AIG Gaffe Puts Dodd 16% Behind GOP Challenger: Poll

The AIG bonus scandal has battered Connecticut Democrat Chris Dodd’s Senate reelection chances, the Hartford Courant reports. A new poll shows the five-term incumbent trailing GOP challenger Rob Simmons by 16%, a deficit one analyst calls “staggering.” Overall, Dodd’s approval is at 33%. And since AIG, “his approval rating among Democrats is down to 51%,” the pollster said. (More Chris Dodd stories.)