As I mentioned this morning, I was working on a piece about Chris Dodd’s reelection campaign for the print magazine. That’s obviously moot now, but I’ve recast it as an explanation of what went wrong:
The writing was on the wall for Chris Dodd in December, when even Peter Schiff, the longshot candidate in the fiercely contested Republican primary, was leading the five-term incumbent in the polls. “We have a unique opportunity,” Schiff assured supporters in December, during an appearance I attended in Watertown. Dodd “is so unpopular that just about anybody can beat him.”
Apparently Dodd and his political advisers ultimately arrived at a similar conclusion. The senator announced Wednesday that he would not seek reelection.
The rest of the piece is here.
Kevin is traveling today and tomorrow.
