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'Christopher John Dodd' (born May 27, 1944) is an American lawyer and politician from Willimantic, Connecticut. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Dodd served as a U.S. Representative from Connecticut from 1975 until 1981, when he became a U.S. Senator. He is now the state's senior Senator. He currently serves as Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee.
He is a candidate in the 2008 U.S. presidential election.
Dodd was born in Willimantic, Connecticut. His parents, Grace Mary Murphy and Senator Thomas Joseph Dodd were Irish-Americans; all eight of his great-grandparents were born in Ireland.[1]
Dodd attended Georgetown Preparatory School, a Jesuit boys school in Bethesda, Maryland. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Providence College in 1966.
Dodd served as a Peace Corps volunteer in a small rural town in the Dominican Republic until 1968. Dodd then joined the U.S. Army Reserve, and served until 1975.
In 1972, Dodd earned a Juris Doctor at the University of Louisville, where he served as vice president of the law school's student body. The following year, he was admitted to the Connecticut bar, and began practicing law in New London.
In July 1970, he married Susan Mooney. They divorced in October, 1982. After the divorce to Susan Mooney he set himself up as one of Washington's most eligible bachelors. During this time he dated Bianca Jagger and Carrie Fisher. In 1999, he married his second wife, Jackie Marie Clegg, who is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She held high posts at the Export-Import Bank of the United States and currently is a director of the Blockbuster video chain. [2]. The couple has two daughters, Grace (born September, 2001) and Christina Dodd (born May, 2005).
Dodd lives in East Haddam when Congress is not in session.
He is fluent in Spanish, and is a Latin Rite Catholic.
He is the godfather of actress/singer Christy Carlson Romano, who once interned in his office. His brother, Thomas J. Dodd Jr., is an emeritus professor of the School of Foreign Service of Georgetown University, and served as the U.S. ambassador to Uruguay and Costa Rica under president Bill Clinton.
Dodd was part of the "Watergate class of '74" which David Gergen credited with bringing "a fresh burst of liberal energy to the Capitol."[3] Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's second congressional district, and reelected twice, he served from January 4, 1975 to January 3, 1981. During his tenure in the U.S. House, he served on the House Select Committee on Assassinations.
Dodd was elected to the U.S. Senate in the 1980 election and was subsequently reelected in the 1986, 1992, 1998, and 2004 elections. He is the first Senator from Connecticut to serve five consecutive terms. From 1995 to 1997, he served as General Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. As General Chairman, Dodd was the DNC's spokesman. Donald Fowler served as National Chairman, running the party's day to day operations.
Dodd had been rumored to be strongly considering a run for Governor of Connecticut in 2006. He decided not to seek this post. Dodd briefly considered running for President in 2004, but ultimately decided against such a campaign. He was also considered a possible candidate for replacing Tom Daschle as Senate Minority Leader in 109th Congress, but he declined, and that position was instead filled by Harry Reid. Currently he is seeking the Democratic party's nomination for president in 2008.
Senator Dodd has announced in a letter to the Federal Election Commission that he is no longer a candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2010. [4]
Main articles: Political positions of Christopher Dodd
Senator Dodd's issue positions are generally ranked left of center. His rankings from Americans for Democratic Action have been 95% and above since 2000.[5] Similarly, Dodd receives low ratings from conservative groups, such as the John Birch Society, the American Conservative Union, and the Christian Coalition of America.[6]
Dodd voted in favor of the Iraq War Resolution in 2002 but has since become an opponent of the war.[7] Dodd has said the Iraq War has been waged “for all the wrong reasons” and that it is eroding both the nation's security and its moral leadership. Sen. Dodd Calls For End To Iraq War
Dodd has criticized his congressional colleagues for failing to be more forceful in challenging President Bush's Iraq War troop surge of 2007. "This was debating about debating. This was the House and the Senate at some of its worst. ... I think we missed an opportunity to put our foot down and stop [the surge]."[8]
In May 2007, he voted in the Senate against continued funding for the Iraq war.
He was the only 2008 presidential candidate to co-sponsor the Democrats' most aggressive anti-war bill.
Dodd voted for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and says that such agreements have "...brought increased cooperation and communication. They have been positive forces that promote political and economic stability, as well as growth and democracy.[9]" In the same article he continues, "successful efforts to achieve a Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), and eventually in 2005, a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), will help further these goals. As well, the United States stands to benefit along with our neighbors from increased trade relations throughout the hemisphere."
