Peter Schiff to Challenge Dodd for Senate

[Governor PiT]

http://www.schiff2010.com/

[Joe Biden 2020]

Eh, I'm still putting this seat as a low-grade safe Democrat.  It is Connecticut, after all.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Still at least strong lean Democratic.

[Lunar]

It'd be a pretty upper tier upset for them to score Connecticut.  Perhaps the equivalent of the Democrats knocking of Vitter, but I'm not sure if that'd be accurate.

I mean, this is one of the cases where Schiff has to prove he's an awesome candidate and the default, until he does, is that Dodd will be reelected by upper single digits.

We'll have to see though, I'm willing to leave a question mark over this.

[Holmes]

Maybe Chambliss is a better comparison?

[justfollowingtheelections]

Dodd isn't very popular at the moment and to be honest I kind of hope he retires because no one will primary him.

[Lunar]

Maybe Chambliss is a better comparison?

I mean, I suppose the comparison is most relevant to Vitter if he gets a challenger like businessman Jim Bernhardt, the only person I've seen who openly is giving signals of entering the race.  But yeah, different places.  Seems pretty dumb for the Democrats not to run a Cajun but that's a different story

[Eraserhead]

Is this guy Stark endorsed?

[Meeker]

Mr. 38%

[Psychic Octopus]

Nice website, it is very modern.

[Know Your Rights!]

Nice website, it is very modern.

Look around it and you can see that it isn't actually his, though.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

I like Peter Schiff, but Dodd will win.

[Psychic Octopus]

Nice website, it is very modern.

Look around it and you can see that it isn't actually his, though.

it looked modern, though.  I actually think Dodd will retire.

[Lunar]

Nice website, it is very modern.

Look around it and you can see that it isn't actually his, though.

it looked modern, though.  I actually think Dodd will retire.

And abandon his power as a leader in an era of Democratic power? Yawn

[Psychic Octopus]

Nice website, it is very modern.

Look around it and you can see that it isn't actually his, though.

it looked modern, though.  I actually think Dodd will retire.

And abandon his power as a leader in an era of Democratic power? Yawn

Why not? He's been there since 1981. He deserves to spend his retirement fishing in the Long Island Sound with his grandkids.

[Lunar]

Nice website, it is very modern.

Look around it and you can see that it isn't actually his, though.

it looked modern, though.  I actually think Dodd will retire.

And abandon his power as a leader in an era of Democratic power? Yawn

Why not? He's been there since 1981. He deserves to spend his retirement fishing in the Long Island Sound with his grandkids.

There's plenty of Senators who have been there longer who have no indication of retiring.  Dodd clearly craves power -- otherwise he wouldn't have run a longshot bid for the presidency and had Obama float his name as a potential VP.

[SPC]

Perfect contest. The man who predicted the recession vs. the man partially responsible for the recession. Hopefully justice will win the end.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Why not? He's been there since 1981. He deserves to spend his retirement fishing in the Long Island Sound with his grandkids.

He's still fairly young, though, by Senate standards.  He's only 65 years old, with 28 years in the Senate; he Chairs the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, and is next in line to Chair the HELP Committee when Ted Kennedy ends his time in the Senate.  I don't see Dodd leaving until 2023, at least.

[Lunar]

Anyway, as our current year has shown us, with KBH soon to run for governor, with what, seven GOP senators leaving office already, senators leave office when they lose power NiK, not because they want to spend more time with their grandchildren.

And yeah, 65 is young by Senate standards

[Kaine for Senate '18]

The average age in the Senate is 62.  Dodd is 10th in seniority, but 46th in age.  He is younger than every Senator ahead of him, and many Senators who are well behind him.  All signs point to Dodd being in the Senate for a long time.

[Psychic Octopus]

Could you imagine what would have happened if Obama chose Dodd to be VP? And then the countrywide scandal came out?

[Nixon in '80]

I like the site too. I respect Schiff, but don't particularly like him; he seems to take too much glee in telling us we're all screwed. Regardless, if he gets past the primary, he'll lose, but I'll support him.

[they don't love you like i love you]

Are people seriously talking about the possibility of Chris Dodd losing to some Lew Rockwell-type nutjob? LOL.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

To the best of my knowledge, Peter Schiff hasn't agreed to run for anything.  It's a recruitment website.

[Coburn In 2012]

Is Dodd under investigation?  Should be.  He reeks from the whole country wide scandal...yet another corrupt democrat.  I hope Connecticut voters have the sense to turn him out (since the democrat president hasn't kept his promise to bring ethics to Washington) and elect a Republican, preferably a conservative one.

However, Connecticut voters haven't chosen a real conservative for Senator, Governor or Congress in ages.  Just democrats and liberal Republicans...  yuck.