Well, there is one statistic that would make me think so.

U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd appears to have looked everywhere but his home state to fuel what pundits anticipate will be one of the most hotly contested races in the nation in 2010. The five-term incumbent reported raising just $4,250 from five Connecticut residents during the first three months of the year while raking in $604,745 from nearly 400 individuals living outside the state. While incumbents often turn to special interests for early campaign fundraising, Dodd's out-of-state total seems unusually high and comes at a time when he has been plagued by poor approval ratings among state voters.

During his last run for Senate, Dodd got 30% of his donations from Connecticut residents. Now it is well-below 1%. Numbers that low don’t seem to bode well for his reelection – maybe that special insider loan arrangement that broke some months back is going to make him really vulnerable.