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Dodd Gets in Touch with his Feminine Side

October 18, 2007 2:48 PM

ABC News' Donna Hunter Reports: White House hopeful Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., got cozy with the ladies of "The View" Thursday, chatting up his book "Letters from Nuremberg." The book, a compilation of love letters sent from his father Senator Thomas Dodd to his wife Grace, chronicles Dodd's time while serving as a prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials following World War II.

Dodd opened up to the women of "The View" about his thoughts on the state of the constitution, his father's censure by the Senate in 1967, his current chances of winning his party's presidential nomination and an unlikely topic -- menopause. Yes, you read correctly.  Leave it to the ladies of "The View" to make a connection between the two. 

When asked by Joy Behar, one of the hosts on "The View," what he thought was the number one trampling of the constitution Dodd responded, "I think habeas corpus, that goes back to the magna carta, the very idea that you know what you're charged with and have a chance to defend yourself is about as fundamental as it gets."

In the Senator's book, he wrote that his father died a broken man after a dishonorable departure from the Senate.  But, he told the ladies on the couch, that this book was not written to redeem his father. "He did wonderful things in his life.  He had a troubled ending, but, your life is a long story, not a short story," said Dodd.

In an abrupt, but pleasant change of topic, Barbara Walters turned the conversation to current politics and Whoopi Goldberg asked about Dodd's low standing in the '08 race.

"You're considered an under dog in this race, you have to raise doe, you have to leave your family can you do it?" 

"Absoultely..." Dodd said.

"How are you going raise money when you're at like one percent in the polls?" said Walters.  Dodd expressed his continued confidence in the past to predict the future and hopes he can repeat what Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., was able to do four years ago.  In three weeks, Kerry jumped from 4% in the polls to winning his party's presidential nomination. That same prospect could be a little more difficult, but not impossible for Dodd, who is currently polling at 1% or less.

On the subject of World Menopause Day, which happened to coincided with the Senator's appearance, Behard said Dodd's choice to have his first child at 57 was a menopausal moment, to which Goldberg asked the Senator, "What is wrong with you?"  Sen. Dodd used his funny one line wonder that yields a laugh every time.  "I'm the only presidential candidate that gets mail from AARP and diaper services."

Senator Dodd didn't leave the audience with just a joke, he also gave everyone a free copy of his book, "Letters from Nuremberg."  No presidential contribution required.

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