2009/2010: Dodd's numbers drop

CONNECTICUT : Sen. Chris Dodd's poll numbers continue to drop, according to the latest Quinnipiac poll . By the way, keep an eye out on ex-GOP Rep. Rob Simmons, who apparently has more fire in the belly to challenge Dodd than the more recently ousted moderate GOP Congressman, Chris Shays.    NEW YORK : Roll Call jumps into the special congressional election to replace Kirsten Gillibrand.    And here's a switch… Gillibrand has apparently (shocking!) shifted her position on guns. "I'm going to write the legislation and offer it in the Senate," Gillibrand promised after meeting "after meeting the family and friends of a Brooklyn teen killed by a stray bullet." "I will be a fighter to make sure to keep those illegal guns off the street." The New York Daily News' Daly : "A cynical newspaper guy might say Gillibrand was never so much pro-gun as pro-Kirsten, and the change only reflects a broader constituency than the rural hunters she represented as an upstate congresswoman."  ... (link)