Seeing the light

MANIFESTO

It's official:

Democratic U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd, a 30-year incumbent who has been struggling in public opinion polls for more than a year, plans to announce today he will not seek reelection, according to multiple reports quoting sources.

One of his spokesmen is asserting that this will be a bad year for Democrats, but the truth of the matter is that this is a bad year for Dodd.

Golly. First Rell; now Dodd. Do I dare hope that ..?

UPDATE — Who knows? Maybe Dick Blumenthal will finally expend a little energy and run for something other than what he feels is his last job.