Some Connecticut Questions

[JSojourner]

Now that Chris Dodd has opted not to see another term...and it appears Attorney General Blumenthal will attempt to succeed him, there are some questions I have been mulling over.

1.  The name of former Congressman Rob Simmons keeps surfacing as a possible Republican Senate nominee.  What numbers I have seen for him are rather low now that the unpopular Dodd is out of the equation. Is there a reason for this?  Is he more popular with one wing of the GOP than another?  Do Republican voters think he's weak?  (Seems odd if that's the case, because he lost so narrow a race in '06.)

2.  My favorite of the current crop of Connecticut pols is Rosa DeLauro.  She's a classic liberal, like me...at least in terms of her voting record.  I've heard her speak a time or two and she seems quite erudite and informed, without being obnoxiously arrogant. Why hasn't her name come up as a possible heir to the Dodd seat?  (I could be missing something...so fill me in.)

3.   What's Lowell Weicker doing these days?