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Dodd's move to Iowa rankled his base voters more than anything .......and led to his ousting. Dodd was going to be dead meat come November - in the blue state of Conn, he was losing big to three potential GOPers - so Dem leadership (at Obama’s urging) pushed Dodd out, to avoid a primary and defeat. Once that became obvious, his big backers would not waste money on Dodd’s campaign.

Democrats stupidly gave Dodd a big role in healthcare "reform" thinking that would rehabilitate his damaged image.....There is even one laughable quote from Dodd saying he was getting "a whole new voter base" from his role in healthcare reform.

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Course I could be wrong (/snix), but this is probably what led to Dim Dodd being kicked out by the Dem PTB.

Last July, Dodd proposed an amendment reducing aviation security appropriations by $4.5M in favor of firefighter grants (a move that enriched one of Dodd's financial backers). The federal money Dodd eliminated was specifically intended "for screening operations and for explosives detection systems."

AT THE TIME I POSTED THAT ITEM DEC 2009, MY ADVICE TO DODD WAS: "Dodd should pack his bags and leave now, before he's tarred and feathered and run out of DC on a rail."

Dodd was in deep doo-doo knowing he could not raise the $10Mill he needed to win. Looks like costly campaigns are biting back Dims...... that's nice.

Democrats stupidly gave Dodd a big role in healthcare "reform" thinking that would rehabilitate his damaged image.....

Yep. CT is an insurance and financial services state, filled with many NY and NJ expats. Dodd's eager support and embrace of any and all taxes, mandates, regulations and other "reforms" of insurance and financial industries would hit Conn. big time.

"a whole new voter base" didn't exist and didn't materialize out of thin air, so now "everybody hates Chris".

Dodd may be a resident of Iowa / Connecticut in the same way as ex-Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL) was a "resident" of Florida 19th district while living in Maryland, where he exempted himself from the income tax by claiming that he lived in Florida.