A Nervous Chris Dodd

Okay, is it me or does it seem that Senator Chris Dodd is little worried about an election seventeen month's away? For the past few weeks I have been bewildered by the number of television commercial's that Mr. Dodd has either ran himself, or been endorsed by organizations that have a stake in his success. There is even a commercial with President Obama crediting (no pun intended) the Senator from Connecticut for reinventing the way credit card companies will handle increasing their rate's.

So, the big question is why is Mr. Dodd starting so early in campaigning for an office that will not be up for grab's for a year and a half?

The answer is simple, fear. Mr. Dodd has become somewhat paranoid about his position in the U.S. Senate and the fact that he may not be keeping his frequent flyer miles up with traveling from Hartford to Washington D.C.

This is because of a number of negative developments that have surfaced over the past 12 months. It begin's with the banking industry and the eventual bailout. That was followed by the wording in the bailout document that allowed for corporate officers and executive to receive bonuses paid by the hard working citizen's of this country. Add to that the credit card fallout and the abuses allowed to happen by the banking committee. Now, we hear that he under reported the worth of his home in Ireland on financial disclosure statements. I can only imagine what is coming next.

Chris Dodd has gone from superstar and one time Presidential candidate to a man with many questions to answer.

No amount of television commercials will neutralize the negative press that has and will come his way. Anyone who is intelligent and objective will see through the soft tone and positive spin promoted in the ongoing T. V. blitz.

Here is my advise. Let's not allow a media campaign to substitute for open disclosure of the action's of our Senior Senator. Let's ask the questions about the banking system collapse, the bailout money, and the disclosure on financial statements. Only then can we truly know if he has served the people, or served self interest.

Could it be that with longevity of service in office Mr. Dodd has come to believe that he is entitled to the office? Could it be that, as with many politician's, he think's he is above answering question's? Maybe he has been in the beltway so long that he has forgotten about us back home who have had to tighten our belt's to make end's meet?

Many questions and no amount of warm and fuzzy commercial's will make them go away