Chris Dodd stands by his supporters. Will not be part of an auction
By John Amato Tuesday Jan 01, 2008 7:30pm
Here's another reason to like Chris Dodd. Andrea Mitchell wanted to know who Chris Dodd would support for the presidential nomination because she said there were reports that other candidates who are not considered to be in the top tier are cutting deals. He would have none of that talk and said it was irresponsible for any candidate to cut deals or endorse another candidate because his supporters are---you know---supporting him. She kept pressing the issue, but he didn't back down. It's nice to know he won't be auctioning off his supporters.
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Dodd: Yea, I'm totally opposed to that and let me take advantage of the interview Andrea saying don't make any calls to my office, any campaigns...I didn't come here and spend a year campaigning in Iowa...working and expect the people who committed themselves to me at my behest and support someone else. They made a decision to be for me and I'm grateful to them.
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After Kucinich's disappointing endorsement of Obama it's nice to see that someone is standing their ground.
Dodd sure seems like a sore loser and he hasn't even lost yet!
I love Dodd, but I wish he was this outraged at his buddy Holy Joe LIEberman's endorsement of St McCain, he comes across hypocritical! So Chris STFU after all your great work of late you are embarassing yourself!
Andrea Mitchell wants to know who's NOT going to put her husband in front of a grand jury for economic high crimes thats what she wants to know.
Dodd is a good man, stay in the Senate sir and protect us from the evil power! Hillary as Cheney!!
Dodd received more from accounting firm Arthur Andersen than any other Democrat and bore responsibility for trying to shield accounting firms from investor fraud liability in cases such as the Enron scandal.
Face it, we give these politicians more credit then they are really worth. Every last one of them.
Dodd actually has DONE SOMETHING. He fought against telecom immunity so that the government will have some opposition as it scraps the bill of rights - you know, warrantless wiretapping of anyone and everyone by the federal government thugs.
If someone else actually did something, I'd consider voting for him or her. I'm waiting...
In the meantime, Dodd has my vote...
Good on Dodd! I'm hoping that he makes a good showing in Iowa. One of the few that stands for the constitution.
I have great respect for Dodd. He has courage and integrity.
Publicus @ 7:
Yeah where was Obama and Clinton? Campaigning for themselves and forgetting about fighting for us.
Cats r Flyfishn @ 9:
I agree. Dodd is awesome. I don't always agree with him, and will vote Edwards, but Dodd is 100% correct about how offensive Kucinich's auctioning/payoff with Obama is.
I also was very impressed by his integrity in sacrificing his time away from campaigning to do his job and filibuster telecom immunity in the Senate.
Yes, he's a politician, but I think Dodd is truly an honest politician.
Edwards/Dodd 2008
Go to Hell Barack Obama.
It's funny how he threw Andrea Mitchell off of her game. She didn't know what to say when he shot her ignorant "rumor mill" down.
If it's not true about DODD, like she thought, is it true about the others?
I have nothing but respect and admiration for Sen. Dodd. The news that Kucinich was directing his base to support Obama was very disappointing. It's not that I think a Kucinich supporter would be making a mistake by giving her vote to Obama; it's that Kucinich disrespected his own supporters, who are independent thinkers, by telling them where to take their votes.
If our election process wasn't so ruined by money, Dodd would be taken seriously by a lot more people. I hope he continues his important work in the areas of net neutrality and FISA, and that he adds to his list the de-bastardization of our election and legislating processes. The money has got to be taken out of the equation. Our leaders should reflect the will of the people instead of the will of U.S. corporations, and our legislators should draft and enact laws according to what's best for the people inc. their constituents instead of what the lobbying firms are paying for.
I say he should have slugged her. I know, I know, no violence. But...damn, she annoys me.
Dodd isn't perfect, but he's my candidate of choice, and he's smart enough to recognize that even if he decides to endorse someone else, that doesn't mean I'll substitute his judgment for my own.
People can find fault all day long with one candidate or another, because they all have feet of clay up to their waist, so to speak, but Dodd's principled defense of our Constitution and against telecom immunity means more to me than any negative attributes. I'm vexed that he isn't a top tier candidate like Clinton or Obama.
Franco @ 3:
First of all, they are not buddies, and Lieberman endorsing McCain has zero to do with Dodd. I think you are really reaching here.
Sturmvogel @ 2:
What in the hell are you talking about? Your post makes zero sense.
Linda @ 14:
Well said. I do not support Dodd but he should certainly garner a lot of respect for the position that he has taken especially in contrast to the bizarre position that Kucinich had taken, telling his supporters to back Obama, a candidate who has relatively little in common with the congressman from Ohio. Kucinich seems to want to repeat history, since he also told his supporters to back another candidate in 2004, Kerry/Edwards. All the more reason for true progressives to think seriously about backing a third party candidate.
MacDaKnife @ 17:
I think Dodd knows that Lieberman doesn't give a fuck about the Democrats and vice versa, except for that tool Reid, hence him still having committee assignments.
If you can forgive Hillary for her votes on Iraq and Iran, you might as well forgive Chris Dodd for endorsing Joe Liberman and taking money from Anderson. At least he threatened to filibuster and showed respect for Iowa voters. Kucinich has ben disappointing in asking his supporters to vote for Obama. Even Obama is very likable but John Edwards has been forthright in focusing on the corporate greed from which all evils grow.
