Firefighters to Endorse Dodd

Dodd's a player (4.00 / 1)

This makes Dodd a big player in Iowa. The IAFF was big for Kerry in '04 and in a split race Dodd may get some traction. It's an uphill climb to say the least but I think there is now a much better chance that Dodd will meet the 15% viability threshold in various Iowa precincts instead of the single digits where he is often shown in polls.

This is very good news and I'm happy for Chris Dodd and the many good people in the Dodd campaign.

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by: joejoejoe @ Tue Aug 28, 2007 at 02:02:37 AM UTC

Interesting (4.00 / 2)

Labor has sometimes been reluctant to pick a perceived underdog early in a primary. Ostensibly this is due to the stigma of having your organization associated with a "loser". However this reluctance can be a breeding ground for complacency and once could argue if you can bring issues that are important to you to the forefront during a primary, then that's a benefit to your membership - and potentially to the party as well. I was hoping this endorsement would go to Edwards (who I'm leaning towards) but I'm glad to see IAAF is willing to (or is at least considering to) go out on a little bit of a limb and not just play safe.

"There's class warfare, all right, but it's my class, the rich class, that's making war, and we're winning." - Warren Buffet

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by: joesaho @ Tue Aug 28, 2007 at 02:16:30 AM UTC

have you seen all the fire fighter grants from Joe L and Chris D post election? (4.00 / 1)

Lots of news photos and blurbs with the two of them together happily giving grants to various towns' FDs.

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by: greenpeas @ Tue Aug 28, 2007 at 05:12:24 AM UTC

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Thanks for the link! (0.00 / 0)

http://davidsirota.c...

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by: Missy's Brother @ Tue Aug 28, 2007 at 10:19:03 AM UTC

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