Connecticut’s “Democratic heavy“, Senator Chris Dodd, is out in Denver this week participating in the Democratic National Convention festivities.  But while he continues to receive glowing treatment from the media, many questions surrounding his sweetheart mortgage deal still linger, wanting answers from the State’s Senior Senator.

Still unreleased, despite the good Senator’s pledge, are the mortgage papers that document the transaction between Countrywide Financial, where Senator Dodd was the beneficiary of the “Friends of Angelo” VIP Program, and the Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee - you know, the one that has oversight over Countrywide.

We’ve been making this case for weeks, and some may accuse us of beating a dead horse.  But the horse is only dead because no one in the journalism business has fed the horse.  The investigative journalism that always seems to target Republican officeholders never takes a whack at the Democrats who have been in power for years.

Instead, we read about 2nd State Senate District candidate Veronica Airey-Wilson, who has unfortunately been dragged into the mess with corrupt Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez.  Political opponents of Airey-Wilson, a Jamaican-American who has a great shot at taking out the ever-worthless Senator Eric Coleman, have been trying to get these stories about Wilson spinning for some time now.  The more pragmatic observers dismiss them outright - and it is well advised to dismiss them again.

The Dodd issue has legs - certainly more than any old wives’ tale about Veronica Airey-Wilson - but those that value transparency and accountability find no allies in the press corps.  In the meantime, Dodd continues to float on by, as he always has.