February 20, 2007
Dodd's Poll Numbers Dismal in Home State
Via AP:
U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd may be the home state presidential candidate in 2008, but a new statewide poll released Monday shows he's far from the top choice among voters in Connecticut.
Results: Hillary Clinton 33%, Barack Obama 21%, Al Gore (who claims he's not running) 9%, Dodd 8%. The bright news for Dodd is that he places before John Edwards, who has 5% of potential Connecticut voters at this point. I guess the Breck Girl is still trying to rebound from his terrible choice of official campaign bloggers.
"If Senator 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 Poll Director Douglas Schwartz.
Connecticut's AG Richard Blumenthal, who is Dodd's campaign chairman, said that the poll shows that people "love" having Dodd as senator and are "just beginning to focus on the possibility" of Dodd becoming president. I don't love having Dodd as senator...I wish the pollsters had contacted me! And I certainly don't relish the idea of his brand of socialism (and Castro support) being foisted upon the rest of the country either.
Schwartz (quoted above) was also quoted as saying Dodd is a "long shot." I think that's an understatement.
UPDATE (10:20 a.m.): Apparently Dodd compared the vote on a non-binding resolution against a troop surge to "asparagus." He said that he would have preferred something "real and accountable." Not quite sure where he makes the connection between the vote and asparagus, unless he means that the Senate gets mushy when overcooked... (h/t MM)
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Dodd Counting on Sense of Humor
Dodd Receives Some Celebrity Support
Dodd Practically Nonexistent in Polls
Patrick Kennedy Endorses Dodd
Dodd: Hard Sell
Lieberman Not Endorsing Dodd for President...
Dodd Is In
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March 12, 1975, Chris Dodd made the following statement (found on Webb's website) -
"The greatest gift our country can give the Cambodian people is not guns but peace. And the best way to accomplish that goal is by ending military aid now."
April 17th, 1975 the Khmer Rouge, a communist guerrilla group led by Pol Pot, took power in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. They forced all city dwellers into the countryside and to labor camps. During their rule, it is estimated that 2 million Cambodians died by starvation, torture or execution. 2 million Cambodians represented approximately 30% of the Cambodian population during that time. (DithPran.org)
Dood must be very proud of this or does he think that people will simply forget that the blood of these people is on his hands.
Posted by: Mike at February 20, 2007 05:20 PM
