Because they don’t want this albatross ’round their necks in 2010:
A new Quinnipiac University poll shows Connecticut U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd now trailing former Republican Congressman Rob Simmons and two other possible GOP challengers for the 2010 election.
The survey of nearly 2,000 registered voters also shows that Dodd is experiencing his lowest job approval numbers, with only 33 percent approving of the job that he’s doing and 58 percent disapproving.
Pollster Douglas Schwartz says a 33 percent job approval rating is unheard of for a 30-year incumbent.
The poll shows Simmons defeating Dodd by a 50 percent to 34 percent margin. Dodd trails state Sen. Sam Caligiuri 41 percent to 37 percent, and former ambassador Tom Foley 43 percent to 35 percent.
With polls showing Dodd trailing the second tier GOPers, the Democrats have to face up to the fact that Dodd is an almost sure-loser next year – only a complete GOP melt down in Connecticut would spare Dodd. So, what will Democrats do? In an honorable party there would be a backroom request to Dodd to retire gracefully but, if he decided to run, the party would loyally back him because of his long service to the party through thick and thin. Democrats aren’t honorable – so, look for them to try to force Dodd out the way they scratched Senator Toricelli (D-NJ) when he started to show himself as a sure-loser.
The bell weather for 2010 will be the Northeast – if the GOP continues to gain strength in that area where the GOP was forced to the brink of extinction in 2006/08, then it will be a sign the GOP will sweep the nation in 2010.
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