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Dodd Endorses Obama for PresidentCLEVELAND, Ohio — Senator Christopher J. Dodd, a leading Democrat and an early candidate for the party’s presidential nomination, announced Tuesday that he was endorsing Senator Barack Obama.Both Mr. Obama and his rival, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, had sought Mr. Dodd’s support after Mr. Dodd dropped out of the race following the Iowa caucuses last month. Announcing his endorsement at a news conference in Cleveland, Mr. Dodd said he was concerned that the campaign has become too divisive and suggested it had gone on too long. Mr. Dodd said on Tuesday that he had spoken with Senator Clinton before the announcement.
“I don’t want a campaign that is divisive here, and there’s a danger in that,” Senator Dodd said. “Now is the hour to come together.
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Dodd, Biden to drop out after Iowa defeatsTwo experienced Senate veterans – Democrats Joe Biden of Delaware and Chris Dodd of Connecticut – abandoned their presidential campaigns after very poor showings Thursday night in the Iowa caucuses.Neither mustered more than 1 percent in the intensely competitive contest won by freshman Illinois Sen. Barack Obama.
Biden was the most promising of the second-tier candidates, in large part because of his extensive national security experience, his chairmanship of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and his realist view of the Iraq war.
It was his second run for the Democratic presidential nomination, the first being in 1988.
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Dodd Banking on Surge in IowaDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Languishing in the polls, Democrat Christopher Dodd says he's banking on a late surge by Iowa supporters -- and might survive a finish as low as fourth place in the state's leadoff caucuses if too few show up.Permalink [Category: Dodd, Iowa Caucus]''Iowans make up their minds late in this process and the door is still wide, wide open here in terms of people deciding,'' Dodd says. ''The last two weeks, they will make up their minds.''
Dodd is banking heavily on a good showing in Iowa to boost his long-shot campaign. He's even moved his wife and two young children to the state, and is devoting far more campaign time to Iowa than virtually all of his rivals. The campaign announced Wednesday that he would skip the Democratic National Committee meeting in the Washington area later this week to campaign in Iowa.
He dismisses his low standing in opinion surveys.
Dodd: 'Not the Same John Edwards'ABC News' Rick Klein and Raelyn Johnson Report: Sen. Chris Dodd is blasting former senator John Edwards for refusing to commit to supporting Sen. Hillary Clinton if she wins the Democratic nomination, as Dodd steps up an increasingly fierce critique of his Democratic rivals.Permalink [Category: Dodd, Edwards, Hillary Clinton Archive]"I am surprised at just how angry John has become. This is not the same John Edwards I once knew," Dodd, D-Conn., said in a statement released by his campaign Tuesday. "Of course, we should all come together to support the nominee. I wonder which of the Republicans John prefers to Hillary?"
In an interview with The New York Times, Edwards, D-N.C., declined to say that he would definitely support Clinton if she wins the nominatino. "I'm not willing to talk about that at this point," he said.
Amid immigration rhetoric, Dodd strives for nuanceChris Dodd helped set off the biggest dust-up of this week's Democratic presidential debate by disagreeing with Hillary Clinton on whether New York state should issue driver's licenses to illegal immigrants.But, as the Connecticut senator explained to Globe editors yesterday, his position on immigration is far more nuanced than his 30-second answer in the debate might have suggested.
He said that while he opposes giving driver's licenses because they are a privilege, he has no problem providing healthcare and education to illegal immigrants, because they are more of a right.
Dodd also said Democrats have to be reasonable and put limits on the services they offer illegal immigrants because otherwise Republicans will use immigration as a wedge issue.
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Dodd Criticizes Dem FrontrunnersJOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) -- Democratic presidential candidate Chris Dodd criticized two of his party's frontrunners on Friday, arguing that Hillary Rodham Clinton is too divisive to govern effectively and that Barack Obama lacks experience.Permalink [Category: Dodd]Dodd, speaking during a taping of ''Iowa Press'' on public television, raised questions about Clinton's chances of winning a general election.
Although she leads in national polls of Democrats seeking the party's nomination and is in the top tier of candidates in Iowa polls, Clinton also has a high negative rating.
''I think those questions are legitimate. I think people want to move on,'' Dodd said. ''I think the melodrama and all, we need to get behind us.''
