Edwin Edwards, former governor of Louisiana and frequent resident of the Bayou State's penal system, once remarked that the only way he would lose an election was if he were "caught in bed with a live boy or a dead girl."
Something worse happened to poor old Chris Dodd--he got caught in bed with AIG executives. And now he's paying the price:
Dodd trailed former Rep. Rob Simmons (R) by a 50-to-34 percent margin in the Quinnipiac University poll. Simmons is considered the GOP's top contender.
Dodd also trailed two other Republican candidates in head-to-head match-ups in the poll. State Sen. Sam Caligiuri (R), who announced his candidacy Wednesday, beat Dodd by a 41-37 percent margin, while Dodd trailed Tom Foley, a former ambassador to Ireland who is expected to join the contest, 43 percent to 35.
Those numbers might ruffle even Dodd's perfect coiffure. To be down by sixteen points, more than a year out from the election, is not a good sign. It's not a bad sign either. It's a terrible, terrible sign, the sort that makes incumbents suddenly decide they want to "spend more time with their family."
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