Senator Dodd is considered left of center with respect to Latin America. His record especially with regard to the Sandinistas in Nicaragua and the Farabundo Martí rebels in El Salvador has led to conflict with Republican administrations. He is highly critical of the United States embargo against Cuba. He favors more lenient U.S. immigration laws. In January 2005, he met with Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez in an effort to mend the strained relations between the two countries. Dodd stressed the need for closer ties, both economically and in the fight against terrorism and drug trafficking. On that occasion, he said that Chávez has “demonstrated he was Venezuela’s legitimate democratically elected president by winning a national referendum (on August 15, 2004)…We know there have been problems between the two countries, but today is a new year and we are here to find out if we can begin a new relationship,” adding, “It is not worthwhile to continue speaking of what is in the past. I hope we can overcome this.”
Senator Dodd supported the interests of the American Civil Liberties Union between 60 and 80% of the time from 2000 to 2006.[10]
In 2004, he introduced a bill to enact a Federal Shield law.[11]
Dodd, along with Senators Patrick Leahy, Russ Feingold, and Robert Menendez introduced the "Restoring the Constitution Act of 2007", which he claims "restores Habeas Corpus rights, bars evidence gained through torture or coercion and reinstates U.S. adherence to the Geneva Conventions in order to protect the nation’s military personnel abroad." The bill is supported by the American Civil Liberties Union, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Human Rights First, The Center for Victims of Torture, Open Society Institute, and Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International.[12]
Senator Dodd supported the interests of the League of Conservation Voters between 80 and 100% of the time from 1999 to 2006.[13] Dodd has proposed a carbon tax on corporations as a measure to reduced carbon dioxide emissions and reduce global warming.[14]
Dodd proposes mandatory community service for all high school students. A returned Peace Corps Volunteer who served in the Dominican Republic, Dodd also proposes doubling the size of the Peace Corps to 15,000 volunteers by 2011 and expanding AmeriCorps to 1 million participants. Dodd says his goal is to see 40 million people volunteering in some form by 2020.[15], [16]
Senator Dodd is perhaps best known for bringing attention to children’s issues. He formed the first children’s caucus in the Senate and spent almost a decade fighting to enact the Family and Medical Leave Act.
He also authored legislation aimed at providing better access to safe and affordable child care.[17] Dodd has received a 100% rating from the Children's Defense Fund each year since 2000.[18]
Dodd was one of 16 senators who voted against the Vitter Amendment to prohibit federal funding of the confiscation of legally owned firearms during a disaster.
As a senior member of the Senate committee responsible for health care, Chris Dodd has been a voice for innovation in patient care. He was instrumental in extending health insurance to 5 to 7 million of the nation’s uninsured children and has consistently fought to support community health centers and initiatives aimed at child nutrition, maternal and child health, and infant mortality prevention. He successfully led the effort to modernize the Food and Drug Administration approval process for drugs and medical devices, getting innovative therapies to patients more quickly without compromising safety and effectiveness. He authored critically important legislation to protect the mentally ill from abusive and deadly restraint and seclusion practices in mental hospitals. He continues to push for a patient’s bill of rights, which would give Americans basic assurances in their health care services and a greater right to choose their health care provider. And he is working to enact new legislation to ensure that the medicines taken by consumers are safe and effective.[17]
Dodd has been a long time supporter of tort reform measures.
The Center for Public Integrity has criticized Dodd for "being the leading advocate in the Senate on behalf of the accounting industry."[20]
The Golden Leash Award was presented to Dodd by Public Campaign, April 29, 1998:
:"The Golden Leash is a symbol of the ties between special interest money and elected officials. It is awarded to Members of Congress who demonstrate egregious conduct in the quid pro quo practice of dollar democracy.
:"This award serves as a reminder of Senator Dodd's acceptance of $910,304 in campaign cash from January 1993 to December 1997 from the Securities, Investment, Accounting and High-Tech Computer industries... Goldman, Sachs & Co., Morgan Stanley, Salomon Brothers and others donat[ed] $523,551 in PAC and individual contributions. The accounting industry — perhaps the biggest winners in the 1995 securities litigation reform law — donated $345,903 in PAC and individual contributions. This includes such giants as Price Waterhouse, Ernst & Young and Coopers & Lybrand, among others. Deloitte & Touche's contributions to Senator Dodd increased nearly five-fold from 1995 to 1996 soon after Congress passed the reform law the industry championed. The computer industry — a fairly new player in the campaign contribution field — ponied up $40,850 in contributions."
