Here’s the new TV ad from Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT), one of the most vulnerable Congressional Democrats going into the 2010 elections, featuring President Obama praising Dodd’s work on the credit card bill:
“I want to give a special shout-out to Chris Dodd,” we hear Obama saying during the bill-signing, “who has been a relentless fighter to get this done.”
The latest Quinnipiac poll of Connecticut gives Dodd an approval rating of only 38%, with 53% disapproval. By contrast, Obama’s numbers are currently at 71%-22%. So clearly, Obama was doing Dodd a big favor with the shout-out — and Dodd is taking the obvious next step to repair his own brand with the help of a much stronger one.
