DES MOINES, Iowa — Chris Dodd is a warm and friendly guy, a charmer, a hail fellow well met. But when he hits you, he wants to raise a bruise.And he hit both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton at an afternoon rally at his headquarters Friday, less than a week before the Iowa caucus.
“It isn’t just a question of giving a great speech, giving an ennobling idea,” Dodd said of what the presidency takes. “It isn’t enough just to be sitting on the sidelines and watching your husband necessarily deal with problems over the years.”
Take that, great speech-giver, ennobling Obama! Take that, sideline-sitting Hillary!
Dodd may be polling at about 1 percent in Iowa right now, but clearly he is not going to go down without a fight.
After his speech, reporters asked Dodd to expand on his remarks, and he was happy to oblige.
“Laura Bush is a wonderful person, a delightful first lady, but I don’t think anyone would assume necessarily she is ready to be president of the United States,” Dodd said. “Now, Hillary Clinton has been elected to the Senate, and that adds a bit more to all this.”
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