After 30 years in the Senate, Chris Dodd says he will not seek re-election.

Dodd’s announcement comes as Democrats in Connecticut start an election year – with the real possibility that they wouldn’t be holding the senate seat they’ve held for 46 years.

A group of well funded, and increasingly popular Republicans announced that they were running to take on Dodd – whose popularity had slipped to once unthinkable lows.

Now, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal - long thought to be a Senate hopeful, will announce his intention to run and try to preserve that Democratic seat.

Today Where We Live, we’re joined by analysts Bill Curry Mark Pazniokas and you - what do you think of Chris Dodd’s decision.