Sen. Christopher Dodd to endorse Obama

[catgirl]

WASHINGTON - Democratic Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut plans to endorse former presidential rival Barack Obama.


Dodd will endorse his colleague, a senator from Illinois, in Cleveland on Tuesday, according to a Democratic official close to Dodd who requested anonymity because no formal announcement had been made.

Dodd's support, coupled with his liberal credentials, could provide a boost for Obama as major contests near in big states such as Ohio and Texas on March 4. Obama has won some key Democratic endorsements in recent weeks, including Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy, a close friend of Dodd.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080226/ap_on_el_pr/obama_dodd;_ylt=AkLOcAjxw654wBsxI0ltnK2s0NUE

[cali]

1. Excellent, and that he's going to OH to do it is really good news

for the Obama campaign. That SD gap is closing fast.

[deadlyaj]

41. good for him

this is great news for Obama

[Guava Jelly]

2. YAY!

:D

[Bicoastal]

3. THAT scalawag? I'd rather get an endorsement from Daniel Plainview.

I...drink....your...KOOLAID!!



:sarcasm:

No, congrats to Obama and Dodd both. I'm looking forward to seeing how DU's Negative Nancies spin this into a minus for Obama somehow...

[Tellurian]

6. Yes, Dodd can join Obama's mentor, Lieberman in destroying whats left of the Democratic Party

These political whores deserve to have McCain throttle them at the polls...

Lets do what's best for Dodd and his cohorts and forget about the People who will be getting a Royal screwing!

Jackie Kennedy would be spinning in her grave knowing her grandchildren are leading their mother around by the nose. She hated politics and never would have allowed her children to get involved. She always called the press an politics a sewer over which she intended on building a bridge for her children to rise above it. Jackie had many acquaintances, most of *those* will claim they were very close to her. :rofl:

[Bicoastal]

8. Um, I was kidding.

And you're clearly insane.

[Window]

11. LOL!

:rofl:




Peace:thumbsup:

[sniffa]

13. Of course she is

:rofl:

I'm just stunned she's still here.

[Tellurian]

20. I couldn't care less about your opinion..

and you are the one who is unable to carry on a conversation without the vitriol spewed by the institutionalized.

[cali]

21. 95% of DU thinks

your vicious posts are an indication of hate turned to insanity. Vitriol is all you have. Lame.

[angie_love]

39. LOL!! Go Bicoastal!!!

[GodlessBiker]

46. You know, I think you're right. Very odd.

[NDambi]

9. Hillary for President...

:woohoo: :sarcasm:

[cali]

10. What crap. I actually knew Jackie Kennedy Onassis

She was a kind and lovely woman. I worked for a close friend of hers and that's how I got to know her. You should shut your pie hole. You are fucking clueless. Disgusting.

[MagickMuffin]

16. The DLC DESTROYED THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

:cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry:

[johnnydrama]

18. well

i've ignored all the other twits on DU, but you're just so funny I can't do it.

[johnnydrama]

19. you should buy this website

hillaryis64.com

No, it's not her age when she can next run for President. She's the 64th senator from NY. If you want to dedicate a website to her, i'd suggest you snap that up soon.

hilaryis64.com

I'll send you the $5 to buy it.

[blogslut]

25. Your signature graphic

...looks like a diaphragm. Is that on purpose?

[earthlover]

32. Do you think you will do any good calling good Democrats "whores"?

The Hillary camp's "my way or the highway" attitude is unnerving.

Kennedy, Dodd, "whores"? OMG

You really should reconsider.

[K Gardner]

35. Bitter much? Gonna be a tough week for you, eh?

[susankh4]

36. I am disappointed

I would have given him more credit than that.

Seems everyone is just swept up in the mania.

[catgirl]

45. Yah, the mania to elect a great president

nothing wrong with that. "given him more credit"...Sour grapes.

[karynnj]

37. She may have hated politics, but her kids did get involved

in their uncle's races and occasionally for others. In 2004, Caroline Kennedy spoke of how at 15 she rode her bike over to help John Kerry when he made his first run for Congress in 1972. (There was a cute picture of her and her brother from that time in one of the Kerry biographies.) JFKjr published a political magazine.

You read the OP wrong - Dodd is NOT joining Leiberman, who endorsed McCain - He joins Kennedy, who is the head of teh Democratic wing of the Democratic party.

