Posts tagged Dodd

• 17 Jul

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: Netroots Nation 2008 Preview

  Netroots Nation 2008 PreviewYour Daily Politics Video Blog: Same convention, different name. Last summer TPMtv was on the scene and video reporting from the 2nd annual Yearly Kos Convention in Chicago, IL. It's that time of year again, but this time for the first time it's called the Netroots Nation

• 05 Jan

  Blog: Veracifier

  Dodd's Loss is the Party's Gain

  First off, major kudos to the household pictured above for correctly identifying the outcome of the Iowa caucuses. We all stand in awe of your omniscience. Now, onward, to brief wrap-up of my account of the first leg of the nomination process. Naturally, the Dodd campaign was disappointed with the

• 01 Jan

  Blog: Veracifier

  48 Hours and Counting...

  The Iowa caucuses are just around the corner now, and while the media circus is abuzz with what may be, our Iowa blogger Jonathan Backer has been on the ground talking to real voters about what they think. Look for more of Jonathan's coverage here at Veracifier and stay tuned for updates as the sit

• 01 Jan

  Blog: Veracifier

  Retail Politics Come Down to the Wire in Dubuque, Iowa

  Dubuque, Iowa is a small city separated from Illinois and Wisconsin by the Mississippi River, with a large Irish-Catholic population. With two Irish-Catholic candidates in the Democratic caucus – Senators Biden and Dodd – a piqued battle for fourth place has picked up steam in the campaign’s f

• 31 Dec

  Blog: Veracifier

  News in the Driver’s Seat of a Campaign’s Final Days

   On Thursday, undecided voters, supporters, and press crowded into the family room of Des Moines contractor Fred Hubbell to watch Senator Dodd’s live interview on MSNBC’s Olbermann Report. Dodd provided an analysis of the assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.   Dodd

• 27 Dec

  Blog: Veracifier

  A Nod to Dodd: Pounding Pavement for Connecticut’s Senior Senator

  Well, armchair punditry really got its Christmas wish this year: a deadlocked Presidential nomination race for both parties. But despite all of the prognostication, hand-wringing, and poll scrutinizing, one thing everyone can agree on is that the candidate for whom I am working – Senator Chris Do

• 18 Dec

  Blog: Veracifier

  Dodd Did It! FISA bill shelved until next year

  After ten hours of defending our civil liberties Senator Chris Dodd was informed that the FISA bill would be shelved until next year. He gave this awesome closing speech, saying he would be prepared to return next year and filibuster any bill that offers retroactive telecom immunity, just as he was

• 17 Dec

  Blog: Veracifier

  Dodd heads filibuster on FISA bill

  "The President has said that American lives will be sacrificed if Congress does not change FISA. But he has also said that he will veto any FISA bill that does not grant retro-active immunity. No immunity, no FISA bill. So if we take the President at his word, he's willing to let Americans die t