POLITICO: Mortgage deal may hurt Dodd in 2010. “The cratering approval ratings have caught the attention of the Connecticut Republicans who argue that Dodd hasn’t paid enough attention to the state. They point out that he spent an inordinate amount of time last year camping out in Iowa — going so far as to rent a Des Moines apartment with his family in tow — during his ill-fated campaign for the presidency. . . . National Republicans, eager to expand the opportunities to put Democrats on defense, also have gone after Dodd with relish. The National Republican Senatorial Committee has blasted Dodd for not providing adequate oversight of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in his role as chairman of the Senate Banking Committee.” The folks at DumpChrisDodd.com still need a web designer to bring them out of the mid-1990s, though . . . .