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Politics : The Next President 2008 -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Tadsamillionaire who wrote (154)	1/12/2007 6:51:01 PM
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With Hat In Ring, Dodd Gets Busy Juggles Interviews, Duties In Senate January 12, 2007 WASHINGTON -- Sen. Christopher J. Dodd is off and running today for president - literally - as he heads for Iowa and South Carolina in search of support and recognition. The Democratic senator spent a whirlwind day Thursday explaining his candidacy and performing his Senate duties after formally filing papers to run for the White House in 2008. The day showed both the promise and problems Dodd faces as he enters a field expected to be dominated by New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and possibly Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and 2004 vice presidential nominee John Edwards. Although Dodd got respect from the media and fellow politicians, he also frequently found himself up against potential pitfalls. And he found an old friend would not be with him for the time being. In the past two presidential election cycles, Dodd has backed Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman's national campaigns, even lobbying hard for Lieberman to be nominated for vice president in 2000 and then moving at the convention for him to be nominated by acclamation. When Dodd considered running for the White House in 2004, Lieberman's candidacy was viewed as a roadblock - Dodd did not want to challenge his fellow senator. Dodd supported Lieberman's U.S. Senate primary bid against Ned Lamont, who eventually won, and then supported Lamont, the Democratic nominee, in the general election. Thursday, Lieberman told Dodd he would be sitting out the campaign for a while. "I'm going to stay out of presidential politics, any presidential campaign, for some time," Lieberman, who now calls himself an independent Democrat, told MSNBC. "I wish Chris luck, but I'm going to concentrate on being a senator." Dodd seemed undeterred as he balanced a day of media calls and interviews with a Senate Foreign Relations Committee session with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, where he told her the U.S. Iraq policy is a "fool's paradise." During a series of afternoon votes on reform legislation, Dodd appeared on the Senate floor wearing thick pancake makeup. courant.com