Dodd disapproval rating grows again
Posted by ConnPolitics.tv Staff on November 12th, 2009
Hartford (WTNH) – Senator Chris Dodd pledged to fight back against low approval numbers in public opinion polls but it now appears he is losing the fight. A new Quinnipiac University Poll shows the number of voters who disapprove of Connecticut’s Senior senator is growing again.
It’s a set back that has Dodd’s campaign people scratching their heads.
Despite an increase in public appearances, news conferences, and involvement in high profile national issues [like credit card regulation, health care and banking], more Connecticut voters say they disapprove of the way Sen. Dodd is handling his job than did two months ago.
The Quinnipiac University Poll of registered voters shows 54 percent disapprove; it was 49 percent in September.
“Only 39 percent of Connecticut voters say that Sen. Dodd is honest and trustworthy. Voters are not going to vote for you if they don’t trust you,” said Quinnipiac Poll Director Doug Schwartz.
In the Republican race for the Senate nomination, former 2nd District Congressman Rob Simmons still wins among registered Republican voters with 28 percent.
But former WWE/CEO Linda McMahon is only 11 points back; Former Ambassador Tom Foley about 20 points back; and both Stock Market guru Peter Schiff and State Senator Sam Caliguiri are in single digits.
“Certainly it’s competitive there, and also, you don’t want to count out someone like Tom Foley, who got nine percent; he has risen,” Schwartz said.
But as of today it almost doesn’t matter who the Republicans nominate against Sen. Dodd because almost everyone one of them beats him or is within striking distance.
Simmons is ahead of Sen. Dodd by 11 points; Foley beats Sen. Dodd by seven points. McMahon beats Sen. Dodd by two points. And, Caliguiri comes in with a tie while Peter Schiff is just one point behind.
“Anybody but Dodd, at least for more than 40-percent of Connecticut voters, they tell us they’ll vote for anyone; even Republicans that they haven’t heard of,” Schwartz said.
A spokesperson for the State Democratic Party issued a statement saying, ” Senator Dodd declined our request for an interview today despite the fact that he has been available in some fashion several times a week lately.”
27 comments
Comment from: Chaz [Visitor] 
Just wait and see,
Dodd messed up big time,
perhaps people will see the macro picture though.
Dodd messed up big time,
perhaps people will see the macro picture though.
11/12/09 @ 17:46
Comment from: anonymous [Visitor]
Ding Dong Dodd is done !!
Time to vote Republican in 2010.
11/12/09 @ 18:06
Comment from: fastdriver [Visitor]
Dodd is DONE! No matter what he tries to do with the credit card companies, healthcare, OR the banking industry! They are ALL out of touch with Main Street in Washington. We are TIRED of the rhetoric. I am voting for Linda McMahon! Could she be WORSE? Enough is enough. They ALL need to be voted out in DC!
11/12/09 @ 18:32
Comment from: Visitor2 [Visitor]
Dodd will get voted out in 2010 and will then become a lobbyist or something making millions.....He could care less about CT.
11/12/09 @ 19:04
Comment from: In the Know [Visitor]
Hey fastdriver, maybe you could wrestle her. Dodd is not a liability to the country. Lieberman the chameleon traitor is the one I want to see go. I'm tired of looking at his teeth.
11/12/09 @ 19:08
Comment from: voter [Visitor]
All the way Linda McMahon. Good bye Dodd. It is good to know you did a lot of good things in Connecticut. But 2010 we need a new senator for CT. I believe that person is Linda McMahon.
11/12/09 @ 19:19
Comment from: Visitor2 [Visitor]
"Hey fastdriver, maybe you could wrestle her. Dodd is not a liability to the country. Lieberman the chameleon traitor is the one I want to see go. I'm tired of looking at his teeth. "
Joe Lieberman is the only consitant conservative CT has had !
Yes, some of his views are liberal but overall Joe has done a good job for CT.
He brought home the bacon (military projects) for many years which helped keep me and others employed.
I will continue to vote for Joe !
Joe Lieberman is the only consitant conservative CT has had !
Yes, some of his views are liberal but overall Joe has done a good job for CT.
He brought home the bacon (military projects) for many years which helped keep me and others employed.
I will continue to vote for Joe !
11/12/09 @ 19:31
Comment from: fastdriver [Visitor]
IN THE KNOW-
Take off the BLINDERS and get your HEAD out of the sand! DOOD NEEDS TO GO! Plain and simple. He should take Lieberman and DeLauro with him!
Take off the BLINDERS and get your HEAD out of the sand! DOOD NEEDS TO GO! Plain and simple. He should take Lieberman and DeLauro with him!
