Name that Party

Over at Grouchy Old Cripple (not a family blog, but more family then the other one) they like to play a game called name that political party. While Denny is off on the slopes I found one that is quite interesting:

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd says he'll refinance two mortgages that he received through a VIP program from Countrywide Financial Corp.

Dodd told reporters Monday that the mortgages for his homes in Washington and East Haddam, Conn., will be refinanced with a different company.

Dodd has acknowledged receiving mortgages in 2003 through a VIP program at Countrywide, which was sold to Bank of America Corp. earlier this year and has been the focus of allegations that it gave favorable loan terms to lawmakers.

Dodd says he's moving the loans in part because he was wrongfully labeled a friend of Countrywide's former CEO, Angelo Mozilo. Dodd says he never sought special treatment.

The chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, Dodd says a third party will be involved in choosing the new bank.

That is the full text of the AP report and even at the end we still don't know what party Dodd belongs to, let alone that he was instrumental in the whole mortgage debacle to begin with as the largest recipient of campaign money from Fannie Mae.