Chris Dodd

Insiders: What went right and wrong for Obama, McCain?

 
While insiders spent time recently thinking about what has made Obama’s campaign successful, most talk of the McCain campaign more was about its missteps than its successes.

Harkin: Dodd should be Obama’s VP choice

U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin says he’s an unabashed supporter of U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., as Barack Obama’s running mate. Meanwhile, Harkin, who ran for the presidency himself in 1992, says “realism” holds that Hillary Clinton has little chance of making the cut for vice presidential candidate as “latent” sexism and racism would give such a ticket perhaps too steep a cultural hill to climb.

Grassley: I’m Too Old For VP

“I’m too old to be vice president,” Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley told Capitol Hill newspaper The Hill.

Grassley is 74; Republican presidential candidate John McCain is 71.

“But I am young enough to be reelected to the Senate,” said Grassley, hinting at a run for a sixth Senate term in 2010.

Commentary: Who Should Be On Obama’s Top 10 Vice Presidential List

(Commentary) The conventional thinking in Democratic vice presidential speculation is that the red carpet is down, spread with few wrinkles, for New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, a former commander in chief aspirant himself. But should Barack Obama win the Democratic nomination, Richardson, while surely on the Illinois senator’s short list, is by no means a [...]

Have Iowa Dems outgrown the caucus system?

(Commentary) Three days have elapsed since the Iowa caucuses, and while most of the presidential candidates have moved on to New Hampshire, some Iowa Democrats cannot shake the sense that Iowa’s first-in-the-nation status may be in jeopardy. Others are left wondering whether the caucus system itself will be resurrected four years from now.

While the Iowa [...]

Biden, Dodd & Richardson to Iowans: Make your own decision

[Exclusive] — Contrary to news reports from state and national media, three of Iowa’s Democratic campaigns want their supporters to know that no blanket campaign directive has been issued, instructing supporters to throw support behind a different candidate during tonight’s caucus.
“If Iowans are independent enough to have chosen me from the field of candidates, I’m [...]

2008 campaign shortchanging women (and you)

Iowa women, just like many women throughout the nation, entered this election season with high hopes. For the first time in history, there would be a front-running woman vying for the nation’s highest office. More importantly, after surviving the sound bite days of “soccer moms” and “security moms,” women were ready to stand politically independent [...]

Dem Vets Scatter Endorsements Among Dodd, Obama, Biden

One thing members of the Iowa Democratic Veterans’ Caucus (IDVC) agreed upon, other than the “Four Points of Honor,” was that the Democrats had a strong field of candidates to choose from this year. Taking their cue from John Kerry’s successful investment in targeting Iowa veterans during his late surge and comeback victory in the [...]

Dodd raps Obama’s lack of foreign policy experience, not a time for ‘celebrity’

Speaking to about 400 people in the county seat town of Audubon, Iowa recently, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said that his personal background, well-chronicled in his two books and by the media, can change the face of America — that when he talks to leaders of other nations they’ll know that as a son [...]

Edwards Rally: Iowans Still Shopping Around

With only 13 shopping days left until the Iowa Caucuses, a number of voters were out shopping for the candidate they want to caucus for Jan. 3. This was the case for some of the attendees at former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards’ campaign rally at the Holiday Inn Convention Center in Coralville Saturday.

Kathleen Hession, [...]