Rumors are swirling that U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd's post-Senate career plan is a $1.2 million gig lobbying for the Motion Picture Association of America.
Dodd's office won't comment but on numerous occassions in the past -- including a Courant editorial board interview in March as well as an interview in August with CT Mirror's Deirdre Shesgreen -- he has said emphatically that he will not lobby.
Moreover, an ethics reform package passed in 2007 provides for a two-year "cooling off" period, preventing Senators from lobbying their former colleagues.