Can Obama just give Dodd an appointment to somewhere in the state department? He speaks Spanish, so Politico's Smith suggested an Ambassador to Mexico.
Yes, please! Senator Simmons even earlier thanks to Governor Rell. 
And then he's gone in 2010 and the seat is safe. It's not much different than Bunning's threat to resign that you brushed off.
Uh, how is he automatically gone and the seat is suddenly safe? Simmons then has an incumbent advantage and he's a moderate.
Simmons was an incumbent who lost in a House seat that's more Republican than the state at large. The Democrats are favored in any CT Senate race with a non-tainted incumbent, that's pretty obvious.
Yes, he lost in a horrible year.
Just because he's from CT doesn't mean that he'd definitely be a goner in a midterm election.
This is a non-argument. Obviously Dodd won't resign in that case. He will anounce his retirement and after his succesor is elected then he will move to his other post (Ambassador to Mexico or whatever).
