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Titles says it all really. SImmons is officially in. If I was Sen. Dodd, I would consider retirement and let A.G. Richard Blumenthal or Rep. Chris Murphy have a crack at it.
Tough break for team blue. Still, if defense is only Connecticut and Deleware if Castle enters (Nevada GOP has no bench and the best of the Colorado GOP has passed) this still looks like a decent cycle for us. Dem +3 would be enough to let us run roughshod with our agenda for two years.
I don’t think Dodd is DOA, with the kind of money he can raise I think he’ll be able to quiet some of the concerns about himself before election day. Besides, I just don’t see CT voting for a Republican for a federal race statewide for a long while unless there is a total falling out with the Democratic candidate. Doesn’t look like that’s the case in Connecticut yet.
Now the NRSC will probably commit several million dollars on this fools gold. I’ll put Simmons cap at 44%.