I hope Barack Obama, Timothy Geithner, Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, Chris Dood, Andrew Cuomo, Richard Blumenthal and all the pundits who have lead the AIG lynch mob are happy now: The following is a letter sent on Tuesday by Jake DeSantis, an executive vice president of the American International Group’s financial products unit, to Edward […]
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Chris Dodd’s Wife Paid by AIG Subsidiary???
Chris Dodd had an Op Ed in “Dodd: Setting the record straight” in this morning’s News Times… Unfortunately, the piece doesn’t seem to be on their web site so I can’t link to it… Regardless the timing couldn’t have been worse since Sen. Dodd is likely to face new questions about his wife’s involvement with […]
AP: Dodd’s Stock With Voters Began Dropping Before AIG
As a Connecticut resident I’ve been hearing the rumblings about Chris Dodd for a while now but they’re finally starting to come into national focus: HARTFORD, Conn. – Howard Rosenblatt voted for U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd five years ago. He won’t do that again. “It’s time for Chris to resign,” said the 62-year-old owner of […]
Chris Dodd Was Against AIG’s Bonuses Before He Was For Them???
It’s getting so you can’t follow the twist and turns in the AIG retantion bonus kerfufle without a map… It now looks like Chris Dodd was against the bonuses before he was for them but now he’s against them: For a while, the disappearance of an executive bonus restriction from last month’s economic stimulus looked […]
The Hits Keep Coming: Chris Dodd Was For AIG Bonuses Before He Was Against Them
From Fox Business (emphasis mine): Senator Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) on Monday night floated the idea of taxing American International Group (AIG: 0.9194, 0.1393, 17.86%) bonus recipients so the government could recoup some or all of the $450 million the company is paying to employees in its financial products unit. Within hours, the idea spread to […]
Chris Dodd’s Irish Cottage
I jokingly refer Sen. Chris Dodd as Connecticut’s answer to Ted Kennedy… I’m actually starting to think that’s an insult to Ted Kennedy. From the Wall Street Journal: The Senate Ethics Committee has been looking into possible conflicts of interest in Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd’s 2003 mortgages. Now questions about another Dodd real-estate adventure, this […]
Oh Happy Day, Dodd Trails Simmons
From the Politico: Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd (D) looks like he’s in serious trouble for reelection if he faces former GOP congressman Rob Simmons, according to a newly released Quinnipiac poll. Dodd trails Simmons by one point, 43 to 42 percent. In a head-to-head matchup with CNBC host Larry Kudlow, Dodd leads 46 to 34 […]
Bailing on the Bailout?
It looks like the bailout deal, if there ever was one, is collapsing… Democrats and Paulson are whining. ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos Reports: Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson fears the Wall Street bailout deal is falling apart after a chaotic White House meeting, sources say. Paulson walked into the room where Democrats were caucusing after today’s […]