have a good chance of picking up this seat.
They will do as much damage as possible knowing they don't have to face reelection, and the new democrat vying for their seat can distance himself from the bad decisions by taking different stands and drawing contrasts to fool voters into another 6 years of democrat rule.
What a p*ssy. Rather than man up and face defeat, he’ll slink away like the little slimeball he is.