Chris Dodd Will Lobby After All

Despite what he said in the past.

[S]ignificant defense spending cuts and curbs on "crony capitalism [...] will never happen absent some serious social unrest, precisely because the factions which benefit from them own all the influence in Washington, thanks to their purchase of people like Chris Dodd. Only the politically powerless -- meaning the nation's middle and lower classes -- will involuntarily "sacrifice" because they can't afford to purchase the influence necessary to defend their interests in this battle over diminishing resources (and, of course, the only large entity capable of providing some minimal counterweight to this lopsided power imbalance -- unions -- happens to be the current target for destruction [...]). That even Good, Liberal Democratic Politicians like Chris Dodd -- who has done some decent things in his career -- scamper out of the Senate to the nearest feeding hole, all to accelerate this process, underscores how potent a process it is.

  Glenn Greenwald

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.