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Less than 2 percent of Dodd’s first quarter donors Connecticut residents

By Steve McGough / April 17, 2009 /

The statistic is even more laughable when you hear that during the first quarter of 2009, only five Connecticut residents donated to Sen. Chris Dodd’s (D-Conn.) 2010 Senate race. Although Dodd has yet to declare he is running for reelection in 2010, donations are coming in. Out of approximately 400 donors, only five are Connecticut…

Countrywide: Officials Bent Loan Rules For Dodd – AIG: Dodd Blames Treasury

By Jim Vicevich / March 21, 2009 / Comments Off on Countrywide: Officials Bent Loan Rules For Dodd – AIG: Dodd Blames Treasury

Not good … not good at all. Plus Video of the Dodd timeline … not a good week for the senior Senator.

Dodd Under Fire For Allowing Bonuses-Video-Update: Dodd Responds

By Jim Vicevich / March 17, 2009 /

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…

Dodd’s Country Cottage – Update

By Jim Vicevich / March 10, 2009 /

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…

Chris Dodd (D-Bernie Madoff)

By Jim Vicevich / March 4, 2009 /

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…

Finally … the mortgage papers

By Jim Vicevich / February 22, 2009 /

No … not from Dodd. From the guy who just may beat him in 2010.

Has Congress Jumped The Gun

By Jim Vicevich / January 16, 2009 /

The Senate, led by Chris Dodd, released the rest of the $350 billion in TARP funds … but was it really necessary? You decide. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw1yUF_vns

Dodd Review

By Jim Vicevich / January 4, 2009 /

Great review of the Chris Dodd, Countrywide mortgage fiasco on Face The State on Channel 3 today. Nothing new but it is a very good roundup including Dodd’s promise to release his mortgage papers (6 months ago) and his subsequent denial. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQua_4395o0

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…

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.