Chris Dodd; This Race Must End!!

[SoFlaJet]

I have to agree with the future senate majority leader on this...

http://nationaljournal.com/onair/transcripts/080327_dodd_chris.htm

[SoFlaJet]

1. It's a pretty short interview and worth the read...

Q: What's the solution?
Dodd: Well, the solution is -- look, we've got a contest coming up in Pennsylvania and one in North Carolina and Indiana very quickly afterwards. In my view, the outcome of those three races will determine -- I think the race has been determined, anyway, at this point. I think it's very difficult to imagine how anyone can believe that Barack Obama can't be the nominee of the party. I think that's a foregone conclusion, in my view, at this juncture given where things are.
But certainly over the next couple of weeks, as we get into April, it seems to me then, that the national leadership of this party has to stand up and reach a conclusion. And in the absence of doing that -- and that's not easy, and I realize it's painful. But the alternatives, allowing this sort of to fester over the months of June, and July and August, I think, are irresponsible. I think you have to make a decision, and hopefully the candidates will respect it and people will rally behind a nominee that, I think, emerges from these contests over the next month. That's my suggestion. That's what I would do.

[depakid]

2. From a candidate who went nowhere

and who hasn't exactly shown the shrewdest political judgment in the past, I take this with a big grain of salt.

[SoFlaJet]

3. lemmee guess...

Clinton supporter?

[depakid]

19. Hate to break it to you, but not everything is about Hillary

Dodd may be decent legislator from Connecticut, where he protects insurance interests, but that doesn't always translate into judgment on national politics.

[DB1]

7. Just one of the greatest Senators in history, that's all. Jeez, get a grip.

[depakid]

16. Pretty low standards

doesn't hold a candle to someone like, say Maggie:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_G._Magnuson

[DB1]

20. Yes us WA State people are pretty down and dem.

[Yael]

17. And if it weren't for him working the Family Leave Act

Hillary wouldn't have anyone's work to steal and call her own.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x348522

[Radio_Lady]

4. Thanks for posting this link, SoFlaJet. This bloodletting MUST end.

Perhaps this will be the road it should take.

Peace,

Radio Lady

[SoFlaJet]

5. you're welcome RL

how's your show going?

[Radio_Lady]

8. Thanks for asking....

OPB is closing down their radio reading service on 4/30/08.

I was given my walking papers over the telephone on 2/20/08.

I'm looking for a new volunteer job this spring.

Cordially,

Ex-Radio Lady !!!!

[SoFlaJet]

9. LOL

best of luck...good things happen to good people anyway...like you

[Radio_Lady]

11. What a kind thing to say!

I'm thinking about working with therapy horses -- oddly enough.

www.forwardstride.org

[Radio_Lady]

6. K&R.

[bemildred]

10. "Anytime, Linda. Always a joy. Thanks." nt

[Purveyor]

12. K&R - I also agree with the Dodd solution for the Michigan and Florida delegates. Split them 50-50.

[AZ Criminal JD]

21. Except it's not legal under both Michigan and Florida election law

Dodd should consult with some election attorneys before he says things which can't be done.

[Purveyor]

22. Can you link to the state laws that proclaim it as 'illegal'?

[AZ Criminal JD]

23. I could if you will pay my Westlaw acount bills.

[Benhurst]

13. If Dodd is now king, why do we even need a president?

:shrug:

[roseBudd]

14. Independents who would never even consider voting for a Democrat are attracted to this candidacy"

and I believe that helps us win the election in November. But more importantly, I think it helps build that kind of consensus we're looking for, and we're looking for leadership that truly will try and speak for all Americans, and I think Barack Obama offers that opportunity. It's been his appeal as a Democratic candidate and that is, I think, what is necessary to win. But more importantly, far more importantly than winning, although you've got to do that to create change, is the ability to reach across those lines and to start acting like a nation again instead of a two-party nation.


Wisdom.

[cascadiance]

15. Hope Feingold jumps in and echoes what he says here...

I'd like between he and Dodd to get that position from Reid and work together on stuff in the coming congress to start enforcing some more progressive stances in the Senate!

[Deny and Shred]

18. After dropping out, Dodd is truly speaking his mind, a good thing.

Granted, he IS endorsing a specific candidate, but he is standing up and saying so. Too many others sitting on sidelines and letting the Dems kill each other to the ultimate detriment of the party, and eventual candidate.

His speech the night before the failed Senate FISA vote was the best speech I've heard in a loooong time, and I include all that Obama has contributed in that opinion.