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Jack Kessler

OPINION - The Democratic Party has moved on from Bill Clinton and Barack Obama

“I don’t care how long I live. I’ll never be that good.” These were the words muttered by a shell-shocked Chris Dodd, after spending a few hours in the presence of Bill Clinton, by then several years removed from office.

Dodd is no one's idea of a political neophyte. A three-term representative who went on to become the longest-serving senator in Connecticut's history, he is also the 'Dodd' in the Dodd-Frank Act, which overhauled financial regulation in the United States following the 2008 Global Financial Crisis.

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