An appearance on the Daily Show apparently wasn’t enough. Polls from four states show Chris Dodd barely registering, and behind even Joe Biden in the race for the Democratic nomination.
The polls from American Research Group show Dodd at 1% in Texas, Iowa and New Hampshire. In Arkansas, he doesn’t even register.
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Major bummer, he’ll still be our Senator.
I’m SO surprised!
yeah – what a hoot – he has just about as much chance in this race as I do..
LOL
He just wants to travel the country on everyone else’s money, and get his name in the papers.
I do hope Ned Lamont is planning on running for Dodd’s seat. I mean, I suppose everyone knows Dodd isn’t running again. But if he does, I gather Lamont will primary him. He did vote for the war after all.
Lamont would primary Dodd? Please quit with the garbage.
Everyone knows there is a huge difference between Lieberman, the Iraq War’s cheerleader-in-chief, and Dems like Hillary, Dodd, and Kerry, –who may have voted for the AUMF, but never would have invaded Iraq had they been President.
Do your best to muddy the waters, but Dodd and the rest of the Dems do not equal Bush, Lieberman and the GOP.
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I see my assumtion that anyone who is headless must also then be……
nevermind.
By the way if Dodd or Lieberman were to leave their Senate seats for any reason ONLY the Democratic Party has people, and we have plenty of them,who could get elected to their open seat.
Thats why the bill calling for an election should a Ct Senate seat become open is VERY IMPORTANT!!
The CT Republican “Team” not only doesn’t have a bench they have only one “starter” (Jodi) and the rest of the team knows she cares VERY LITTLE about them.
I wouldn’t bother with the numbers until after the fundraising numbers come out. Dodd will be at worst 4, possibly 3rd. This will garner him a bit more press, and some more money. I do not believe that Dodd will end with numbers that low, however he’ll have to pull something out of a hat for him to get even in sight of the finish line.
Don’t underestimate Dodd’s ability to raise money. As of the last time I checked, he was second only to Hillary Clinton in fundraising. Also, don’t underestimate Dodd’s ability to be attractive in Iowa and New Hampshire. Dodd is quietly accumulating capital while Obama, Clinton, and Edwards sock it out. When the dust clears from those fights (which center more on personality than policy), Dodd will likely emerge as the best candidate on policy. If the democrats want to win in 2008, Dodd will be the most formidable candidate that they could nominate. Because Hillary served as hatchet-woman for her husband’s campaigns and stayed with him for what largely seemed to be crass self-advancement reasons, she (a) has too many negatives against her and (b) is not trusted by voters to be honest. Despite her attempts to portray herself as a centrist candidate, too many people remember the Hillary-care debacle 13 years ago. Finally, she has made the mistake of too aggressively attacking Barack Obama, serving to set him up as victim to attacks made the Clinton campaign. Additionally, Hillary’s fundraising success has backfired on her, as she has become seen as the establishment candidate in the pocket of the corporations and special interests that will pay her off.
When the smoke clears, people will see that despite his masterful public speaking skills, Barack Obama, despite his rhetoric, is a candidate from the far left. As Iowa voters discover his open support of gay marriage and abortion combined with his lack of experience on foreign policy and economic issues, his support will decrease. That leaves, Edwards, Dodd, and Richardson as major contenders.
Following his unsuccessful run for veep in 2006, Edwards has moved farther to the left than when he was a North Carolina senator. Add to this, the fact that he is perceived as being slick instead of genuine, the Dom Perignon lifestyle that he now lives, and his weak of policy background and he will face some problems he did not last time . (Edwards owns a 28,000 square foot house, one of the largest in NC.)
Within this context, Dodd will have the money to introduce himself to Iowans, and position himself as a centrist candidate. And his record is one that is largely center-left in regard to economic and foreign policy issues. If either Iraq or the economy are the main issues in ‘08, Dodd’s candidacy will seem the most logical for the democrats. He is well-positioned in regard to his policy record. He is a good public speaker and comes across as genuine. Certainly, his senatorial experience in regard to economic policy and foreign policy will position him to out-debate his opponents.
Richardson has entered too late and is a one trick pony- foreign policy. He is having trouble fundraising and I doubt it if he will make it beyond Iowa.
So in closing, don’t underestimate Dodd. He has the ability to be a formidable challenger if external conditions are favorable to his candidacy, and barring unforeseen changes, they will be. I think it would be interesting if the Democrats nominate Dodd, because we will finally hear from both parties about real issues, instead of the cult of personality that has dominated recent elections.
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