Road Map: Dodd Eager for Credit Card Victory

• By Emily Pierce
• Roll Call Staff
• May 5, 2009, Midnight

Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) could use some good press.
The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs chairman and embattled 2010 incumbent has pinned his re-election hopes on championing consumer protections, taking on the wildly unpopular credit card industry, and hitching his star to popular President Barack Obama, who has been pushing a crackdown on abusive credit card practices.