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Where Was Dodd? Iowa!

By Jim Vicevich / September 25, 2008 /

Thanks to listener and frequent on-line chatter, Rick from West Hartford, for digging up this gem for us. From a January 14th editorial in the Washington Post … calling out Senator Chris Dodd. As you know Chris Dodd was shocked, shocked I tell you to discover corruption in Fannie Mae. The headline reads: “A Better Watchdog The…

Dodd and Countrywide: The Saga Continues?

By Jim Vicevich / October 6, 2008 /

O’Reilly had their new DC editor Bill Sammon on the air tonight discussing Barney Franks latest conflict of (love) interest at Fannie Mae … not much interest … but then Dodd’s name came up and the following conversation took place. Hmmmmmm.

Former Democratic State Chair to Dodd: Pull out now

By Jim Vicevich / December 20, 2009 /

It’s not so much whether Ed Marcus has influence over Chris Dodd. He is after all a former state chair. But he is talking about it publicly. Dodd he says, will not only lose, but he will bring down the entire Democratic ticket including the race for Governor. From this morning’s Face The State. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAY9D0cDZPU…

Dodd still keeping his mouth shut

By Steve McGough / October 17, 2008 /

Did he think we would forget? Senator Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) got a break on his two mortgages and people were pretty wound up about it. Since he’s the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee people have a right to be wound up. First he said that the details about his deal with Countrywide would be…

Obamacare: the stealth provisions

By SoundOffSister / August 31, 2009 /

What is wrong with the following sentence?  Congress wrote the Kennedy-Dodd health care bill while meeting in Washington on the backs of envelopes.  Hint: there are at least two correct answers. I have written many posts about the Kennedy-Dodd health care bill.  There is only one problem.  I learned Saturday, courtesy of The Wall Street Journal,…

Waiting For Dodd

By Jim Vicevich / January 7, 2009 /

Still … the Wall Street Journal asks “Where are those papers?” … the Politico, on the other hand … looks for redemption. We are happy its still in the news. The rest of the press corps may have moved on, but we’d still like to know. All the more so because former Countrywide Financial loan…

Were Laws Broken?

By Jim Vicevich / March 25, 2009 /

The charges against Chris Dodd continue to pile up. It started with the sweetheart Countrywide Mortgages, then the “cottage” in Ireland, the association with a convicted felon, the AIG bonus “lie”, and finally word that his wife once collected a paycheck from an AIG company. No wonder Senator Christopher Dodd (D-Conn) went wobbly last week…

Dodd declares – economic crisis ended when Obama took office

By Steve McGough / December 7, 2009 /

Just received an e-mail update from Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.). It seems as though our economy is still “feeling the effects of last year’s crisis.” Now, last year was 2008, and this year is 2009. I guess he figures since President Obama took office, the crisis must have ended and it was – of course…

Questions Remain Unanswered About Dodd Mortgages

By Steve McGough / July 21, 2008 /

In yesterday’s Hartford Courant, Kevin Rennie reminds us that we still have not gotten any solid information concerning the mortgage deal that Chris Dodd – Democrat senator from Connecticut – got on his two refinances back in 2003. Rennie brings up questions from my original post on the subject June 17.

Dodd … Stand By Your Friends

By Jim Vicevich / March 15, 2009 /

Chris Dodd is coming out but the answers still ring hollow. Connecticut’s senior senator tells Channel 3’s Dennis House: Hey, Countrywide’s Robert Feinberg’s lying … no sweetheart mortgage deal No I will not release my mortgage papers … everyone already saw em … for a day The Irish cottage thing … hey the appraisal said…