David S. Broder: Senate losing its straight shooter, Chris Dodd (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
WASHINGTON — During the last three decades that I have been casing politics in Washington, there was never a time when I could not reach Chris Dodd to check what was happening. It didn’t matter whether the question was about a House race in Connecticut or someone’s presidential chances or the prospects of a huge bill in the Senate, the answers always came back — straight, quick and …