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NASHUA, N.H. - Aiming to create the first generation in which all Americans serve their country, Democratic presidential hopeful Chris Dodd is offering a range of initiatives to encourage — and in some cases compel — community service. "All Americans should serve our country," the Connecticut senator said in remarks prepared for delivery Saturday. "Endowed as we are with so many gifts, is it too much to ask that we each give something back to this remarkable place?" He proposes making community service mandatory for all high school students, doubling the size of the Peace Corps by 2011 and expanding...

In the Summer of 1989 Kennedy and fellow Senator Chris Dodd were having lunch at famous Washington D.C. restaurant La Brasserie. Kennedy requested the attendance of waitress Carla Gaviglio. According to the Washington Times "When she put in an appearance in their private retreat - 'The Teddy Kennedy Fun Room' - the Massachusetts senator picked her up and heaved her onto a table. The crystal candlesticks and champagne glasses shattered as he grabbed her again and flung her on top of Dodd. "Then Kennedy threw himself on top of the woman. The waitress implored Mr. Kennedy to 'Get off me!'...

Another Dem candidate hires 'nasty' blogger After Edwards flap, White House-hopeful signs staffer with colorful Web trail A little more than three months after profane, anti-Catholic writings led to the resignation of Sen. John Edwards' campaign blogger, a man hired to head another Democratic presidential candidate's Web enterprise is under scrutiny for his past Internet postings. Matt Browner-Hamlin, the new official campaign blogger for Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd, frequently used explicit language in scathing diatribes that vilified his political opponents, according to documentation by blogger Ian Schwartz. [Editor's note: Schwartz's documentation can be seen here. Warning: obscene language] Among Browner-Hamlin's...

Democrats, including U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd, are raising concerns about President Bush's nominee for ambassador to Belgium because he gave money to the group that impugned Sen. John Kerry's war record during the 2004 presidential campaign. With a vote set today in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Dodd, D-Conn., said Tuesday he opposes the nomination of St. Louis businessman Sam Fox because Fox "refused to apologize for his behavior" during a confirmation hearing last month. "U.S. ambassadors need to be both responsible and credible, and Mr. Fox's support for an organization known to have spread falsehoods illustrates neither," said Dodd,...

During the Cold War, Western leaders characterized communist China's armed forces as long on manpower and short on military technology. Jan. 11, a perfectly aimed Chinese missile blew an old weather satellite to smithereens, demonstrating that China has potential to wage modern, high-tech war. What happened in the interim is a scandal that makes Watergate, Monicagate and all the other -gates look like spitting-on-the-sidewalk offenses. During the 1996 presidential election campaign, the Democratic National Committee under then-General Chairman Christopher J. Dodd (yes, that Chris Dodd) accepted large, laundered contributions from the Red Chinese and from U.S. industrialists eager to enrich...

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd on Friday dismissed suggestions he's a long-shot contender for the Democratic presidential nomination, saying "people are going to give me a hearing." Dodd said his early testing of the waters has left him convinced that better-known potential candidates, such as New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, do not have a lock on the nomination. Dodd said most activists are reserving judgment. "I don't think people in Iowa want to be told what the outcome is," Dodd told The Associated Press. "I wouldn't have gotten into this if I hadn't been out here for...

NEW YORK -- Democratic Sen. Christopher Dodd, a veteran lawmaker who entered Congress in the post-Watergate class of 1974, will announce his bid for the presidency, Democratic officials said Wednesday. Dodd, 62, will make the formal announcement in an interview Thursday morning on the "Imus in the Morning" radio show _ a curious bit of timing since he'll be forced to compete with heavy coverage of President Bush's speech on the Iraq war. Dodd will travel late Thursday to Iowa, which will host the first presidential nominating caucus next January. He heads to South Carolina, an early primary state, on...

WASHINGTON - The White House isn't the only prestigious address on Sen. Christopher Dodd's mind as he nears a decision on whether he'll plunge into a crowded field of Democratic presidential contenders. Wall Street also looms large. The Connecticut senator will become chairman of the Senate Banking Committee in Congress, giving him oversight of the nation's banking, financial services and insurance industries. The post will create new fundraising opportunities - a potential boost for a longshot prospect like Dodd who must prove he can raise the tens of million of dollars needed to stay competitive in the 2008 campaign. "Any...

Sen. Dodd Argues for Iraq Withdrawal Dec 24 12:13 PM US/Eastern By JOHN DUNBAR Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON Sen. Chris Dodd, a Democrat who is considering a run for the White House, argued in a column in an Iowa newspaper Sunday for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. Iowa is home to the first contest for the Democratic nomination for president. In an op-ed in The Des Moines Register, the Connecticut lawmaker wrote: "The time has come for the United States to begin the process of getting our troops out of Iraq." Dodd, a member of the Senate Foreign...

I have had the honor of serving on the Senate Judiciary Committee for 43 years, during which I've participated in confirmation hearings for every one of the justices who now sit on the Supreme Court. Over that time, my colleagues and I have asked probing questions and listened attentively to substantive responses. Because we were able to learn a great deal about the nominees from those hearings, the Senate has rarely voted along party lines. I voted, for example, for three of President Ronald Reagan's five Supreme Court nominees... But the careful, bipartisan process of years past -- like so...