[catgirl]

44. Please flame elsewhere

You need some serious help.

[NDambi]

4. Good for Obama!!

[TexasObserver]

5. I've always liked Chris. He's decent. Don't have any idea why he ran, though.

I'm guessing he did it for his kids to say "look, it's Daddy!" A good legislator for his state, but not a presidential contender. Glad to see him to do the right thing.

[NDambi]

7. Another Endorsement....Former TX Gov. White to endorse Obama

Former Texas Gov. Mark White plans to announce his support Tuesday for Sen. Barack Obama in his pursuit of the Democratic presidential nomination.

White said Obama is a visionary who has set forth a superior proposal to reform the health care system. White plans to make his announcement at a Houston hospital.

"Barack's vision is exactly what our nation needs right now," White said in a statement. "Right now, Texas has the highest rate of uninsured in the nation. I believe that Barack's health care plan is the answer we've been looking for."

White, a conservative Democrat, was elected governor in 1982, defeating Republican Bill Clements. He served four years and was defeated by Clements in 1986. White ran for governor again in 1990, but lost in the Democratic primary to Ann Richards.

[Guava Jelly]

12. You should start a thread "Barack and White"

And post that :)

[NDambi]

15. lol, I'm out of post..can someone else do it...

[MagickMuffin]

14. Ah, yes the '86 election where Rove had a bug planted in his office to draw attention away

from the upcoming debate between White and Clements.

Boy those were the days.

I'm happy to hear White is endorsing Barack.

[TexasObserver]

22. YOU know your Texas politics!!

[MagickMuffin]

29. I sent you a PM, about the '86 race in Texas

check it out and if you want to discuss more than PM me. Although I'm about to take a break for awhile. I'll be back later.

[TexasObserver]

33. Got it, and sent you a Dem war story from the 80s back at ya.

Small world.

[crispini]

30. I remember that.

UGH!

[TexasObserver]

34. Did you know that back then Rove was tight with a journalist named Robert Novak?

Those two are thick as thieves.

[MagickMuffin]

17. I hope Dodd comes to Texas since he is fluent in Spanish

He has a week to campaign here in the Lone Star State.

[TexasObserver]

23. Si se puede. La esperanza.

Chris can speak Espanol well. I sure hope we see him in the valley. He could do some good.

Brownsville
Harlingen
McAllen
Del Rio
Eagle Pass
Laredo
El Paso
Corpus Christi
and
San Antonio

That's where we need Spanish speakers appearing with or for Obama.

Teddy is still popular in South Texas, too.

[MagickMuffin]

27. Si se puede: Yes WE Can...........

Chris Dodd come on down.

[TexasObserver]

28. It was the first two years of Bill Clinton's first term that set up our losses in '94.

I sure hope we're on the verge of taking the state back. We need to be able to win in 2010 on state races. We need the full coalition to do it. It was the first two years of Bill Clinton's first term that set up our losses in '94.

[MagickMuffin]

31. Yeah, Billbo's Third Way really worked out so well

I found it really funny in a sad sort of way, that Hillary is campaigning about ALL the wonderful things she's going to do to make changes for our country.

I can't help but wonder why her husband didn't do any of these things when he had 8 years to do something important.

Also when I hear her mention Walter Reed and the awful crap our toops were enduring and she didn't seem to know about it until a newspaper wrote an article about it. If the article hadn't printed the story do you think she would have known what was going on?.?.?

[karynnj]

40. The Kennedy event in South Texas looked like great fun

I never knew he had that strong a voice and could sing.

[alteredstate]

24. Another important endorsement for Senator Obama!

eom

[BeyondGeography]

26. Thank you, Senator Dodd

K&R for my favorite candidate in the race after Barack.

[Alter Ego]

38. Excellent!

Dodd's a Providence College alum--like me, so it's even cooler.

[Hepburn]

42. Excellent....

...another high profile Dem who is working for party unity by supporting Obama!

:applause:

[K Gardner]

43. I don't think its a coincidence that this major endorsement comes today. K&R

[stillcool]

47. I know that endorsements don't count..

but I like Senator Dodd, and I am glad that he expressed his choice, and that the choice is Obama. Another Senator with one of the most liberal voting records in the U.S. Congress. I'm sure his record doesn't matter either, but still, I am pleased.

[Hope And Change]

48. Here`s a Live feed

http://media.myfoxcleveland.com/livestreaming/MORN_CHAT.html