Public Campaign's report cites the following examples: Dodd was an original cosponsor of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and he helped to organize the Senate's override of President Clinton's veto. The National Securities Market Improvement Act, which ultimately weakened oversight that would have protected investors. Dodd lined up as a cosponsor of the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act, an extension of the earlier securities litigation legislation. The bill was strongly supported by The Uniform Standards Coalition, an ad-hoc group of securities, accounting and high-tech computer firms.
On January 30, 2002 Dick Morris wrote in an article for Jewish World Review:
And in February 2003, Morris wrote:
In April 2006, Dodd told the Associated Press he was considering running for president in 2008, saying, "it's an itch. Could grow, could disappear." On May 22, 2006 he told the Hartford Courant he had met with key backers, including congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, and was assembling a team to prepare for the 2008 presidential campaign. In June of 2006, he held his first major Presidential fundraiser, stunning many beltway commentators by raising over $1 million in one night.[23]
Dodd also attended a Florida state Democratic convention in July 2006, which the Hartford Courant newspaper termed a first step in garnering support.[24]
On December 22, 2006, Dodd hired former John Kerry campaign manager Jim Jordan to help him decide whether or not he should seek the presidency in 2008. Even though Jordan was fired in November of 2003 following Kerry's lagging campaign, he is still a sought-after consultant to potential Democratic candidates in the 2008 presidential election.[25] On January 11, 2007, Dodd announced his Presidential candidacy on the "Don Imus in the Morning" radio show. The head of the New Hampshire Democratic party said Dodd told her that he wasn't "going to do the exploratory thing, I'm going to plunge right in."[26]
On January 19, 2007, Dodd made a formal announcement with Connecticut supporters at the Old State House in Hartford.
On March 12, 2007, Dodd appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
Dodd has included his iPod as part of his campaign, allowing visitors to his website to choose his playlist. [27]
On August 26, 2007, a spokeswoman for Dodd said someone had broken into his Hartford, CT office the previous night.
On August 28 2007, it was announced that Chris Dodd would receive the coveted endorsement of the International Association of Fire Fighters. The IAFF is the largest Fire Fighters Union in the United States of America.
'2004 Connecticut United States Senatorial Election'
'1998 Connecticut United States Senatorial Election'
'1992 Connecticut United States Senatorial Election'
'1986 Connecticut United States Senatorial Election'
'1980 Connecticut United States Senatorial Election'
1. The Ancestors of Chris Dodd
2.
3. Eyewitness to Power: The Essence of Leadership from Nixon to Clinton, , David, Gergen, Simon and Schuster, ,
4. Sen. Dodd Not To Run for Re-Election In 2010, Uses PAC to Buy NH and IA Voter Files
5. Chris Dodd, Liberal Rankings at Project Vote Smart
6. Chris Dodd, Conservative Rankings at Project Vote Smart
7. U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes for H.J.Res. 114
8. Sen. Chris Dodd: House and Senate at Its Worst.
9. Senator Christopher J. Dodd On The Future of Economic Relations in the Western Hemisphere
10. Chris Dodd, Civil Liberties at Project Vote Smart
11. Watchdogs of Democracy?: The Waning Washington Press Corps and How It Has Failed the Public, , Helen, Thomas, Simon and Schuster, 2006,
