Chris Dodd on the road with fire fighters union

[Adelante]

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Presidential hopeful Chris Dodd continued his tour of key early states on Friday, appearing with the firefighters' union he hopes will spark his struggling campaign.

Dodd hopes the International Association of Firefighters' endorsement he won this week will lift him from near the bottom of a Democratic field dominated by Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama and former Sen. John Edwards.


"I love people with guts. I love people who got courage," Dodd said at a Manchester firehouse with union president Harold Schaitberger at his side. "You don't sit around and say, 'who's ahead in the polls or who do we think might win this race?' A firefighter says, 'who ought to win the race, who ought to lead the country?"'

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The 281,000-member union was one of two to endorse Democratic Sen. John Kerry early in the 2003-04 election cycle.

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The union's membership is a relatively small slice of the AFL-CIO federation that is critical in Democratic primaries. But it is among the most politically active and visible unions, particularly since the 2001 terrorist attacks when New York firefighters became national heroes.

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[jillan]

1. That is great for him!

I sincerely hope it helps his campaign.
He's too talented to be at 1% in the polls.