Chris Dodd's effort to create a voter stronghold in Iowa have not been flagging in these past few weeks. He has remained vigilant over the past few days in his campaigning methods and has even garnered a new support base from the International Assocation of Fire Fighters. The IAFF, which contains 281,000 members, felt that "The candidate that best represents firefighters and what they do to protect the public is Democrat Chris Dodd", an opinion voiced by the group's president Harold Schaitberger. To prove their loyalty, the IAFF has papered Chris Dodd's face on the side of their campaign bus, where the fire fighters plan to live for eight days as they tour 20 cities, rallying support for Senator Dodd.
For his part, Chris Dodd has been holding fast in Iowa, instead of campaigning across the nation like some of his opponents. Dodd decided to skip the Democratic National Committee's meeting on Friday the 29th, deciding to remain in Iowa so that he could "take his case directly" to the citizens. And indeed, he has been doing just that in Iowa; Dodd spoke on Friday to a group of 40 members of the American Legion in Iowa about how he would attempt to reform the laws on bankruptcy. He vehemently denounced the bankruptcy reform bill passed in 2005, scornfully observing "It was literally written to ensure that people would be trapped under financial burdens - either student loans or credit card debt."
Senator Dodd also tried to remain active in his national campaigning strategies, thinking of innovative ways to broadcast his messages. In the Republican YouTube debate, he decided to submit his own question about the difficulty of balancing homeland security with civil liberties.Although Dodd's question was not used in the debate, his idea was creative nonetheless. In his video, he introduces himself as "a resident of East Haddam, Connecticut who spends a little time in Iowa these days." Dodd videotaped himself in his home, asking the Republican candidates, "Many Americans are concerned that the administration seems to be making a false choice, that is, to be safer we have to give up rights...I don't believe that, I wonder if you do. And if you believe that we ought not give up our rights, then what would you do in order to protect our Constitution?"
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Did Dodd have any comment about the Republican YouTube debate? Richardson, whose stance on immigration (find a positive way to legalize illegal immigrants) is similar to Dodd's (more so than Clinton's, at least) was outraged by some of the comments made by the Republican hopefuls.
Picking up the firefighters union is certainly a big coup for Dodd considering the fact that following 9/11, first responders have been iconicized as the true Americans. But will it give him traction?
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