12. Dodd: Restoring Habeas Corpus Rights, Banning Torture, Upholding Geneva Conventions Must Happen Now
13. Chris Dodd, Environmental Issues at Project Vote Smart
14. Chris Dodd: Dodd Touts Energy Plan At Biodiesel Plant, Kitchen Tables In Southeast Iowa Chris Dodd Campaign
15. http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6731171,00.html
16. Sen. Chris Dodd's Quixotic Quest for the Presidency.
17. Official Senate Biograhy
18. Family and Children Interest Group Ratings
19. Official Senate Biograhy
20. Off with Their Heads: Traitors, Crooks, and Obstructionists in American Politics, Media, and Business, , Dick, Morris, HarperCollins, 2004,
21. The odd couple: Chris Dodd and Arthur Andersen
22. Dodd scurries for cover
23. Dodd Raises Million For Possible Run At The Oval Office
24. Unknown
25. Unknown
26. Dodd: Iowa, N.H. may level 2008 field
27. DoddPod
★ Chris Dodd Senate office
★ Chris Dodd Presidential Campaign
★ Genealogy of Chris Dodd
★
;Biographical
★
★ Congresspedia profile
★
★ Peace Corps biography of Chris Dodd
;Finance
★ Federal Election Commission campaign finance reports and data for Congress for President
★ Open Secrets campaign contributions for Congress for President
;Issue positions
★ Project Vote-Smart profile
★
★ Detailed voting record
★
★ Interest group ratings
★ Voting record maintained by the Washington Post
★ On the Issues statements
★ Chris Dodd at WhereIStand.org
;News
★ The New York Times — Christopher J. Dodd News news stories and commentary
★ PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer - Vote 2008: Christopher Dodd
'Christopher John Dodd' (born May 27, 1944) is an American lawyer and politician from Willimantic, Connecticut. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Dodd served as a U.S. Representative from Connecticut from 1975 until 1981, when he became a U.S. Senator. He is now the state's senior Senator. He currently serves as Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee.
He is a candidate in the 2008 U.S. presidential election.
Early life, career, and family
Dodd was born in Willimantic, Connecticut. His parents, Grace Mary Murphy and Senator Thomas Joseph Dodd were Irish-Americans; all eight of his great-grandparents were born in Ireland.[1]
Dodd attended Georgetown Preparatory School, a Jesuit boys school in Bethesda, Maryland. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Providence College in 1966.
Dodd served as a Peace Corps volunteer in a small rural town in the Dominican Republic until 1968. Dodd then joined the U.S. Army Reserve, and served until 1975.
In 1972, Dodd earned a Juris Doctor at the University of Louisville, where he served as vice president of the law school's student body. The following year, he was admitted to the Connecticut bar, and began practicing law in New London.
In July 1970, he married Susan Mooney. They divorced in October, 1982. After the divorce to Susan Mooney he set himself up as one of Washington's most eligible bachelors. During this time he dated Bianca Jagger and Carrie Fisher. In 1999, he married his second wife, Jackie Marie Clegg, who is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She held high posts at the Export-Import Bank of the United States and currently is a director of the Blockbuster video chain. [2]. The couple has two daughters, Grace (born September, 2001) and Christina Dodd (born May, 2005).
Dodd lives in East Haddam when Congress is not in session.
He is fluent in Spanish, and is a Latin Rite Catholic.
He is the godfather of actress/singer Christy Carlson Romano, who once interned in his office. His brother, Thomas J. Dodd Jr., is an emeritus professor of the School of Foreign Service of Georgetown University, and served as the U.S. ambassador to Uruguay and Costa Rica under president Bill Clinton.
U.S. House of Representatives
Dodd was part of the "Watergate class of '74" which David Gergen credited with bringing "a fresh burst of liberal energy to the Capitol."[3] Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's second congressional district, and reelected twice, he served from January 4, 1975 to January 3, 1981. During his tenure in the U.S. House, he served on the House Select Committee on Assassinations.
U.S. Senator
An earlier Congressional portrait
Dodd was elected to the U.S. Senate in the 1980 election and was subsequently reelected in the 1986, 1992, 1998, and 2004 elections. He is the first Senator from Connecticut to serve five consecutive terms. From 1995 to 1997, he served as General Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. As General Chairman, Dodd was the DNC's spokesman. Donald Fowler served as National Chairman, running the party's day to day operations.
Dodd had been rumored to be strongly considering a run for Governor of Connecticut in 2006. He decided not to seek this post. Dodd briefly considered running for President in 2004, but ultimately decided against such a campaign. He was also considered a possible candidate for replacing Tom Daschle as Senate Minority Leader in 109th Congress, but he declined, and that position was instead filled by Harry Reid. Currently he is seeking the Democratic party's nomination for president in 2008.
