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Obama VP Vetter Had Kind Words for Dodd
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| Contributor | Craverguy |
| Last Edited | Craverguy Jun 11, 2008 09:22pm |
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| News Date | Tuesday, June 10, 2008 05:05:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | It's highly unlikely that James A. Johnson, who is leading Sen. Barack Obama's vice presidential search, will say anything in public about various prospects. But consider these 14-month-old comments about one potential running mate: veteran Sen. Christopher Dodd.
In an interview with Jules Witcover on April 9, 2007 and published by the Center for Public Integrity on its website, Johnson urged the Connecticut lawmaker to find a way to keep his second-tier candidacy alive in the months ahead, despite the enormous financial and organizational advantages enjoyed by Obama and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. Dodd dropped out after barely registering in Iowa, but he's considered a decent choice if Obama decides to go the seasoned statesman route.
"Chris Dodd has enormous capacity, intellectually. He has great experience," Johnson told Witcover, as part of the Center's "Buying of the President" election series. "I think he has a good sense of politics, a good sense of the issues. And when the politics of differentiation really kicks in, he is going to have every chance in the world to say, 'Here is why I am better.'" |
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