Many Connecticut Democrats rallied around U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd in his race for the presidency, and now many of the top officeholders - such as Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz - support the idea of Dodd serving as the vice presidential candidate on the Democratic ticket with U.S. Sen. Barack Obama. But not Edith Prague. The outspoken Democratic state senator from Columbia supported U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton for president, and she thinks that Clinton would be the best choice for the No. 2 spot under Obama. "I think Obama would be stupid at this point to put [Dodd] on the ticket,'' Prague said. "This mortgage deal. Give me a break. What's wrong with Hillary? She's smart. She's tough. She's a hard worker.'' Prague complained about two mortgage refinancings that Dodd received from Countrywide Financial Corp. for his homes in Washington, D.C. and East Haddam. Dodd was placed on a VIP list, but he has said firmly that he never asked for any special treatment and never would. A longtime customer of Countrywide, Dodd says he did not receive a special deal and notes that his mortgage was processed by a loan officer - rather than a top corporate executive. He says that he never talked to Countrywide's CEO, Angelo Mozilo, about the refinancings. But Prague says that putting Dodd on the ticket would backfire politically. "I believe he'd open up the Obama campaign to criticism,'' Prague said ...
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