To the surprise of absolutely no one, Rob Simmons says his family was unanimous in support of the decision he made weeks ago: he will run against Dodd for the U.S. Senate.
Simmons will run as a populist. If elected, he will follow his pattern as a Congressman, and be a loyal foot soldier for his right wing masters.
This race gives me the heebie-jeebies. It is eerily reminscent of the 2000 Congressional campaign when Simmons ran against Gejdenson, the only name Democrat in the District that he had a chance to beat. Sam ran a lackluster campaign. After 20 years in Washington, and a lot of close elections, he just couldn’t summon up the energy to run a first rate campaign. That, added to his unfortunate housing situation, did him in.
Dodd hasn’t had a string of tough elections, but in all other respects, right down to the unfortunate housing situations, he’s in the same situation as Sam. He can beat Simmons if he starts running hard right now. If he doesn’t want to put in the time and effort, and if he doesn’t want to reconnect with those of us in the trenches, then he could do us all a favor by stepping aside and let Blumenthal wallop Simmons.
I really have a bad feeling about this race. Dodd is a good Senator, but he’s suffering from several self inflicted wounds. It’s more important that his seat be occupied by a Democrat that that it be occupied by a Dodd.
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