Politico: Dodd Does Hollywood Fade.

Politico reports that Professor and former U.S. Senator Chris Dodd’s gig in Hollywood is not working out very well. Hollywood is finding Dodd miscast as the $2 million a year head of the Motion Picture Association of America, an organization that once enjoyed considerable influence in Washington. Dodd’s contract ends early next year. Don’t look for it to be renewed.

The five-term Connecticut Democrat declined to seek re-election in the face of dire polls showing him a certain loser in 2010. Politico suggests Dodd may have his eye on an ambassadorship to Ireland if Hillary Clinton becomes president. Yes, Ireland. That’s where Dodd became the sole owner of an expensive piece of real estate under dubious circumstances not long after he snagged a pardon for a friend and benefactor in the final hours of Bill Clinton’s presidency. What a confirmation hearing could await the great blusterer.

Hillary Clinton’s camp is unlikely to forget this and other moments from Dodd’s unhappy 2008 presidential bid.