On reflection, one wonders if it may have been a calculated move on Kucinich's part, where he may be angling for the vice president's position in an Obama administration.
Dodd will be offering up his supporters soon enough. When he doesn't register in either Iowa or New Hampshire, it'll be time to say goodbye and back somebody.
I'm curious.
How many of those posting on C&L actually view to the video clip as opposed to just reading the synopsis?
The more I read this blog, the more it seems many people just reflexively post talking points.
Just a hunch....
TM @ 24:
TM, I don't really understand your beef with the content of the header versus the clip. It seems consistent to me. Care to be more specific?
In the February 2, 1992 Iowa caucus, Bill Clinton finished in fourth place with 3% support. He finished behind notable candidates such as Paul Tsongas (4%) and "undecided" (12%). Tom Harkin won with 76% of the votes. Just a bit of history to put things in perspective.
Each day, I am more and more convinced that Chris Dodd is the most sincere, most genuine, honest candidate going. But he has about as much chance as did Adlai Stevenson, which is to say, zilch. He looks old and tired and he hasn't the charisma of an Obama. It's sad that we always end up with the worst of the lot winning our elections. One of the problems is that, in America, we are so desperate to know what happens next to Mss. Spears and Lohan, we exalt form over substance, appearances over reality. Like Stevenson, Dodd is the real thing, not a $300 haircut.
Hear that raised my spirit.
THEN, used for showing sequences in time, order or cases; while THAN is used for comparing. Spirit went down. Twit!
Dara @ 28:
Weren't you meaning the past perfect form of the verb hear, ie 'hearing?'
If you're not going to proofread, you might want to be careful calling names.
Just saying :P
I wish they'd do away with the "second choice" in Iowa
I agree with Dodd... Which is why people are so disillusion with the process.
Any candidate who will not be sold or auctioned has no place in the US presidential race, and should be ashamed to call himself an 'American Politician'. What about our long traditions?
Here is the link to this video, in case anyone wants to embed it elsewhere, share it or save it.
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Chris Dodd Will Not Make Deals or Back Down
http://test.redlasso.com/service/svc/clip/playClip?fid=de94a651-5b9d-407...
This is clearly a political strategy by Dennis Kucinich. He majorly got screwed over by Hilary and the Democratic party in Iowa with regards to his unjust exclusion in several key debates in that state (as well as other high-profile events). So his recommendation to his supporters to caucus 2ND for Obama (and NOT first - that would be for him obviously! — and ONLY in Iowa, if you read a little more closely to his message), and since voters there have not been given prorper and fair exposure to his campaign and platform which will probably lead to a less than favorable result for him (ie: HE GOT FUCKED OVER BY HIS OWN PARTY!) is clearly a vote AGAINST Hilary, and possibly Edwards, who both voted for and advocated for the Iraq war. (Yes, yes, I know — Obama has continuouysly voted to continue funding the war, but if you think tha Dennis will endorse him if he gets the nomination, you are SO clearly mistaken). On the other hand, Congressman Kucinich is planning for a much better result in New Hampshire, where he has been treated a little more fairly, and I guarantee there will be NO endorsement for Obama there.
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The more I see of Dodd, the better I'm liking him.
Senator Chris Dodd is amazing. I have so much respect for his positions. Everytime I learn something new about him, it rocks my world and I admire him even more. He could really do well in Iowa because I think the people that go to the caucuses have the sensitivity to back someone with integrity and that person IMHO is looking more and more like Chris Dodd. Keep getting the word out, Senator!
I was with Dodd until he said that stuff about elections in Pakistan. Have we learned nothing? The more we interfere with other countries the more we suffer the unintended consequences of "blowback". "Charlie (&Ronald Reagan) Wilsons War" gave us Osama, the Taliban and 911. Supporting the Shah gave us the Ayatollahs and we all know about the war in Iraq. Maybe we should stop interfering. Afterall it should be up to the people of Pakistan to choose who they want to run Pakistan.
Say what you will against Dodd, at least he shows loyalty to the people who have been loyal to him. Good for Chris Dodd.
I agree
There are things I like about Dodd too (and believe me, compared to OTHERS, I would probably vote for him). But let's not forget 2 words: Patriot Act. (He voted for both versions...).
Dennis Kucinich is NOT abandoning his supporters. PERIOD. Go to his web site and you can see the full transcript of his strategic Iowa ONLY move to back Obama on the SECOND ballot (not the first, godammit!): http://www.dennis4president.com/home/
Oh, and this just in from IndependentPrimary.com: ABC NEWS HAS EXCLUDED KUCINICH, GRAVEL, AND OTHERS: In an arbitrary decision that shakes our democracy to its very core, ABC News has set debate criteria that exclude Dennis Kucinich, Mike Gravel, Chris Dodd, Joe Biden and Duncan Hunter from their Saturday debates. New Hampshire has a recent history of open debates. As a result of these exclusions the New Hampshire Union Leader newspaper has decided not to co-sponsor the debate.
Welcome to American Fascism!
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miss_kitty @ 29:
touche
Just saying :P
WOW
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