Senator Dodd, who decided to not run again for office...seems to already be helping out whomever his future employers are.
And if you don't think he had a cushy job lined-up before deciding not to run for the Senate, I have a bridge in Brooklyn you may have an interest in.
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/...
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd cast more doubts this afternoon about whether Elizabeth Warren could garner enough votes to head the newly created consumer financial protection bureau, one day after White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs called her "very confirmable."
"I don't know, that's the question, how does he know that?" Dodd said in response to a question from TPMDC on his way in to the Democrats' weekly policy lunch.
"She's qualified, no question about that. The question is whether she's confirmable," Dodd added.
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Some have argued that she be given a recess appointment if a minority of senators block her confirmation. Dodd objects to that idea.
"I think that would be a huge mistake," Dodd said, in response to a question from TPMDC. "Recess appointments. No, no, no."
So...the person that should be working hard to GET the votes to confirm Warren, decides to cast doubt on whether she could be confirmed...(Dodd is the Senate Banking Committee Chairman), and poo-poos the idea that she could be a recess appointment.
If he REALLY cared about real protections for Americans when they encounter the banking community, he should be fighting for her. Since his support seems lukewarm at best, I must conclude Dodd has a different agenda.
I have no proof that Dodd is on the take, but based on his past actions and based on how many politicians act when money and power are waved in their faces....I cannot find it in my heart to assume he is still working hard for us normal folk. But we are still paying him...paying him to help out Wall Street. That watered-down bill that was just passed (and would have been watered down EVEN more if Dodd had his way) is just the latest example.
I am a little angry.