Breaking! Sen. Dodd (D-CT) To Retire 2010

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Tuesday January 05, 2010 · 9:04 PM PST

2010/01/05 · 21:04

News Alert
11:50 PM EST Tuesday, January 5, 2010

News alert: Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd expected to announce retirement, sources say

If this is true, which it seems to be, Dodd will the second Democratic Senator to announce his retirement in so many days (Dorgan being the first). While the Republicans seemed to be fronting a strong attack against Dodd (Linda McMahon excepted), it seems to be that in a reliably blue state such as Connecticut, this seems to at least maintain the status quo, if not give the race a bluer trend.

Look for more entrants into the primary, such as (hopefully!?) Ned Lamont in the coming days and weeks.

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Sunday January 06, 2008 · 6:32 PM PST

2008/01/06 · 18:32

Standing in line outside Salem High School, with my dad, my great aunt and my sister, we looked at the line that stretched behind us to see a Barack Obama rally. With numbers higher than expected, my little group had to sit in the lunchroom and watch an A/V feed of the speech.

Simply put, the speech was just as inspiring as anything Obama's ever said, and nothing new or more, at least to me as someone who likes to think he has some grasp on whats going on in this presidential race.

But: My dad, and my aunt, both lifelong Democrats are caught between Obama and Hillary. Both are torn between Obama's message, and Clinton's experience claims.

My problem? Convincing them either way. Follow me after the jump to see whats going on.

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