If not Dodd, other Obama clues about the VP choice given from NC.

by oden, Wed Aug 20, 2008 at 03:53:42 PM EST

As far as I know Chris Dodd has yet to be given a speaking spot at the Democratic National Convention, which makes me wonder if he is going to end up being the choice for VP.
He has been a supporter of Obama since February. Will bring the "experience" the media keeps saying Obama needs. The Obama people have put him through the vetting process. Can speak Spanish and was once in the peace corps. Was also part of the U.S. Army Reserves and Army National Guard. Has been quite of late.
I know there are some negatives. Questions about the loan he got being a big one.
He's not my first choice, but I'm starting to wonder if he is going to end up being the choice.

EDIT:If not Dodd, then who would fit the following clues Obama gave yesterday in NC about his VP pick. I know some people are going to think Hillary, but I'm pretty sure it's not going to be her, so who else would fit the following description. "I want somebody who has integrity, who's in politics for the right reasons, I want somebody who is independent. Somebody who is able to say to me, 'you know what, Mr. President, I think you're wrong on this and here's why' and will give me (applause) who will help me think through major issues and consult with me, would be a key advisor. I want somebody who is capable of being president and who I would trust to be president. That's the first criteria for vice president. And the final thing is I want a [vice] president who shares with me a passion to make the lives of the American people better than they are right now. I want someone who is not in it just because they want to have their name up in lights or end up being president. I want somebody who is mad right now, that people are losing their jobs. And is mad right now that people have seen their incomes decline, and want to rebuild the middle class in this country. That's the kind of person that I want; somebody who in their gut knows where they came from and believes that we have to grow this country from the bottom up."


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Re: Could it end up being Chris Dodd? (none / 0)

Ah, the thrill of being a "Dodd-a-maniac" awaits us all....

Nope, the CountryWide loan issue made Chris persona non gratis at the vetting table this year IMHO..

Come on, the speaking schedule as criterion for VP has been hacked to death, even the dumb as bricks pundits aren't buying that scam.

Of course, I am actually PRAYING the schedule is Golden, cause that leaves a certian former NATO Commander, Rhodes Scholar, and General of the Army waiting in the wings....


On Nov 4th, we elected "the smart guy" and the world celebrated!
by WashStateBlue on Wed Aug 20, 2008 at 04:11:15 PM EST

Re: Could it end up being Chris Dodd? (2.00 / 1)

Dud. News about a "Sweetheart deal" is still relatively fresh.


by soyousay on Wed Aug 20, 2008 at 04:11:33 PM EST

Not a chance in Hell. (2.00 / 1)

You touched on it in your diary--the VIP treatment Dodd got on his mortgage from Countrywide Bank, as a "friend of Angelo". Think about the following:

1. Most importantly, hundreds of thousands of people are going through the nightmare of foreclosure, not to mention ARM's that are adjusting upward. Against this backdrop, you don't want a VP nominee who got special priveleges.
2.Dodd isn't Chairman of just any committee...he chairs the Senate Banking Committee, which regulates the institutions from which he took some "goodies".
3.His buddy Angelo Mozillo of Countrywide is probably the poster boy for unethical behavior in the whole subprime mess. It will be harder to lay this at the Republicans' feet when our own VP nominee is tainted.

Given all this, it's no accident that Dodd won't be speaking at the Convention. This may well up in the Senate Ethics Committee.


by BJJ Fighter on Wed Aug 20, 2008 at 04:18:36 PM EST

Re: Not a chance in Hell. (none / 0)

I have a sinking suspicion that Fannie Mae's lobbying activities might come up later this fall as well, with or without Dodd as a VP candidate.


While I could sit in church and pray all I want, I wouldn't be fulfilling God's will unless I went out and did the Lord's work ~ Barack Obama
by bowiegeek on Wed Aug 20, 2008 at 04:23:14 PM EST
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Re: Not a chance in Hell. (none / 0)

yeah, the whole Fannie/Freddie things is one big cesspool. There will be a whole lot of rats coming out of the woodwork on this one.


by BJJ Fighter on Wed Aug 20, 2008 at 06:39:29 PM EST
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"may well up in the Senate Ethics (none / 0)

Committee"?
It was already referred to the committee by 2 R congressgoons who see a real easy sound bite attack on an otherwise secure D senator.
John McCain says he would stay in Iraq for 100 years? That's crazy talk!
by kosnomore on Wed Aug 20, 2008 at 04:24:16 PM EST
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Re: Could it end up being Chris Dodd? (none / 0)

Bayh....


