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Politics : WHO IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 2004 -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (1308)	3/3/2003 12:58:12 PM
From: John Carragher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10965

Dodd Won't Seek Presidential Nomination 03/03/2003 12:18:52 EST Four-term Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut announced Monday that he will not seek the Democratic Party's nomination for president next year. The continuing threat of terrorism, job losses and a worsening economy mean there is a need for new leadership, Dodd told reporters at a news conference. But the presidential election is months away, while actions may be taken in the interim that will have profound consequences. "Every Senate voice and every Senate vote could make a difference in the coming days," Dodd said. "I have come to the conclusion that I can best serve the state and the country by focusing on my work in the United States Senate." Nine Democrats - including Connecticut's junior senator, Joe Lieberman - have announced their candidacies or created committees to begin fund raising for a possible White House bid. Dodd said he will focus on winning re-election to a fifth term in the Senate. Dodd, who was general chairman of the Democratic National Committee, is the senior senator from Connecticut. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, also a Connecticut Democrat, entered the presidential race earlier this year. Dodd visited California, Florida and North Carolina in recent months, but he did not make requisite stops in New Hampshire or Iowa, where the first primaries and caucuses can go a long way toward determining the party's nominee. First elected to the Senate in 1980, Dodd was author of the landmark Family and Medical Leave Act guaranteeing workers at larger companies time off to care for a new child or sick relative. Dodd, who served in the Dominican Republic as a Peace Corps volunteer in the 1960s, has been a leading voice on foreign policy, particularly issues involving Latin America and South America. Dodd challenged South Dakota's Tom Daschle for his party's Senate leadership job in 1995 and lost by a single vote.