Senator Chris Dodd to Retire

Good thing? Bad thing? I'm thinking good, but I guess we won't know for a couple of months. Sen. Byron Dorgan is retiring too, not to mention a Democratic governor. Whether this means there is a "Democratic bloodbath" or not--I'm not sure it does--it's for sure being spun that way. And will be likely for the rest of the week, on into the Sunday shows.

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