Chris Dodd: The Next John Kerry?ABC News' Donna Hunter Reports: Democratic presidential contender Senator Chris Dodd is pinning his 2008 White House hopes on Iowa and New Hampshire.Permalink [Category: Dodd]Appearing on "Charlie Rose", Dodd, D-Conn., who has been fighting his way up from asterisks and 1% margins in national polls since he announced his run in January, agreed that if he doesn't come in first, second, or third in the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary -- his ride to the White House will be over.
"So, if you don't do well in Iowa and New Hampshire, it's over," asked Rose. "I think it is," Dodd replied.
Dodd: Dad's Nuremberg Notes Apply TodayWASHINGTON (AP) -- As a prosecutor at Nuremberg, Thomas Dodd charged the Nazis with ''the apprehension of victims and their confinement without trial, often without charges, generally with no indication of their detention.''Permalink [Category: Dodd]His son, Sen. Chris Dodd, wonders today whether he and his fellow Democrats did enough to stop the United States from violating that same rule of law in the war on terror.
''For six decades, we learned the lessons of the Nuremberg men and women well,'' the presidential candidate writes in his book, ''Letters from Nuremberg'' published this week. ''We didn't start wars -- we ended them. We didn't commit torture -- we condemned it. We didn't turn away from the world -- we embraced it.''
Dodd Would End Cuba Embargo if ElectedCORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) -- Democrat Christopher Dodd pledged Saturday that as president he would end a decades-old trade embargo with Cuba and lift travel restrictions to the communist island.Permalink [Category: Dodd, Foreign Policy]The Connecticut senator also said he would open an embassy in Havana and shut down the 17-year-old TV Marti, a U.S. government-run station that broadcasts to Cuba.
''Other than the war in Iraq, no other American policy is more broadly unpopular internationally,'' Dodd said of American policy toward Cuba.
Dodd called the policy an ''abject failure.'' As president, he said he would seek a repeal of the 1996 Helms-Burton Act, which strengthened the U.S. embargo against Cuba. He also said taxpayers should not spend millions of dollars annually on TV Marti, which virtually no one in Cuba sees, and that he would reform its companion, Radio Marti.
Dodd Sees History Lesson in IraqSOMERSWORTH, N.H. (AP) -- Presidential hopeful Chris Dodd said the United States risks repeating the mistakes of last century's arrogance if politicians don't allow Iraqis to set their own agenda.Permalink [Category: Dodd, Iraq]Dodd, a Connecticut Democrat, said it's unbelievable that U.S. leaders think edicts from Washington will make any meaningful change.
''While I respect those who come up with ideas on what Iraq ought to look like, that's exactly the problem we got into back in the early 20th century when the British decided what Iraq was gonna look like,'' he said, referring to British forces' presence in Iraq after World War I.
Dodd Tries to Make Waves in Early StatesMANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- Democrat Chris Dodd is touching all the right bases in New Hampshire and Iowa. The problem is he hasn't yet scored big with voters. The Connecticut lawmaker has struggled to gain traction in the two states that begin the 2008 presidential race, barely registering above 1 percent in statewide polls. Dominating the field are fellow Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, whose combined elective experience falls far short of Dodd's 26 years in the Senate.Permalink [Category: Dodd]That hasn't stopped Dodd.
He's bought television ads in both states, visited homes for his ''kitchen table conversations'' and tried to paint himself as the most anti-Iraq war candidate of the pack. His staff has planned fundraisers for state candidates, visited town party meetings and wooed the power brokers among the party faithful.
Dodd Urges Mandatory Community ServiceNASHUA, N.H. (AP) -- Democratic presidential hopeful Chris Dodd is issuing a call for community service that aims to create the first generation in which everyone serves their country.Permalink [Category: Dodd]''Endowed as we are with so many gifts, is it too much to ask that we each give something back to this remarkable place?'' the Connecticut senator said Saturday.
He proposes making community service mandatory for all high school students, doubling the size of the Peace Corps by 2011 and expanding the AmeriCorps national service program to 1 million participants by the end of his presidency.
Richardson, Dodd agree to Spanish language presidential debateSANTA FE --Democratic presidential hopefuls New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd have agreed to participate in a candidate debate in September that's to be conducted in Spanish.Permalink [Category: Dodd, Richardson]Univision Communications Inc., the nation's largest Spanish-language broadcaster, has invited candidates to a debate planned Sept. 9 at the University of Miami.
