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Obama supports Dodd's re-election
"Chris is going through a rough patch," Obama said. "He just has an extraordinary record of accomplishment, and I think the people in Connecticut will come to recognize that. ... He always has his constituencies at heart, and he's somebody I'm going to be relying on and working very closely with to shepherd through the types of regulatory reforms we need." Senator Chris Dodd of Connecticut served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Dominican Republic in the 1960's.
Obama supports Dodd's re-election
President Obama: Dodd deserves my help
President Obama has been notably reticent to play a lead role in helping other Democratic Congressional campaigns, playing a very limited role in getting-out-the-vote in a Georgia Senate runoff late last year, and keeping a low profile in the still-ongoing New York special election.
But he has no qualms in giving embattled Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) an early show of support and pledging that he will be helping his reelection efforts, in an interview with the Boston Globe:
The political perils for Dodd, who is being outpolled by each of three little-known Republicans, have grown so acute that President Obama weighed in yesterday with a strong endorsement and a pledge of personal support.
"I can't say it any clearer: I will be helping Chris Dodd because he deserves the help," Obama told the Globe yesterday in a phone interview from Air Force One, as he flew to Mexico on a diplomatic trip.
"Chris is going through a rough patch," Obama said. "He just has an extraordinary record of accomplishment, and I think the people in Connecticut will come to recognize that. ... He always has his constituencies at heart, and he's somebody I'm going to be relying on and working very closely with to shepherd through the types of regulatory reforms we need."
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