A new poll released Monday shows Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., as “a distant fourth” in a Democratic primary match-up in his home state. The Quinnipiac University poll shows Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., leading Democrats with 33 percent. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., is in second with 21 percent, leaving Dodd with 8 percent, trailing former Vice President Al Gore who came in third with 9 percent.The poor showing for Dodd would not seem to bode well for his White House aspirations. “If Sen. Christopher Dodd can't even come close to winning a Democratic primary in his home state, that's obviously a bad sign for his presidential campaign,” said Quinnipiac University Poll Director Douglas Schwartz.