"Latinos are the fastest-growing segment of our population and this is a unique chance for all of the candidates to hear and address the concerns and priorities of this important constituency," Richardson said in a statement on Wednesday.
Giuliani Says Dems Move From 'Anti-War' to 'Anti-Troops'Sens. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., have abandoned the troops with their opposition to a recently passed Iraq War funding bill, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani told ABC News Radio in an exclusive interview Friday.Obama and Clinton have "moved from being not just anti-war, but to being anti-troops," Giuliani said.
Republican presidential candidates have been lining up to criticize the two leading Democrats of turning on the troops by voting against the compromise Iraq War supplemental bill that Congress passed Thursday night.
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Dodd's ChargeDemocrat Chris Dodd is continuing to call out his presidential rivals — and this time, he's naming names. A new campaign ad mentions an amendment, co-sponsored in the Senate by Dodd, that would end America’s "involvement in Iraq's civil war."Permalink [Category: Ads, Dodd, Iraq]Dodd's first ad simply referred to his "colleagues running for president." But the latest spot name-checks the top two Democrats in the race. "Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have changed their positions to follow Chris Dodd," the ad's narrator says. That's followed by a touting of Dodd's plan to deal with global warming — and the question of whether Obama and Clinton will follow Dodd's lead there, as well.
Compared with the recent sniping in the Republican field, particularly between John McCain and Mitt Romney, the Democratic race has looked like a campfire sing-along — remember the friendly first-name references in the party's first debate? It looks as though Dodd is hoping to change that, gradually ratcheting up the rhetoric in each of his two ads.
Sen. Dodd Aspires To Reach Top TierA popular five-term senator at home, Dodd remains an asterisk in the 2008 presidential polls. Determined to change that, the 62-year-old made a splashy grab for the spotlight last week on the biggest issue of the campaign: Iraq. Once rather hawkish on the war, Dodd attached his name to a bill that would cut off funding for combat operations on March 31. Then he urged his fellow Democratic presidential candidates to follow suit.Permalink [Category: Dodd]
In new ad, Dodd faults Democrats in SenateDemocratic presidential candidate Christopher Dodd plans to air his campaign's first television ad in Iowa today, criticizing his party rivals in the Senate for not supporting a proposal to cut off money for the war in Iraq.Permalink [Category: Ads, Dodd]"I'm fighting for the only responsible measure in Congress that would take away the president's blank check and set a timetable to bring our troops home," the Connecticut senator says in the 30-second ad beginning today in Iowa and New Hampshire. "Unfortunately, my colleagues running for president have not joined me."
Transcript: Sen. Chris Dodd on 'FOX News Sunday'WASHINGTON — The following is a partial transcript of the May 6, 2007, edition of "FOX News Sunday With Chris Wallace":Permalink [Category: Dodd]
‘Top Tier’ Candidate? Maybe Not, but Dodd Is Still Enjoying the RideORANGEBURG, S.C., April 27 — Senator Christopher J. Dodd has a magnificent handshake, maybe the best in the Democratic presidential field. He grips with a brisk clench, makes masterly eye contact and tops it off with a light pat on the wrist from his nonshaking hand. It is the grip of a pro, a (perish the thought) political pro, which he is, the silvery-haired son of a senator, accomplished lawmaker, backslapper and armsqueezer.Permalink [Category: Dodd]
Out of spotlight, Dodd runs on hopeNASHUA -- Senator Christopher J. Dodd had a small group of New Hampshire voters enthralled as he discussed -- of all things -- a carbon tax on businesses to discourage them from polluting.Permalink [Category: Dodd]"Price is the last real barrier" to forcing businesses to install cleaner technologies, Dodd told the dozen or so people at one of his "kitchen table" campaign events at a home in this southern New Hampshire city last week. He detailed his plan to raise $50 billion a year for alternative-energy research by imposing a fee on polluters. The Connecticut Democrat then led the Granite State voters into an extensive conversation about solar energy, fuel economy standards, and tax breaks to help consumers buy hybrid vehicles.