Senator Dodd has announced in a letter to the Federal Election Commission that he is no longer a candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2010. [4]
Bills and issue positions
Main articles: Political positions of Christopher Dodd
Senator Dodd's issue positions are generally ranked left of center. His rankings from Americans for Democratic Action have been 95% and above since 2000.[5] Similarly, Dodd receives low ratings from conservative groups, such as the John Birch Society, the American Conservative Union, and the Christian Coalition of America.[6]
Foreign policy
Senator Dodd with Senator Jim Jeffords of Vermont at the Department of Defense.
The Iraq War
Dodd voted in favor of the Iraq War Resolution in 2002 but has since become an opponent of the war.[7] Dodd has said the Iraq War has been waged “for all the wrong reasons” and that it is eroding both the nation's security and its moral leadership. Sen. Dodd Calls For End To Iraq War
Dodd has criticized his congressional colleagues for failing to be more forceful in challenging President Bush's Iraq War troop surge of 2007. "This was debating about debating. This was the House and the Senate at some of its worst. ... I think we missed an opportunity to put our foot down and stop [the surge]."[8]
In May 2007, he voted in the Senate against continued funding for the Iraq war.
He was the only 2008 presidential candidate to co-sponsor the Democrats' most aggressive anti-war bill.
Free Trade
Dodd voted for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and says that such agreements have "...brought increased cooperation and communication. They have been positive forces that promote political and economic stability, as well as growth and democracy.[9]" In the same article he continues, "successful efforts to achieve a Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), and eventually in 2005, a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), will help further these goals. As well, the United States stands to benefit along with our neighbors from increased trade relations throughout the hemisphere."
Latin American relations
Senator Dodd is considered left of center with respect to Latin America. His record especially with regard to the Sandinistas in Nicaragua and the Farabundo Martí rebels in El Salvador has led to conflict with Republican administrations. He is highly critical of the United States embargo against Cuba. He favors more lenient U.S. immigration laws. In January 2005, he met with Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez in an effort to mend the strained relations between the two countries. Dodd stressed the need for closer ties, both economically and in the fight against terrorism and drug trafficking. On that occasion, he said that Chávez has “demonstrated he was Venezuela’s legitimate democratically elected president by winning a national referendum (on August 15, 2004)…We know there have been problems between the two countries, but today is a new year and we are here to find out if we can begin a new relationship,” adding, “It is not worthwhile to continue speaking of what is in the past. I hope we can overcome this.”
Domestic policy
Civil liberties
Senator Dodd supported the interests of the American Civil Liberties Union between 60 and 80% of the time from 2000 to 2006.[10]
In 2004, he introduced a bill to enact a Federal Shield law.[11]
Dodd, along with Senators Patrick Leahy, Russ Feingold, and Robert Menendez introduced the "Restoring the Constitution Act of 2007", which he claims "restores Habeas Corpus rights, bars evidence gained through torture or coercion and reinstates U.S. adherence to the Geneva Conventions in order to protect the nation’s military personnel abroad." The bill is supported by the American Civil Liberties Union, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Human Rights First, The Center for Victims of Torture, Open Society Institute, and Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International.[12]
Environmental issues
Senator Dodd supported the interests of the League of Conservation Voters between 80 and 100% of the time from 1999 to 2006.[13] Dodd has proposed a carbon tax on corporations as a measure to reduced carbon dioxide emissions and reduce global warming.[14]
National Service
Dodd proposes mandatory community service for all high school students. A returned Peace Corps Volunteer who served in the Dominican Republic, Dodd also proposes doubling the size of the Peace Corps to 15,000 volunteers by 2011 and expanding AmeriCorps to 1 million participants. Dodd says his goal is to see 40 million people volunteering in some form by 2020.[15], [16]
Children's issues
Senator Dodd is perhaps best known for bringing attention to children’s issues. He formed the first children’s caucus in the Senate and spent almost a decade fighting to enact the Family and Medical Leave Act.
He also authored legislation aimed at providing better access to safe and affordable child care.[17] Dodd has received a 100% rating from the Children's Defense Fund each year since 2000.[18]
Gun control
Dodd was one of 16 senators who voted against the Vitter Amendment to prohibit federal funding of the confiscation of legally owned firearms during a disaster.
