It doesn’t look good for Chris Dodd. He’s not getting the home state discount, er boost in numbers. The courant reports:

A new Quinnipiac poll released today showed that he’s only the fifth most popular Democratic presidential choice among the party’s state voters. Dodd got 6 percent in the survey, far behind front runner Hillary Rodham Clinton, who polled 28 percent.

Trailing the New York senator were Illinois Sen. Barack Obama at 20 percent, former Vice President Al Gore, who has not declared his candidacy, at 13 percent, and 2004 vice presidential nominee John Edwards, at 8 percent.

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Someone in the comments asked for the posting of the youtube clip on the bill to allow 17 year olds to vote in primaries if they would be 18 on election day. The bill runs counter to my unified age theory, not to be confused with Einstein’s unified theory. In my unified age theory, I believe that one age, 18, should serve as the legal age for everything. Thus at 18, you can vote, you can sign a contract, you can drink, you drive, you can get drafted, you can get tried as an adult. This greatly simplifies laws all geared towards “re-deciding” where adulthood lies.

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