I count coup on Senator Chris Dodd (D-Countrywide).


False modesty be damned.

I do not claim the scalp – that honor is collectively shared by the VRWC as a whole – but by God I will count coup on the man.  He’s going out the door, and he didn’t want to go, and his party’s leadership didn’t want him to go.  He’s going because a lot of peopleincluding myself – kept reminding the Connecticut electorate that Chris Dodd was a corrupt suckweasel of a Democrat; and while as a Republican I may be worse off with Richard Blumenthal entering the race, as an American I’m better off with Dodd leaving it.

So good job to everybody else who helped take Dodd down, too.

Moe Lane

PS: So, who should be next on the list?

Crossposted to Moe Lane.


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shhhh Moe

proudgop (Diary) Wednesday, January 6th at 10:34AM EST (link)

Please lets not give them any more ideas

I would say Skelton in MO, Spratt in SC, Petterson in MN, Boucher in VA, Murtha in PA should think about the sunny skies now

I also am betting Lincoln in AR bows out next. That might be bad news for us too

Nah, AR is one of the few states that trended red last year

mbauer (Diary) Wednesday, January 6th at 11:13AM EST (link)

Depending on the candidates, that race w/o Lincoln would likely move to slightly leans Republican status. I really don’t think a Dem can win statewide in AR in 2010. Their usual “conservadem” campaign just isn’t going to work after what we’ve seen our conservadems vote on this year.

Well, I take that back. No dem without Clinton in their name can win. If Chelsea ran, I’d put $500 on her.

 
 

Remind him to get a lawyer...

Vassar Bushmills (Diary) Wednesday, January 6th at 10:55AM EST (link)

….we aren’t finished

Someone tell Nelson and the rest

rec0n Wednesday, January 6th at 11:00AM EST (link)

I want my Money Back. I don’t care whether they’re holding office or not. I want it BACK.

 
 

Gotta be Murtha...nt.

NightTwister (Diary) Wednesday, January 6th at 10:59AM EST (link)

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. – Winston Churchill

 

Blumenthal is next, of course :D

Mike (Diary) Wednesday, January 6th at 11:00AM EST (link)

It doesn’t count if you don’t win the election. As far as Senators who should be beaten about the head, neck and shoulders (metaphorically, of course), my hit-list goes something like this:

Coakley (throw a beatdown to Obamacare from TED KENNEDY’S SEAT. Zomg, that would be the most demoralizing thing EVER!)

Harry Reid (knocking off majority leaders is always fun, plus it sets off a war between Schumer and Durbin)

Blanche Lincoln (Srsly, we can’t win in Arkansas?!)

Evan Bayh — because he’s dangerous. Seriously, this guy on a ticket with Mark Warner in 2016 would absolutely roll to victory, no matter what the climate. Knock a hole in this guy’s squeaky-clean image, or pay the consequences.

Blumenthal can be beaten

obamafailblog Wednesday, January 6th at 1:53PM EST (link)

Blumenthal can be beaten. He is corrupt and pretty dumb for appearing on the Beck show when anyone with a brain could see Beck was going to destroy him:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovSaVO78qS8

He is definately beatable.

jeffreywturner (Diary) Friday, January 8th at 5:27PM EST (link)

Has anyone tried to convince the popular Republican Governor Jodi Rell to run for Senate? She has already announced she won’t seek re-election as Governor, even though polls show her as an easy winner if she did.

“Life is too short, can’t we all just eat pork and kill some terrorists?”

 
 

Evan Bayh must go!!! nt

bigredone Wednesday, January 6th at 4:17PM EST (link)

Heh.

Mayhem (Diary) Wednesday, January 6th at 4:42PM EST (link)

Evan Bayh has been the proverbial VP pick for years now. Every Dem presidential candidate flirts with him and passes him up. Gore, Kerry, and Obama.

Don’t worry about him.

James Madison, Jim DeMint, Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan… You get the picture.

 
 

Barbara Boxer

dnlchisholm Wednesday, January 6th at 11:02AM EST (link)

She’s gotta go!

 

Target list

neoavatara (Diary) Wednesday, January 6th at 11:03AM EST (link)

Clearly, Harry Reid is number 1. Blanche Lincoln has to be high.

I would love to see Barbara Boxer go down…but I probably would be more likely to win the lottery.

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A corruptocrat such as Dodd...

harlan Wednesday, January 6th at 11:04AM EST (link)

…should lose more than his office.

 

Who should be next on the list you ask .....

masquerade Wednesday, January 6th at 11:05AM EST (link)

Barney Frand and John Murtha!

And in that order.

Raven (Diary) Wednesday, January 6th at 1:54PM EST (link)

I second this nomination…

“If you do not have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.”
Luke 22:36

 
 

Who should be next on the list you ask .....

masquerade Wednesday, January 6th at 11:05AM EST (link)

Barney Frand and John Murtha!

excuse me ...

masquerade Wednesday, January 6th at 11:06AM EST (link)

Barney Frank .. with a k.

 

excuse me ...

masquerade Wednesday, January 6th at 11:06AM EST (link)

Barney Frank .. with a k.

I thought you meant Barney Fraud with a "u"...nt.