Health care
As a senior member of the Senate committee responsible for health care, Chris Dodd has been a voice for innovation in patient care. He was instrumental in extending health insurance to 5 to 7 million of the nation’s uninsured children and has consistently fought to support community health centers and initiatives aimed at child nutrition, maternal and child health, and infant mortality prevention. He successfully led the effort to modernize the Food and Drug Administration approval process for drugs and medical devices, getting innovative therapies to patients more quickly without compromising safety and effectiveness. He authored critically important legislation to protect the mentally ill from abusive and deadly restraint and seclusion practices in mental hospitals. He continues to push for a patient’s bill of rights, which would give Americans basic assurances in their health care services and a greater right to choose their health care provider. And he is working to enact new legislation to ensure that the medicines taken by consumers are safe and effective.[17]
Tort reform
Dodd has been a long time supporter of tort reform measures.
Criticism
The Center for Public Integrity has criticized Dodd for "being the leading advocate in the Senate on behalf of the accounting industry."[20]
Golden Leash Award
The Golden Leash Award was presented to Dodd by Public Campaign, April 29, 1998:
:"The Golden Leash is a symbol of the ties between special interest money and elected officials. It is awarded to Members of Congress who demonstrate egregious conduct in the quid pro quo practice of dollar democracy.
:"This award serves as a reminder of Senator Dodd's acceptance of $910,304 in campaign cash from January 1993 to December 1997 from the Securities, Investment, Accounting and High-Tech Computer industries... Goldman, Sachs & Co., Morgan Stanley, Salomon Brothers and others donat[ed] $523,551 in PAC and individual contributions. The accounting industry — perhaps the biggest winners in the 1995 securities litigation reform law — donated $345,903 in PAC and individual contributions. This includes such giants as Price Waterhouse, Ernst & Young and Coopers & Lybrand, among others. Deloitte & Touche's contributions to Senator Dodd increased nearly five-fold from 1995 to 1996 soon after Congress passed the reform law the industry championed. The computer industry — a fairly new player in the campaign contribution field — ponied up $40,850 in contributions."
Public Campaign's report cites the following examples: Dodd was an original cosponsor of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and he helped to organize the Senate's override of President Clinton's veto. The National Securities Market Improvement Act, which ultimately weakened oversight that would have protected investors. Dodd lined up as a cosponsor of the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act, an extension of the earlier securities litigation legislation. The bill was strongly supported by The Uniform Standards Coalition, an ad-hoc group of securities, accounting and high-tech computer firms.
Campaign contributions from Enron and Arthur Andersen
On January 30, 2002 Dick Morris wrote in an article for Jewish World Review:
While many candidates of both parties have received campaign contributions from Enron and its self-serving 'independent auditor' Arthur Andersen, very few have passionately fought their cause in Washington as diligently as Chris Dodd. Dodd has received more money from Arthur Andersen than any other Democrat — $54 843.00 — and has aggressively worked to insulate Arthur Andersen and other accounting firms from liability to defrauded investors in cases like Enron.[21]
And in February 2003, Morris wrote:
Dodd protested my [previous] accusations in a letter to the New York Post saying "Dick Morris mistakenly contends that legislation cosponsored by Sen. Christopher Dodd is somehow responsible for the Enron fiasco.
But all independent observers seem to disagree with Dodd. The Washington Post editorialized two weeks ago that "Sen. Chris Dodd, who now proposes reformist legislation, led a battle in 1995 to limit auditor's liability." The Post said that "all the players in this scandal — Enron's managers, its auditors, the lawmakers — helped to create the conditions for Enron's collapse.[22]
2008 presidential campaign
In April 2006, Dodd told the Associated Press he was considering running for president in 2008, saying, "it's an itch. Could grow, could disappear." On May 22, 2006 he told the Hartford Courant he had met with key backers, including congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, and was assembling a team to prepare for the 2008 presidential campaign. In June of 2006, he held his first major Presidential fundraiser, stunning many beltway commentators by raising over $1 million in one night.[23]
Dodd also attended a Florida state Democratic convention in July 2006, which the Hartford Courant newspaper termed a first step in garnering support.[24]
On December 22, 2006, Dodd hired former John Kerry campaign manager Jim Jordan to help him decide whether or not he should seek the presidency in 2008. Even though Jordan was fired in November of 2003 following Kerry's lagging campaign, he is still a sought-after consultant to potential Democratic candidates in the 2008 presidential election.[25] On January 11, 2007, Dodd announced his Presidential candidacy on the "Don Imus in the Morning" radio show. The head of the New Hampshire Democratic party said Dodd told her that he wasn't "going to do the exploratory thing, I'm going to plunge right in."[26]
On January 19, 2007, Dodd made a formal announcement with Connecticut supporters at the Old State House in Hartford.
