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Dodd: No Oprah or Bill But An Influential Labor Leader
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ABC News' Donna Hunter Reports: Presidential hopeful Sen. Chris Dodd opened his speech to a group of fire fighters in Council Bluffs, Iowa with an apology. "Sorry I didn't bring Oprah Winfrey and Bill Clinton with me but I brought Harold Schaitberger," he said drawling laughter from the crowd.
With International Association of Fire Fighters President Schaitberger on hand Dodd addressed close to seventy Iowans in a small Union Fire Hall.
The address was short but Senator Dodd got right down to business and stated the facts. "Look I know I'm not as well known as the other people, I don't have the resources, the finances that they do but that doesn’t make a difference in Iowa. Iowan's vote differently here you don't vote based on celebrity and money you don't vote on who's running ahead in the polls but on who you think aught to lead the country and in six days you get a chance to do it and if you give me a chance I'll put this country back on its feet." For Senator Dodd to have a chance at a top seat in the Caucus he has to beat out some pretty big competitors but more importantly he has to convince anyone that's listening that he still has a shot.
"This Race isn't over here, said Dodd." "It's not down to one or two people and Iowans can prove that case next Thursday night when you gather in this state to send a message out there's a new sheriff in town and I hear his name is Dodd and that sheriff Dodd is going to make a difference in this country."
Dodd has struggled to break out of the single digits in polls since he announced his run for President but that's not stopping him from doing everything in his power to get his name out there with the help of the IF. In a big yellow bus reading Fire Fighters for Dodd the Senator will continue for the next six days on his "Caucus for Results" bus tour through Iowa, being joined on the road with his entire family New Years Eve on through the Caucus.
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