NightTwister (Diary) Wednesday, January 6th at 11:11AM EST (link)

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. – Winston Churchill

Fraud

masquerade Wednesday, January 6th at 11:33AM EST (link)

Yes! Yes! That is what I meant!
Thank you!

 

Fraud

masquerade Wednesday, January 6th at 11:33AM EST (link)

Yes! Yes! That is what I meant!
Thank you!

 
 
 
 

Does this mean the sandwich is breadless now?

blooch Wednesday, January 6th at 11:05AM EST (link)

I mean, one slice is quietly mouldering away, and the other is just plain stale.

Waitress, bring me a beer instead.

“Lieutenant Dike wasn’t a bad leader because he made bad decisions. He was a bad leader because he made no decisions.”

 

Two more, if I may ...

masquerade Wednesday, January 6th at 11:08AM EST (link)

Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid

 

Two more, if I may ...

masquerade Wednesday, January 6th at 11:08AM EST (link)

Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid

 

I know there are some goons in the House...

basalt_conservative (Diary) Wednesday, January 6th at 11:10AM EST (link)

…but how would like to have the most liberal Senator of all (now that Obama is no longer a Senator) “representing” you?

Peppermint Patty Murray has GOT to go!

Life is hard; it’s harder if you’re stupid. – John Wayne

Man is not free unless government is limited. – President Ronald Reagan

 

Disappointed

DavidSage (Diary) Wednesday, January 6th at 11:23AM EST (link)

Dodd leaving the race means this seat will most likely stay Democrat. Running against him was about the only way a Republican could win statewide in such a blue state.

I really wanted Dodd to go down at the ballot box, it’s a much more satisfying kill.

Simmons still has a good shot, but against Dodd it would have been a lay-up.

This is why

Return to Revolution (Diary) Wednesday, January 6th at 11:45AM EST (link)

I might disagree about the Democratic leadership not wanting Dodd to go… at least not everyone in the leadership. People like Rahm don’t care who the warm body is, as long it has a D next to it. If quietly removing Dodd improves the chances that the seat remains a D, so be it.

Out of hand Constitutional fetishist

I agree 100%

bk (Diary) Wednesday, January 6th at 11:48AM EST (link)

I would have rather seen him try for the seat and lose it.

 
 
 

A net negaitve, in my view

IronDioPriest (Diary) Wednesday, January 6th at 11:29AM EST (link)

I believe that all things taken into account, it would have been better to beat Dodd in November than to have him resign and give the Dems in CT a fresh face to vote for.

“If we finally fail in this great and glorious contest, it will be by bewildering ourselves in groping for the middle way.”

-John Adams, 1776

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My bet is the Dems forced him out exactly for this

peg_c (Diary) Wednesday, January 6th at 11:39AM EST (link)

They knew he would lose and they want to keep the seat. They’ll be forcing more out early, is my bet.

Unfortunately, much as I want Dodd to GO, this really takes the wind out of the CT tea partiers’ sails. We’ve attended CT tea parties and they really are just Dump Dodd parties. There’s no true tea party spirit there and they don’t even remember what liberty is. IMHO.

Government cannot be the solution when government is the problem.

Don't let it take the wind out.

The_Gadfly (Diary) Wednesday, January 6th at 11:40PM EST (link)

Emphasize exactly that point – Dodd’s “retirement” is part of the three card monte game the Dems play to fleece us out of our hard earned money. In 2010 it is important for the country to vote against anybod with a D behind their name, no matter how honest you think they might be–it’s the only way the Dems will get the message.

 
 
 

Senatorial Sandwitch

Michael M. Keohane (Diary) Wednesday, January 6th at 11:40AM EST (link)

Drat! Blooch, you stole my thunder. At least, Washington will now be a safer place for teen-age Latina waitresses. No thanks to those fervent supporters of minorities such as the NAACP, La Raza and NOW who imitated the famous three monkeys when the Senatorial Sandwitch incident happened. Of course, both Senators had the big protection – the (D) after their name.

Do not classify the words or deeds of your opponents as being hatefull, malicious or criminal in nature if they can also be easily characterized as simple ignorance or gross stupidity. Anon.

 

So it's off to The Irish Cottage, Boyoes....

Repair_Man_Jack (Diary) Wednesday, January 6th at 11:43AM EST (link)

Someone remember the Bushmills and pour some out on the ground for me Laddie TeddyK.

” I side impenitently with the human race against the modern reformer.” – C.S. Lewis

 

Let's stick with the 'time for the crook to go' theme...

Brian_Roastbeef (Diary) Wednesday, January 6th at 11:48AM EST (link)

and say that Charlie Rangel is next.

Not that several Dem. Senators, Governors, and a few dozen of Rangel’s friends in the House won’t be going anyway, but Rangel is the most unashamedly crooked about it, and really needs to experience the joys of retirement.

 

My vote for the next target...

chbroussard (Diary) Wednesday, January 6th at 4:36PM EST (link)

….MURTHA. Lot of corruption in that camp too. If it worked once, it might work again.

 

It's a target rich environment Moe,

The_Gadfly (Diary) Wednesday, January 6th at 11:42PM EST (link)

we should just fire a few rounds in the general direction and claim we were aiming for whatever gets hit.