Topic: Christopher Dodd, D-Conn.

U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut pauses during his remarks at a news conference in Stamford, Connecticut January 19, 2011 where he announced that he will not seek re-election next year. Lieberman, 68, the 2000 Democratic vice presidential nominee who crossed the political aisle to back Republican John McCain in 2008 White House race, bolted the Democratic party to become an independent five years ago but still often sides with his old party. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) (Reuters)

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New York Times misses mark on Linda McMahon

Congressional Oversight Panel Chair Elizabeth Warren questions Assistant Treasury Secretary for Financial Stability Herbert Allison on the government's assistance to Citigroup during a hearing in Washington March 4, 2010. The Congressional Oversight Panel was created to oversee the expenditure of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). REUTERS/Richard Clement(UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) (Â© Richard Clement / Reuters)

Byron Dorgan, Bill Ritter and Chris Dodd

Joe Sestak, Andrew Cuomo and Bill Halter

Halter only one of Democrats' "replacement" hopes

In this provided by NBC Sunday, April 25, 2010, Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., appears on "Meet the Press" in Washington, Sunday, April 25, 2010. Dodd, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, who drafted the financial overhaul bill, said he hoped at least one or two Republicans would vote Monday with Democrats on beginning debate on the bill. He said he held out hope a deal could be struck in the coming days. (AP Photo/Meet the Press, William B. Plowman) MANDATORY CREDIT: MEET THE PRESS. NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES (William B. Plowman)

Dodd guts Blanche Lincoln's derivatives ban

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U.S. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT) speaks during a news conference to discuss efforts to reform Wall Street on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 19, 2010. REUTERS/Hyungwon Kang (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY) (Â© Hyungwon Kang / Reuters)

U.S. Sen Richard Shelby (R-AL) makes a point while taking questions at the Reuters Financial Regulation Summit in Washington, April 24, 2009. REUTERS/Stelios Varias (UNITED STATES POLITICS BUSINESS) (Reuters)

The new Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. headquarters, also known by its address as 200 West Street, is seen in New York's lower Manhattan, April 16, 2010. Goldman Sachs Group Inc was charged with fraud by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over its marketing of a debt product tied to subprime mortgages that was designed to fail. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS CRIME LAW) (Â© Brendan Mcdermid / Reuters)

A luxury limousine is parked in front of JPMorgan Chase & Co. headquarters, left, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010 in New York. Together, the six biggest U.S. banks, including JPMorgan Chase, are on pace to pay $150 billion in total compensation for 2009, slightly less than the record $164 billion in 2007 before the financial crisis struck, according to the New York state comptroller's office. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) (Mark Lennihan)

U.S. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT) unveils his financial reform substitute on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 15, 2010. Dodd on Monday unveiled a bill to revamp U.S. financial rules that would place a consumer protection agency within the Federal Reserve and give the central bank new powers over non-bank financial firms. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) (Reuters)

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Conn. presides over the committee's hearing to examine implications of President Obama's proposal to rein in big Wall Street banks, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) (AP)

Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., and Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn.

U.S. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd listens to a testimony at the Senate Banking Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington in this July 23, 2009 file photo. Dodd will announce on January 6, 2010 he will not seek re-election in November, two senior Democratic party aides said. The news, coupled with another Democrat's retirement announcement, underscored the fragility of the Democrats' Senate majority, which is just enough to push President Barack Obama's agenda past Republican procedural obstacles.
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Dodd: Time to put off healthcare "for a month"

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, left, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid

Poll: With Dodd's exit, Dems better off

FILE - Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., pauses during a news conference on health care, in this Dec. 14, 2009 file photo taken on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democratic officials tell The Associated Press that Dodd won't seek re-election this fall. The five-term Democrat is expected to make an announcement Wednesday Jan. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File) (AP)

Dodd's last chance to lead

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