On March 12, 2007, Dodd appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
Dodd has included his iPod as part of his campaign, allowing visitors to his website to choose his playlist. [27]
On August 26, 2007, a spokeswoman for Dodd said someone had broken into his Hartford, CT office the previous night.
On August 28 2007, it was announced that Chris Dodd would receive the coveted endorsement of the International Association of Fire Fighters. The IAFF is the largest Fire Fighters Union in the United States of America.
Electoral history
'2004 Connecticut United States Senatorial Election'
| 'Christopher Dodd' (D) (inc.) 66% |
| Jack Orchulli (R) 32% |
| Timothy Knibbs (Constitution) 1% |
| Lenny Rasch (Lib.) 1% |
'1998 Connecticut United States Senatorial Election'
| 'Christopher Dodd' (D) (inc.) 68% |
| Gary Franks (R) 32% |
'1992 Connecticut United States Senatorial Election'
| 'Christopher Dodd' (D) (inc.) 58.8% |
| Brook Johnson (R) 38.1% |
'1986 Connecticut United States Senatorial Election'
| 'Christopher Dodd' (D) (inc.) 64.8% |
| Roger W. Eddy (R) 35.2% |
'1980 Connecticut United States Senatorial Election'
| 'Christopher Dodd' (D) 56.3% |
| James L. Buckley (R) 42.9% |
Footnotes
1. The Ancestors of Chris Dodd
2.
3. Eyewitness to Power: The Essence of Leadership from Nixon to Clinton, , David, Gergen, Simon and Schuster, ,
4. Sen. Dodd Not To Run for Re-Election In 2010, Uses PAC to Buy NH and IA Voter Files
5. Chris Dodd, Liberal Rankings at Project Vote Smart
6. Chris Dodd, Conservative Rankings at Project Vote Smart
7. U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes for H.J.Res. 114
8. Sen. Chris Dodd: House and Senate at Its Worst.
9. Senator Christopher J. Dodd On The Future of Economic Relations in the Western Hemisphere
10. Chris Dodd, Civil Liberties at Project Vote Smart
11. Watchdogs of Democracy?: The Waning Washington Press Corps and How It Has Failed the Public, , Helen, Thomas, Simon and Schuster, 2006,
12. Dodd: Restoring Habeas Corpus Rights, Banning Torture, Upholding Geneva Conventions Must Happen Now
13. Chris Dodd, Environmental Issues at Project Vote Smart
14. Chris Dodd: Dodd Touts Energy Plan At Biodiesel Plant, Kitchen Tables In Southeast Iowa Chris Dodd Campaign
15. http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6731171,00.html
16. Sen. Chris Dodd's Quixotic Quest for the Presidency.
17. Official Senate Biograhy
18. Family and Children Interest Group Ratings
19. Official Senate Biograhy
20. Off with Their Heads: Traitors, Crooks, and Obstructionists in American Politics, Media, and Business, , Dick, Morris, HarperCollins, 2004,
21. The odd couple: Chris Dodd and Arthur Andersen
22. Dodd scurries for cover
23. Dodd Raises Million For Possible Run At The Oval Office
24. Unknown
25. Unknown
26. Dodd: Iowa, N.H. may level 2008 field
27. DoddPod
External links
★ Chris Dodd Senate office
★ Chris Dodd Presidential Campaign
★ Genealogy of Chris Dodd
★
;Biographical
★
★ Congresspedia profile
★
★ Peace Corps biography of Chris Dodd
;Finance
★ Federal Election Commission campaign finance reports and data for Congress for President
★ Open Secrets campaign contributions for Congress for President
;Issue positions
★ Project Vote-Smart profile
★
★ Detailed voting record
★
★ Interest group ratings
★ Voting record maintained by the Washington Post
★ On the Issues statements
★ Chris Dodd at WhereIStand.org
;News
★ The New York Times — Christopher J. Dodd News news stories and commentary
★ PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer - Vote 2008: Christopher Dodd
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