{"id":1942,"date":"2009-04-17T15:03:20","date_gmt":"2009-04-17T19:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=1942"},"modified":"2009-05-17T11:17:49","modified_gmt":"2009-05-17T15:17:49","slug":"only-5-connecticut-residents-donated-to-dodd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/17\/only-5-connecticut-residents-donated-to-dodd\/","title":{"rendered":"Only 5 Connecticut Residents Donated to Dodd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Chris Dodd has a problem, he supposedly represents the people of Connecticut in the Senate but he&#8217;s apparently having to look elsewhere for campaign cash&#8230; Only $4,250\u00a0 of $604,745 raised during the first three months of 2009 by Chris Dodd for 2010 his re-election campaign came from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.connpost.com\/ci_12158273\" target=\"_blank\">Connecticut residents<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Sen. Chris Dodd appears to have looked everywhere but his home state to fuel what pundits anticipate will be one of the most hotly contested races in the nation in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>The five-term incumbent reported raising just $4,250 from five Connecticut residents, including one from Redding, during the first three months of the year while raking in $604,745 from nearly 400 individuals living outside the state.<\/p>\n<p>Dodd&#8217;s five Connecticut contributors are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>James McDermott of Watertown, an attorney at Holland Knight, $2,000<\/li>\n<li>Robert Patricelli of Simsbury, executive at Women Health USA, $1,000<\/li>\n<li>Elaine Wilson of Redding, homemaker, $500<\/li>\n<li>Richard Mulready of West Hartford, executive at Servus Corp., $500<\/li>\n<li>George Finley of South Glastonbury, self-employed consultant, $250<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While incumbents often turn to special interests for early campaign fundraising, Dodd&#8217;s out-of-state total seems unusually high and comes at a time when he has been plagued by poor approval ratings among state voters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;ve written previously about Sen. Dodd&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/02\/chris-dodds-approval-numbers-sink-to-new-lows\/\" target=\"_blank\">dismally low<\/a> approval ratings, they&#8217;re a problem not only for Sen Dodd but for his Republican challengers. The 2010 mid-terms are still a long way off but if Dodd&#8217;s\u00a0 poll numbers stay where they are there&#8217;s a good chance Democrats will ask him to step aside to make room for a stronger candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Greenwich First Selectmen Roger Pearson is reportedly considering a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wtic.com\/pages\/4152531.php?\" target=\"_blank\">primary challenge<\/a> to Dodd. Pearson isn&#8217;t well known outside Greenwich and I&#8217;m not sure how he&#8217;d fair in a statewide race&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Bottom line we need Chris Dodd politically wounded not dead. Wounded he&#8217;s vulnerable and there&#8217;s good chance Rob Simmons or Sam Caligiuri could win the seat.<\/p>\n<p>If Sen. Dodd&#8217;s poll numbers stay where they are he&#8217;s politically dead and I have to think <span id=\"fullpost\">a generic Democrat is probably all it would take to hold the seat.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Chris Dodd has a problem, he supposedly represents the people of Connecticut in the Senate but he&#8217;s apparently having to look elsewhere for campaign cash&#8230; Only $4,250\u00a0 of $604,745 raised during the first three months of 2009 by Chris Dodd for 2010 his re-election campaign came from Connecticut residents: Sen. Chris Dodd appears to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[534,164,209,512,605,582,185],"class_list":{"0":"post-1942","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-politics","7":"tag-2010-elections","8":"tag-chris-dodd","9":"tag-connecticut","10":"tag-rob-simmons","11":"tag-roger-pearson","12":"tag-sam-caligiuri","13":"tag-senate","14":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-vk","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1971,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/20\/chris-dodd-taps-wall-street-for-campaign-cash\/","url_meta":{"origin":1942,"position":0},"title":"Chris Dodd Taps Wall Street for Campaign Cash","author":"Jeff","date":"April 20, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I wrote about Sen. Dodd's dismal in-state campaign fund raising efforts on Friday, today, thanks to the Associated Press we know much more those efforts. Sen. Dodd raised a total of $608,995 from individuals during the first quarter, only $4,250 came from Connecticut residents. The other $604,745 came from executives\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3145,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/06\/dodd-dorgan-to-retire-wont-seek-re-election\/","url_meta":{"origin":1942,"position":1},"title":"Dodd, Dorgan to Retire; Won&#8217;t Seek Re-election","author":"Jeff","date":"January 6, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"The 2010 mid-term elections are still months, but things aren't looking good Democrats. Two long serving high profile Senators, Chris Dodd of Connecticut and Byron Dorgan of North Dakota have announced that they won't seek re-election: Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee and a Democratic\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Culture of Corruption&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Culture of Corruption","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/culture-of-corruption\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2544,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/28\/ap-dodd-conrad-told-mortgage-deals-were-sweetened\/","url_meta":{"origin":1942,"position":2},"title":"AP: Dodd, Conrad Told Mortgage Deals Were Sweetened","author":"Jeff","date":"July 28, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The Associated Press is reporting that Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd was told from the very start that hes was getting a VIP mortgage discount: Despite their denials, influential Democratic Sens. Kent Conrad and Chris Dodd were told from the start they were getting VIP mortgage discounts from one of the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Culture of Corruption&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Culture of Corruption","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/culture-of-corruption\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2573,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/08\/senate-ethics-committee-clears-dodd-conrand\/","url_meta":{"origin":1942,"position":3},"title":"Senate Ethics Committee Clears Dodd, Conrand","author":"Jeff","date":"August 8, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"As predicted the Senate Ethics Committee has cleared Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd of wrong doing in his dealings with Countrywide Financial: The Senate Ethics Committee on Friday dropped yearlong investigations into two powerful Senate committee chairmen, Democrats Christopher J. Dodd and Kent Conrad . The group Citizens for Responsibility and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Culture of Corruption&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Culture of Corruption","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/culture-of-corruption\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1646,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/10\/oh-happy-day-dodd-trails-simmons\/","url_meta":{"origin":1942,"position":4},"title":"Oh Happy Day, Dodd Trails Simmons","author":"Jeff","date":"March 10, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"From the Politico: Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd (D) looks like he\u2019s in serious trouble for reelection if he faces former GOP congressman Rob Simmons, according to a newly released Quinnipiac poll. 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