There’s been reports that Senator Dodd might write a book about the financial crisis. An insider’s guide? A tell-all? Sure, someone says he plans to donate the proceeds to charity. Even if that’s true it’s not without benefit to him. He gets to put a spin on his contributions to the meltdown while on Senate [...]

That’s according to the Hartford Courant editorial page. At least one paper understands that the Senator’s recent dog and pony show doesn’t prove he didn’t get favorable treatment from a company he regulated at the time that company was doing the type of business that greatly contributed to our current financial mess. As the Courant [...]

Senator Dodd is going to re-finance the two sweetheart mortgages he received through Countrywide. So like his recent friends I suppose he figures since it was an “honest mistake” he’s made it all better now. Oh wait, he’s said there was nothing improper about the mortgages so no need to make it better. I suspect [...]

The Wall Street Journal editorial page points out the hypocrisy of Senator Dodd calling for the the Treasury to get to the bottom of the bonus debacle while he still hasn’t fulfilled his promise to release documents related to is Countrywide sweetheart mortgage deal. As the editorial concludes: Rare is the politician who could clear [...]

Chris Dodd has parachuted in and is working to come up with a rescue plan for the auto industry. I suspect he’s car shopping.

There’s a lot of drama around the interview that never aired on a Clear Channel radio station. The reason it never aired is a mystery and may have more to do with radio station politics than Senatorial politics. The interview is typical political evasion. Senator Dodd clearly says he received market rates but avoids any [...]

The chorus keeps growing for Senator Dodd to release documents related to his mortgage deal with Countrywide. To recap – he says he didn’t ask for or expect a sweetheart mortgage deal with Countrywide although he admits he got special treatment. He says there’s no story but won’t release the related documents until his peers [...]