February 19, 2008 Sen. Chris Dodd, back in his daily work routine of representing Connecticut, finds it as difficult a job as running for president, and certainly more rewarding.
He lifts a gavel in the massive room. Three men face him from a witness table, a trio of U.S. officials — the heads of the Federal Reserve, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of the Treasury — whose words move the financial markets of the world. And they wait for the man from Connecticut to lower his gavel and say something.