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AIG Gaffe Puts Dodd 16% Behind GOP Challenger: Poll

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(Newser) – The AIG bonus scandal has battered Connecticut Democrat Chris Dodd’s Senate reelection chances, the Hartford Courant reports. A new poll shows the five-term incumbent trailing GOP challenger Rob Simmons by 16%, a deficit one analyst calls “staggering.” Overall, Dodd’s approval is at 33%. And since AIG, “his approval rating among Democrats is down to 51%,” the pollster said.

An AIG office in Connecticut.
An AIG office in Connecticut.   (AP Photo)
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd.
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd.   (AP Photo)
Chris Dodd.
Chris Dodd.   (AP Photo)
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BackAgain
Apr 2, 09 12:20 PM CDT
Bye Bye Limo Liberal ! Now lets get Pelosi. Reply
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ClingingToHope
Apr 2, 09 1:23 PM CDT
Obama, Pelosi, and Reid. Oh, my! If we can get rid of Dodd (AIG and FannieFreddie recipient), Frank (AIG and FannieFreddie recipient and concubine), and Range (user of rent controlled NYC apartments for office space)l, there might actually be a positive future for the USA.
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radnip
Apr 3, 09 9:36 PM CDT
Positive future? That means a backwater country, while the rest of the world progresses, where a super rich class work the beholden barely-making-it-after-working-50-years class, right?
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ClingingToHope
Apr 2, 09 1:23 PM CDT
Rangel, sorry. Reply
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roger3000
Apr 2, 09 3:58 PM CDT
Good news finally. Now the upcoming congress races are critical to stop the the crooks from taking complete control over you and me. Lets get rid of all the libs we can so that we have money to buy food and pay rent and utilities. Reply
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