Catholic candidates clashBOSTON --Presidential contenders Chris Dodd and Sam Brownback -- one Democrat, one Republican -- demonstrated Monday how their political differences are rooted in their varying interpretations of their shared Catholic faith.Permalink [Category: Brownback, Dodd, Religion]The two senators, appearing jointly at a Boston College forum on faith and politics, differed on abortion rights, civil unions for gay couples and embryonic stem cell research. Nonetheless, they used modest tones to suggest that Democrats and Republicans could bridge such gaps with more tolerance for their opponents' positions.
Transcript: George Stephanopoulos and Sen. Chris DoddWe were back on the trail this week, this time in New Hampshire with Democrat Chris Dodd and his wife, Jackie.Permalink [Category: Dodd, Iraq]A former Peace Corps volunteer, Dodd has spent the last 25 years as senator from Connecticut.
"We need an American president who's ready to lead from day one. There will not be a single day, not a single moment for on-the-job training," he has said.
Foreign policy has isolated U.S., candidate Dodd saysDemocratic presidential candidate Christopher Dodd in Iowa on Wednesday defended House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip to Syria last week and said if he is elected, he would consider naming former President Clinton the top U.S. envoy to the Middle East.Permalink [Category: Dodd, Foreign Policy, Iraq]
Dodd Challenges McCain on IraqABC News' Donna Hunter reports: In a Wednesday evening address in Iowa, Senator Chris Dodd, D-Conn., plans to sharply contrast potential Republican rival and fellow Senator John McCain, R-Ariz., on the subject of Iraq.Permalink [Category: Dodd, Iraq]In prepared remarks obtained by ABC News, the Connecticut Democrat challenges McCain, who has tied his White House hopes to a stay-the-course strategy in Iraq, saying, "No one questions Senator McCain's patriotism. He is a war hero and a friend. But, like the President, he is wrong."
Dodd will go on to say, in prepared remarks, "McCain's market visit makes clear the point many of us have made for some time. We don't need a surge of troops in Iraq - we need a surge of diplomacy. The Bush/McCain Doctrine is not succeeding, it is failing."
Dodd: U.S. shouldn't act like a 'petulant child' in foreign affairsLACONIA, N.H. --Sen. Chris Dodd, polling near the bottom of the Democratic presidential candidate field, used Tuesday's appearance at a retirement community to highlight stances he hopes will help him gain traction with voters.Permalink [Category: Dodd, Foreign Policy]His opposition to the war in Iraq, his criticism of No Child Left Behind, and his call for greater international engagement all echo what his peers are saying. But Dodd, a Connecticut senator since 1980, points out he's been saying much of it since before they were elected for the first time. Dodd also emphasized his experience as a Peace Corps volunteer.
Dodd's small circle of support thinks he canThe Connecticut senator isn't polling well in his Democratic presidential bid, but some have faith. Being chairman of the banking committee doesn't hurt.Permalink [Category: Dodd]
Dodd's PodABC News' Jennifer Parker Reports: If you had to guess, which one of the 2008 presidential candidates do you think regularly rocks out to his iPod?Permalink [Category: Dodd]You may be surprised to learn that 62-year-old Senator Chris Dodd, D-Conn., loves his iPod so much, he is asking voters to send him music suggestions.
Dodd Blames Subprime Woes on RegulatorsWASHINGTON -- The head of the Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday blamed the Federal Reserve and other U.S. regulators for setting off the crisis in the market for subprime mortgages.Permalink [Category: Dodd, Economy]The recent spike in delinquencies and foreclosures among homeowners with the higher-priced loans also was their fault, said Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn. He accused the regulatory agencies of a ''pattern of neglect'' as banks and other lenders loosened their standards for making home loans to people with tarnished credit during the housing market boom in late 2003 and early 2004.
Dodd: 'Don't ask, don't tell' policy 'ludicrous'HAMPTON -- Democratic presidential hopeful and Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd blasted the war in Iraq and the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy while visiting Hampton's fire station #2 Saturday.Permalink [Category: Dodd, Gay Lesbian Rights, Military]Dodd also said it was "wrong, naive and dangerous" to assume that an influx of 21,000 troops into Iraq was the solution to ending the conflict. He said that he would begin redeployment "today" if he was the president.
Dodd's Team Creates a Pre-"Daily Show"Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) appeared on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" last night for a few minutes of witty banter, following what is becoming a well-worn path laid by candidates trying to reach a younger audience.But before the "Daily Show" camera in New York started rolling, Dodd's team had its own cameras filming.
