Iowans, get ready. An 8-foot version of Sen. Chris Dodd is coming to town.
The International Association of Fire Fighters has plastered his face on two sides of their bright-yellow signature campaign bus and will take the show on the road to prove to Iowa caucus goers why Dodd (D-Conn.) is the best choice for president.
The firefighters will spend 8 days touring the Hawkeye State in the 42-foot-long bus, hitting 20 cities.
The tour "will show everyone in the Great State of Iowa just how hard fire fighters campaign - no matter where their candidate stands in the polls," IAFF says in a release. "The bus tour is all about rallying the troops, just like we did for Kerry in '03 and '04. It's all about getting fire fighters to attend the caucus and influence the outcome, just like they did for Kerry in '04."
Speaking of fire fighters, Sen. Hillary Clinton held two events this weekend with fire paraphernalia as a prop. I dropped an IAFF source a line to fill them in on the fire trucks seen in the Reuters photo below.
My birdie replied: "Was Wolfson driving the trucks?"
Dodd, who moved his family to Iowa in advance of the Jan. 3 caucus, also said yesterday he'll skip the DNC's meeting Friday "instead will be campaigning in Iowa" to "take his case directly" to those voters.
That leaves the other 2008 candidates free to woo Democrats from across the nation.
--Christina Bellantoni, national political reporter, The Washington Times
Comments (2)
Chris Dodd is electable. That makes him the right choice. As President, he will help heal America and protect us from our enemies. This makes him a huge step up from the misrule of the past seven years.
Democrats should not have a 2008 nominee who is Rove-able. The GOP are waiting to run against a candidate who is black and inexperienced or a woman and a Clinton (or a trail lawyer who is pretty). This is because they can NOT withstand any investigation of their policies and how they affect America.
If the race is about who and what is better for America - the Republicans have NO chance. They have to go for distractions.
Chris Dodd has shown - over a long period of time - that he is correct on the issues and that he is capable to step up to the plate. The USA should have no worries about Senator Dood's judgement. His integrity has been tested and he has shown that he is good people, someone to be trusted.
Posted by Robert Costello | December 1, 2007 2:45 PM
Besides the fact that it only aired on radio, two things about the debate stood out to me. First: the candidates were way too easy on each other, and the respective (comprehensive) plans each planned to have in place to deal with complex issues from immigration to Iran.
Second: Hillary's elocution skill, or lack thereof. Until then, Hillary just sounded like a ruptured duck. But as I listened to her butcher syntax, it became clear that she lacks the fundamental knowledge to articulate a simple sentence. I was appalled. Perhaps people lack respect for the English language - because they don't speak it. Did the Chinese black out Hillary in 1995, for that reason? Anyway, I had heard that Hillary failed the BAR Exam in Washington, DC (were that possible), but passed it in Arkansas (surprise, surprise). Yet, Hillary claims to have a lifelong interest in education. So, perhaps this should come as no shock: http://theseedsof9-11.com
Posted by Peggy McGilligan | December 5, 2007 12:24 PM