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Professional wrestling executive Linda McMahon is going to run for the Republican nomination to take on Sen. Chris Dodd -- or, as this AP story puts it, "now she's plotting a smackdown" of the veteran Democratic lawmaker. The wife of Vince McMahon, she will join a field that includes former Congressman Rob Simmons, former Ambassador Tom Foley, state Sen. Sam Caligiuri, and possibly libertarian financial guru Peter Schiff. Dodd has trailed the frontrunning Republicans in several statewide polls, with the lesser known GOP candidates polling competitively against him. McMahon would likely self-finance.