Posts Tagged ‘Chris Dodd’
Dodd Under Fire For Allowing Bonuses-Video-Update: Dodd Responds
The NY Times is reporting (paragraph 16) that Chris Dodd included an exemption for bonuses like the ones given AIG in the February stimulus bill … I thought about adding this to Steve’s post on the Democrats going after Rob Simmons but this story is becoming bigger by the minute. The administration official said the Treasury…
Read MoreCampaign starts early – Democrats go after Simmons
On Sunday, Rob Simmons, former member of the U.S. House from Connecticut’s 2nd district, announced that he would seek the Republican nomination to run for the Senate seat currently held by Senator Chris Dodd (D-Conn.). The Hartford Courant reported the reaction from Democrats in the state… Simmons is just a clone of George W. Bush.…
Read MoreMore than 50% there. Update: 100% there.
Update: The show was taped on Thursday, and while he told Fox 61 he would not announce Sunday, he must have had a change of heart. As of 10:35 Sunday night … the Courant is reporting that the AP is reporting that Simmons decided to jump into the race … apparently while watching the show? …
Read MoreDodd … Stand By Your Friends
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…
Read MoreSomething’s rotten on the Irish Coast
The more I look at Dodd’s Irish cottage, what with the 12 waterfront acres and the bargain price, the less that makes sense. Having explored the price of real estate in the Emerald Isle a few years back (admittedly at the top of the market), 12 acres on the waterfront should have commanded a king’s…
Read MoreDodd’s Country Cottage – Update
Well … thanks to Kevin Rennie we have a better idea of what Dodd’s Irish cottage looks like … hmmm … 200,000 … while condos go for three times that … Make sure you go to real time investigations for more on changes that need to be made in Senate disclosure rules. Note that Dodd…
Read MoreDems to Media: Leave Dodd Be … Move Along
Dennis House interviewed the Connecticut Chair of the Democratic Committee on Face The State. The short hand version is in the post title. Nothing to see here … move long. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCGiOinRORc This might be what she hopes, but not likely. Flashing mortgage papers in front of reporters who likely know as much about finance as…
Read MoreDodd’s Real Estate Deals
Kevin Rennie has dug deeper into Dodd’s real estate deals in both DC and In Ireland with his friends Ed Downe and William Kessinger (A Pardon For A Friend, A Good Deal For Dodd). The bottom line … it looks like it pays to be a sitting in influential Senator in Washington, not that that…
Read MoreChris Dodd (D-Bernie Madoff)
It looks like he’s gone from (D-CT) to (D-Countrywide) to (D-Bernie Madoff). Oh yeah. My question is … where will this stop? Oh my – it turns out that Bernie Madoff and Ruthie forked over $300,000 of stolen money to the Democrats and, of course, those with their paws out included Chris Dodd, Charles Rangle and…
Read MoreDodd’s Dangerous Dance. Plus Dodd vs Kudlow?
Instapundit continues to blaze the web trail tacking everything and all Dodd and we are more than happy to help get the word out. You can catch it here. Like any Washington survivor who senses that the political tide is shifting, Dodd knows he must swim with it or sink in its wake. And for…
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