CT Republican Chairman: Dodd has "lost his bearings"

from this morning's New Haven Register

http://www.zwire.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=19873971&BRD=1281&PAG=461&dept_id=624602&rfi=8

CHRISTOPHER HEALY: Has Sen. Dodd lost his bearings? And at what cost to us?

But the details are elusive - were other costs forgiven, who approached whom to get the loans and whether these deals could qualify as a gift above the $100 federal ethics limit.

Dodd could clear it up by showing us the paperwork. He refuses. Why? What information is in these documents that would cause anyone to question his integrity?

Yet, Dodd is submitting financial information to Sen. Barack Obama for consideration as his vice presidential running mate. It seems odd that Dodd would share this information with Obama, but not offer these facts to the people who elected him.
 

What is more troubling is Dodd's leadership as chairman of the Senate Banking Committee during the banking meltdown. Storm clouds were gathering last year when Dodd began his quest for the presidency and moved to Iowa.

While the Federal Reserve propped up a teetering economy, Dodd was visiting pig farmers. When he returned to Washington after the Iowa defeat, the mortgage industry was in flames. ...