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Aug 23 2007 12:00am EDT

Dodd Man Out

As chairman of the Senate Committee on Housing, Banking, and Urban Affairs, Sen. Christopher Dodd has a big issue on his hands as he campaigns for President: the subprime mortgage crisis.

His restraint is admirable, but will his handling of it help his campaign or hurt it?

Read Matt Cooper's full Capital Blog post on this subject here.


Laura Rich is a co-founder of Recessionwire, which provides news, advice, perspective and humor about the recession and the recovery.

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