Educated in a small town Taught to fear Jesus in a small town Used to daydream in that small town Another born romantic that's me.
by lori on Wed Aug 20, 2008 at 04:39:18 PM EST

Re: Could it end up being Chris Dodd? (none / 0)

Lori, really?

Bayh will be Joe Lieberman, showing lots of deference to the Repubs....He's too damn polite!

Kerry lost IMHO cause he looked gutless as hell under the SwiftBoat attacks.

Give me Biden at least, if I can't have Clinton or Wes...

Someone that will throw a punch at least.


On Nov 4th, we elected "the smart guy" and the world celebrated!
by WashStateBlue on Wed Aug 20, 2008 at 04:42:57 PM EST
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Re: Could it end up being Chris Dodd? (none / 0)

Well you are not going to get Biden , Clark or Clinton.

I am satisfied with Bayh because of where he is ideologically , he is not an exciting fellow but he is solid on most things.


Educated in a small town Taught to fear Jesus in a small town Used to daydream in that small town Another born romantic that's me.
by lori on Wed Aug 20, 2008 at 04:52:08 PM EST
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I think it is Bayh (none / 0)

and the more I read about him and think about it the more I am beginning to like the idea. He bores me to tears but he is LOVED in Indiana and he has a lot of the right experience.

Taking Indiana from McCain would be a huge deal in terms of electoral Math and though he isn't going to light the world on fire with his progressive stances Birch Evans Bayh III is certainly capable of sitting in the Oval Office if it ever came to that.

He might be the best all around choice as strange as it seems to say.


Hey guys? You know we won right? You can stop the doooooomsaying now.
by JDF on Wed Aug 20, 2008 at 04:46:06 PM EST

Re: Could it end up being Chris Dodd? (none / 0)

Dodd Squad Alert!


by Jerome Armstrong on Wed Aug 20, 2008 at 05:05:41 PM EST

Feingold fits that descrption (2.00 / 1)

and he's awesome.


McCain sucks!
by teknofyl on Wed Aug 20, 2008 at 05:23:19 PM EST

Re: Feingold fits that descrption (none / 0)

We can dream, at least for another day or two...


by CA Pol Junkie on Wed Aug 20, 2008 at 05:26:28 PM EST
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Re: If not Dodd, other Obama clues about the VP ch (none / 0)

He is starting the work of unity by building up Hillary.

He will shame people like me into building him up by building up Hillary.

Wait for it....


by dtaylor2 on Wed Aug 20, 2008 at 06:38:24 PM EST

Your comment gave me a whole different view (none / 0)

of this part of his remarks:  
"I want someone who is not in it just because they want to have their name up in lights or end up being president."

When I first read it, I thought he was basically ruling her out by saying that, since she very clearly wants to be president, it can't be her. After I read your comment, though, it's making me wonder if he was talking directly to his supporters who may not trust Sen. Clinton's motives. You know? Saying to them, "Look I trust this person to have my back, and if you trust me, you'll trust her too." Sort of what she's having to do with her supporters.

Maybe it IS her after all.


by Liberal Monk on Wed Aug 20, 2008 at 11:17:34 PM EST
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That sounds like boilerplate (none / 0)

and I wouldn't read much into it.  What else would he say?  

"I want someone who puts a red state in play, and also a total yes-wo/man who will go along with whatever I say.  Most importantly, someone who is indifferent to the well-being of Americans is an important criterion for me."


by JJE on Wed Aug 20, 2008 at 06:55:04 PM EST

no real clue from obama (none / 0)

Since the criteria that Obama mentions is, for the most part, very subjective, almost anyone can fit that description.


The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations. -- David Friedman
by pollbuster on Wed Aug 20, 2008 at 07:39:20 PM EST


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