But Healy said that unemployment numbers -- the rate in Connecticut is 8.6 percent, more than a point below the national rate -- will hurt Obama, Dodd and the Democratic brand. "This economy is owned lock, stock and barrel by President Obama and Chris Dodd" Healy said. President Barack Obama on Friday came to the aid of embattled Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) not long after a House committee made it clear that Dodd's ethical problems are not behind him. Full Article at The Hill