Next stop for Nader: U.S. Senate from Connecticut?

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Ralph Nader says he wants to gauge the level of grass-roots support before deciding whether to make a bid to represent Connecticut in the U.S. Senate.

The 75-year-old consumer advocate and Connecticut native said today that he was “absorbing” feedback about a possible bid. He was appearing at a book signing at the Noah Webster Library in West Hartford.

The Connecticut Green Party is trying to persuade Nader to challenge Democratic Sen. Christopher J. Dodd in the hotly contested 2010 race. Nader was previously a Green Party presidential nominee.

State Green Party spokesman Tim McKee says he’s getting positive responses to the idea of Nader for Senate. He says social networking Web pages are springing up that are urging him to run.

-- Associated Press