11/12/09 @ 20:12
Comment from: Get Real [Visitor]
Dodd is pushing Obamacare - basically Hillary care with more control....... Dodd does not care about us - he even moved to Iowa to prove it.
Let him run there.
Let him run there.
11/13/09 @ 00:32
Comment from: Hosed By The System [Visitor]
"" “Only 39 percent of Connecticut voters say that Sen. Dodd is honest and trustworthy. Voters are not going to vote for you if they don’t trust you,” said Quinnipiac Poll Director Doug Schwartz. ""
And THOSE numbers probably are just from the "sheep heard" of loyal Democrats....lol
ALL these "POLLS" are SO manipulated by leading questions that can be twisted into ANYTHING........
The man is HATED..........with GOOD reason........
What a total waste of money to get Obama up here a few weeks ago to give THAT dog & pony show...........
LOL
And THOSE numbers probably are just from the "sheep heard" of loyal Democrats....lol
ALL these "POLLS" are SO manipulated by leading questions that can be twisted into ANYTHING........
The man is HATED..........with GOOD reason........
What a total waste of money to get Obama up here a few weeks ago to give THAT dog & pony show...........
LOL
11/13/09 @ 07:15
Comment from: Janie [Visitor]
How can we get term limits? This really needs to be addressed and put on the ballot. That would clean out all of them eventually - one way or the other.
11/13/09 @ 07:33
Comment from: drjohn [Visitor]
Dodd has just done his trial lawyer pals a big favor- something that will help kill the remaining businesses off:
"So imagine our surprise to find, buried on page 795 of Mr. Dodd's new financial regulation bill, a gift for every member of the securities trial bar that opposed his earlier reforms. We'll have more to say about the rest of Mr. Dodd's legislative opus, but his about-face on securities litigation is among the most dismaying of the flaws within its 1,136 pages.
The Connecticut Democrat would create new civil liability for anyone "aiding and abetting" those who violate the securities laws, making these new defendants just as liable as people who actually commit a fraud.
Similar to a bill recently pushed by Democratic Senate colleagues Arlen Specter and Jack Reed, Mr. Dodd's new legislation would essentially overturn the Supreme Court's 2008 ruling in Stoneridge v. Scientific-Atlanta. In that case, Justices ruled that companies can't be sued merely for doing business with another firm that commits fraud. Along with the 1994 precedent in Central Bank of Denver v. First Interstate Bank of Denver, the case served as a gut punch to "scheme liability," in which trial lawyers seek to rope in parties acting legally for having done business with parties that don't."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704576204574530053248532012.html?mod=djemEditorialPage
Christopher Dodd is a stain on this state.
"So imagine our surprise to find, buried on page 795 of Mr. Dodd's new financial regulation bill, a gift for every member of the securities trial bar that opposed his earlier reforms. We'll have more to say about the rest of Mr. Dodd's legislative opus, but his about-face on securities litigation is among the most dismaying of the flaws within its 1,136 pages.
The Connecticut Democrat would create new civil liability for anyone "aiding and abetting" those who violate the securities laws, making these new defendants just as liable as people who actually commit a fraud.
Similar to a bill recently pushed by Democratic Senate colleagues Arlen Specter and Jack Reed, Mr. Dodd's new legislation would essentially overturn the Supreme Court's 2008 ruling in Stoneridge v. Scientific-Atlanta. In that case, Justices ruled that companies can't be sued merely for doing business with another firm that commits fraud. Along with the 1994 precedent in Central Bank of Denver v. First Interstate Bank of Denver, the case served as a gut punch to "scheme liability," in which trial lawyers seek to rope in parties acting legally for having done business with parties that don't."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704576204574530053248532012.html?mod=djemEditorialPage
Christopher Dodd is a stain on this state.
11/13/09 @ 07:37
Comment from: Todd [Visitor]
"How can we get term limits? This really needs to be addressed and put on the ballot."
Agreed, we need to get rid of Rep. Buchanan (FL-13), Rep. Boehner (OH-08), Rep. Sensenbrenner (WI-05). Remember this, you get your term limits, you get rid of some of your favoirtes.
Agreed, we need to get rid of Rep. Buchanan (FL-13), Rep. Boehner (OH-08), Rep. Sensenbrenner (WI-05). Remember this, you get your term limits, you get rid of some of your favoirtes.
11/13/09 @ 08:53
Comment from: GLENNA MACDONALD [Visitor]
I don`t check with any polls when I vote.
The majority don`t realize they are being decived.
It is easier to decive folk and get the vote than tell the truth and stand on the side of the road with a repent sign.~Peace Glenna~
The majority don`t realize they are being decived.
