This news broke over night.
Facing a very tough reelection battle, Chris Dodd, the long-time Democratic Senator from Connecticut, is going to announce his retirement today:
Democratic U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd, a 30-year incumbent who has been struggling in public opinion polls for more than a year, plans to announce today he will not seek reelection.With Dodd running, Republicans were looking at this race as a possible pickup. But, that's a lot less likely now. Richard Blumenthal, the state's Attorney General, will be the Democratic nominee.
Dodd is expected to announce the news at a press conference at noon outside his East Haddam home.
Since making the decision not to run, "he's been in a great mood,'' said a source close to the campaign who requested anonymity. "A weight's off his shoulder and he's happy."
Amazing that Lieberman will still be around, but Dodd will be gone.