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Dodd Laments Iraq "Mistake"ABC News' Tahman Bradley Reports: At a Democratic candidate forum in Carson City Nevada, Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., claimed, "It was a mistake, in my view, to vote the way we did in that resolution," referring to his 2002 vote in favor of the resolution which led to war in Iraq.Permalink [Category: Dodd, Iraq]Dodd joined seven other 2008 hopefuls at the first forum of Democratic candidates sponsored by AFSCME.
Biden, Dodd, Richardson battle star powerNEW YORK -- Call it the second-tier lament.Permalink [Category: Biden, Dodd, Richardson]At a recent house party in the early voting state of New Hampshire, Democratic presidential candidate Chris Dodd became exasperated as he talked about being overshadowed by front-runners Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama
Dodd Makes Impression In South CarolinaTwo days after he visited South Carolina, York County Democrats took a straw poll Sunday and Dodd won 28 percent of the approximately 100 people voting. Runnerup was Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois at 24 percent, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York at 18 percent; 2004 vice presidential nominee John Edwards at 11 percent and Delaware Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. at 5.5 percent. Former Vice President Al Gore, running as a write-in, got 8 percent. Jim Watkins, York County chairman, had a simple explanation for Dodd's success: "He visited here," Watkins said.Permalink [Category: Dodd, Polls, South Carolina Primary]
As Connecticut Senator Runs for President, He Hopes to Be HeardBEDFORD, N.H., Feb. 16 — On his way from a breakfast with nearly 200 business leaders on Friday morning to an interview on national television, Senator Christopher J. Dodd of Connecticut spotted a woman grabbing one of the blue and white circular stickers bearing his name off a table.“Take more,” he urged her, quickly popping his head back through the door before his staff members rushed him along. “We need you!”
Presidential candidate Dodds, in shipyard tour, calls for U.S. to build more subsKITTERY, Maine — America needs to step up its submarine production or it risks being overtaken by China, U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd said on Thursday.Permalink [Category: Dodd, New Hampshire Primary]The Democratic senator from Connecticut and presidential candidate toured the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard with union officials as part of a campaign swing through the Granite State.
"By the year 2010, the Chinese will have double the size of the submarines that we have," he told a small gathering of media and onlookers.
Senate jockeying disgusts DoddCONCORD – Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut says the recent Senate jockeying over Iraq-related non-binding resolutions was "clever politics" undertaken at the expense of American "kids" who are dying in battle.Permalink [Category: Dodd, Iraq]A five-term Democratic senator and recently announced presidential candidate, Dodd yesterday began a two-day New Hampshire campaign swing by speaking to state legislative leaders at the Sulloway and Hollis law firm.
Chris Dodd on HardballHardball host Chris Matthews talks to Chris Dodd, Connecticut's senior U.S. senator and one of the Democratic candidates for president.Permalink [Category: Dodd, Video Links]
Richardson, Dodd, Kucinich NH schedulesNH Dmm. Party press release:
Gov. Bill Richardson to return to Granite State this weekend: On Friday, February 16 and Saturday, February 17, Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico will return to New Hampshire and will hold events in Tilton, Plymouth, Manchester, Concord, Portsmouth and Hampton. See below for further details of Gov. Richardson's New Hampshire schedule.
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Permalink [Category: Dodd, Kucinich, New Hampshire Primary, Richardson] Poll: Dodd Still Unknown In New HampshireThe Hartford Courant has the story.
WASHINGTON -- The latest New Hampshire poll finally had some good news for Chris Dodd's presidential campaign. Sort of.Permalink [Category: Dodd, New Hampshire Primary, Polls]The year's first extensive survey in the nation's first primary state shows that while Dodd remains far behind the frontrunners with 1 percent of the potential vote, he is showing some strengths.
Hillary, five others to attend Nevada forumThe Union Leader has the AP story.
Las Vegas – Sen. Hillary Clinton has agreed to attend a Nevada forum for Democratic presidential candidates later this month, state party officials said Tuesday.Permalink [Category: Biden, Debates, Dodd, Hillary Clinton Archive, Nevada Caucus, Richardson, Vilsack]Clinton joins five other presidential hopefuls already confirmed for the Feb. 21 event in Carson City, including Sens. Joe Biden and Chris Dodd, former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel, officials said.
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