With Connecticut Democrats intent upon tossing Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman overboard, one must wonder if Sen. Christopher J. Dodd realizes he is following the same path that led to the party's mutiny against his Senate colleague and friend. Sen. Dodd has caught the presidential bug from Sen. Lieberman. Last weekend, his say-anything-to-get-elected speech to Florida Democrats was warmly received. Though the 2008 presidential race is about as wide open as it can be, Sen. Dodd's candidacy faces considerable odds, in everything from fund-raising to name recognition. He has the further disadvantage of being a Democratic senator from New England, a...

Dodd promises "bruising" fight over Bolton 14 minutes ago Democratic Sen. Christopher Dodd (news, bio, voting record) of Connecticut on Sunday promised a bruising fight in the U.S. Senate against confirming John Bolton to be the country's ambassador to the United Nations. President George W. Bush bypassed the Senate and installed Bolton into the position last year when lawmakers were on recess. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee scheduled a confirmation hearing on Bolton for Thursday after Ohio Republican Sen. George Voinovich (news, bio, voting record), who previously opposed the nomination, expressed support for Bolton. "This is going to be a...

Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd believes Florida is a must-win state to become president, and he made a good impression Saturday talking to party activists in his first major appearance since announcing he'll explore a 2008 White House run. He warmed up a luncheon crowd by talking about his friendship with popular Florida Democrats like former Sen. Bob Graham and the late Gov. Lawton Chiles, mentioning the state's 2000 presidential recount and his efforts to fix voting problems and encouraging the crowd to take back the governor's seat this year. "Everybody's talking about 2008," he said. "If you do not get...

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Christopher Dodd would need loads of money and a sharper political profile to emerge from the crowded Democratic pack as a legitimate 2008 presidential contender, according to political analysts. "He's starting from scratch," said Merle Black, a political science professor at Emory University in Atlanta. "It's a long way from Connecticut to the White House." "I'm going to go out and talk about myself," Dodd said. "I'm not going to talk about who else is running. I think, frankly, that's one of the problems of politics." The senator conceded fundraising will be a "big question" for his...

Teddy now realizes that he is vastly overmatched, trying to question Alito, so he is now asking for help. ROTFLMAO We should probably try and help him out huh? LOL

Sen. Teddy Kennedy (D.-Mass.) was voted overwhelmingly the "biggest windbag" on the Judiciary Committee in yesterday's AlitoBlog.com poll. With 500 votes cast, Kennedy received 69.6% of the vote -- far outpacing his nearest rival, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D.-N.Y.), who finished with 18%. Sen. Joe Biden (D.-Del.), a likely presidential candidate in 2008, had 6.4% to finish third. The committee's ranking Democrat, Sen. Patrick Leahy (Vt.), despite his prominent role during the hearings, placed fourth with 2.4%. Sen. Dianne Feinstein had 1.9% for a fifth-place finish. The other two Democrats, Senators Herb Kohl (Wis.) and Russ Feingold (Wis.), received no votes....

Coral Snake Song - I've Got No Strings (Taking on TWO DemocRAT gun grabbers in one song.) Original song from Walt Disney's Pinocchio by Leigh Harline and Ned Washington(1940) Update Parody by Coral Snake (2006) Midi - I've Got No Strings Look under "Pinocchio" I've still got fangs, I won't be trod, Ted Kennedy, Christopher Dodd, In this song, you're sure to see, There are still fangs in me. Teddy the Swimmer man, I'm the safest one by far. My guns are less deadly, Then your Oldsmobile car. I've still got fangs, I won't be trod, Ted Kennedy, Christopher Dodd,...

WASHINGTON— Anticipating President Bush soon will appoint John Bolton as U.N. ambassador, a leading Democrat said Sunday that Bolton would go without the confidence of Congress. "He's damaged goods. This is a person who lacks credibility," said Sen. Christopher Dodd, a senior Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He said Bush should think again before using a recess appointment to place Bolton at the United Nations while the Senate is on its traditional August break. "That's not what you want to send up, a person who doesn't have the confidence of the Congress and so many people who've urged...

The chicken-doves cry gloom and doom on Iraq on the TV, cable and newsprint for two years straight, and then turn to poll numbers as 'proof' that Americans want out of Iraq. These lost in the 60-70s ‘chicken-doves’ like Senators Edward Kennedy and Chris Dodd love to compare Iraq with Vietnam. Yet both of these two were vocal in the Democratic congress of 1975 that cut off funding to our ally South Vietnam. As I read about Bush administration being called 'ChickenHawks' by libs (that you can’t support the troops or any War under a Republican unless you are on...

[Below is the floor peech of Rep. Ric Keller (R.-Fla.) regarding Electoral Vote count delivered on January 6, 2005.] There's a wise saying we've used quite a bit in Florida over the past four years that the other side would do well to learn -- GET OVER IT. Isn't it ironic that the only people who refuse to "move on" are the people from MoveOn.org and their hero Michael Moore? My colleagues across the aisle have two sides to choose from, the John Kerry side that acknowledges the election is over and President Bush has won. Or the Michael Moore...