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Corzine’s Defeat: An Ominous Sign for Specter, Dodd

Arlen Specter and Chris Dodd can’t be happy with the defeat of fellow Democrat Jon Corzine in the New Jersey governor’s race. It has more to do with their own hopes of keeping their Senate seats next year than party loyalty.

Mr. Specter, who is seeking his sixth term representing Pennsylvania, and Mr. Dodd, looking for his sixth from Connecticut, were hoping Mr. Corzine’s strategy — accumulating a big war chest to fund a negative TV ad campaign against a less-known but better-liked candidate -– would bring back the Jersey governor from the political dead.

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- March 20, 2010 -

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