It is easier to decive folk and get the vote than tell the truth and stand on the side of the road with a repent sign.~Peace Glenna~
11/13/09 @ 09:47
Comment from: Howlin Mad [Visitor]
Can we stop with party favorites, we must start with personnel beliefs and then venture in to philosophical stances, we seen both parties stick it to us, they spent us in near collapse, (we've done a pretty good job on our own) with zero results, for the first time in our history, we stand a chance to be arrested for not having health insurance.
We have allowed gov. go unchecked, while we look to the most out of touched to do the bidding of the highest bidder. This is where we are, this is what we have to work with! God bless and keep us all!
We have allowed gov. go unchecked, while we look to the most out of touched to do the bidding of the highest bidder. This is where we are, this is what we have to work with! God bless and keep us all!
11/13/09 @ 10:58
Comment from: Hosed By The System [Visitor]
""TERM LIMITS"" is needed for EVERYBODY........
doesnt looking at this corrupt form we have NOW get through to ANYBODY ?...........
you cant always count on "elections" to straighten things out.........most are BOUGHT....
doesnt looking at this corrupt form we have NOW get through to ANYBODY ?...........
you cant always count on "elections" to straighten things out.........most are BOUGHT....
11/13/09 @ 11:26
Comment from: Sue [Visitor]
Dodd is only out to HELP HIMSELF look at his past. Chris Dodd and his well-known campaign manager Jay Howser need to go.
Chris Dodd and Barack Obama have so much in common, they both LIED an are DECEPTIVE, ONLY THE DEFT, DUMB and BLIND will follow him now…
Chris Dodd and Barack Obama have so much in common, they both LIED an are DECEPTIVE, ONLY THE DEFT, DUMB and BLIND will follow him now…
11/13/09 @ 12:19
We need to "Dump Dodd" Never forget he moved to Iowa, but did not fool them, he hardly got votes in the caucus. he's been fooling us for 30years. He has got to Go, Congressman Himes also, he is just a Pelosi lap dog. beck up the dump truck in 2010.
11/13/09 @ 14:28
Comment from: Winnebago Warrior [Visitor]
Agreed, we need to get rid of Rep. Buchanan (FL-13), Rep. Boehner (OH-08), Rep. Sensenbrenner (WI-05). Remember this, you get your term limits, you get rid of some of your favoirtes.
That's OK if it cleans house. That means getting rid of the current speaker of the House and Senate too. Fresh bodies would be a blessing no matter the party.
However, the party system should be outlawed at the same time. This would force voters to do research about candidates rather than blindly voting along party lines.
That's OK if it cleans house. That means getting rid of the current speaker of the House and Senate too. Fresh bodies would be a blessing no matter the party.
However, the party system should be outlawed at the same time. This would force voters to do research about candidates rather than blindly voting along party lines.
11/13/09 @ 14:51
Comment from: greg [Visitor]
Anybody except a Republican or a democrat next time.
Time for a third chioce!
Time for a third chioce!
11/13/09 @ 14:52
Comment from: George C [Visitor]
Dodd has a direct responsibity for our present economic meltdown. I is only fitting that he is removed from office.
11/13/09 @ 17:41
Comment from: Sarah [Visitor]
Dodd's disapproval is closely linked to Obama and the Congress in total. None of them are doing what is good for the country and are following a blind ideology. Most American do not like their Socialist/Communist agenda.
11/14/09 @ 10:44
Comment from: Bones [Visitor]
It has become apparent that members of congress and president routinely violate the will of the people. Term limits do not far enough. We need the ability to have recall votes. If enough signatures can be collected, a recall and replacement election should be held at the next election day. The possibility of permanent damage during a 6 or 4 is too great.
11/14/09 @ 17:17
Comment from: In the Know [Visitor]
I'm voting for Dodd. At least he sticks to the ideals of the Democrats.
11/14/09 @ 21:54
Comment from: Working Man [Visitor]
I will vote for Dodd. I will vote to help CT. and the USA. The republicans on this web page were never going to vote for him any way.
11/14/09 @ 23:01
Comment from: max [Visitor]
If the democrats want the senate seat Dodd should call it quits and let another run. But he won't just look how long he stayed in the presidential race when he had absolutely no chance. As an independent I'll vote for Simmons over Dodd. But could change my mind if the democrats put someone else in the race.
11/15/09 @ 00:09
Comment from: Johnny Lifeson [Visitor]
Later Dodd.. We need someone that sticks with the party their affiliated with, not jump on the band wagon with the likes of Mccain. Stupid political move.
You appose anything that would help the middle class and line the pockets of the mongers.
You appose anything that would help the middle class and line the pockets of the mongers.
11/15/09 @ 13:21
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