I actually think his current ambition is Senate Majority Leader.

I like Dodd. It's sad he never got any traction.

Agreed. He and Biden were the best, for my money. A Biden/Dodd ticket would have been wonderful.

Moran, he just gives more validity to the Iowa cawk-us

Yeah, that's gotta suck.

mistahtom: Moran, he just gives more validity to the Iowa cawk-us

Is someone a disgruntled Ron Paul supporter?

//sorry if you're not, they just all seem to think that despite the preponderance of evidence that Ron Paul is really supported by 90% but the government and Fox News are collaborating to keep it quiet
///Just like 9/11

At least he didn't finish behind Bart Simpson and School Sucks.

Unless he specifically has a candidate he really wants to win or lose (which is very likely) and is prepared to endorse, I don't see the point of dropping out now. Why not put in another 5 days and see where you would place in a primary instead of a caucus where you either get >15% or 0%?

Demetrius: I actually think his current ambition is Senate Majority Leader.

That would be great.

FuriousGeorge945: Unless he specifically has a candidate he really wants to win or lose (which is very likely) and is prepared to endorse, I don't see the point of dropping out now. Why not put in another 5 days and see where you would place in a primary instead of a caucus where you either get >15% or 0%?

Does he have enough money to do that? I don't remember him having a lot to begin with, he may not have been able to continue, despite wanting to.

Too bad, he has been one of the few Dems to actually get off his/her ass and stand up to the Repubs. I'd love to see him as Senate Majority Leader,which is the current popular speculation...

I was fully prepared to stand for Dodd tonight.

However, when I got to the Caucus, there was no area for Dodd supporters. As a primer to those non-Iowans, at a larger caucus like mine (my girlfriend says I have the biggest Caucus she has ever had), Campaign volunteers will hang signs, pass out stickers, and place seats for supports to gather.

The Big three had it; even Richardson and Biden did. But no place for Dodd. Of the 284 people in that gym, not one of them were supporting Dodd.

Does anyone know if he is backing any candidate?

listen_to_fark

Even for a politician, that would really be sad. Like the voters didn't even care enough to say "fark you."

Who?

He's still way ahead of Kucinich and Gravel.

a good man, he did the right thing when it came to go time on the cell phone filibuster. sucks he didn't get the credit for being a true statesman.

how do you finish behind "undecided" in a primary. Who takes the time to show up to vote and mark undecided. What a waste of time.

Farkwell Smart: how do you finish behind "undecided" in a primary. Who takes the time to show up to vote and mark undecided. What a waste of time.

They're uncommitted delegates. They didn't actually mark "undecided," they're just not bound to vote for any particular candidate at the national convention. At least, I think that's how it works.

I did one of those "Who Do You Line Up With Politically?" thingees, and Dodd was my closest match.

Should I feel sad?

/As of today, would cast my vote for Ron Paul
//seriously

Dammit, Chris Dodd needs to learn he has no mojo outside of Connecticut. The man is still a good public servant. He needs to just come back here and run for governor. Despite the fact that it pays less than being a senator, we sure could use a replacement for Jodi Rell.

I never expected Dodd to do much in the race, but it's still a disappointment to see him with such a poor showing. That said, if I lived in Iowa I'd have voted Obama. May as well throw some weight behind a guy with a chance, and it's not like it'd make me feel dirty.

Uh, didn't Jimmy Carter finish behind "Undecided" in the Iowa caucus back in 1976?

Oh, and I saw Dodd eating breakfast a table away from me at Jimmy T's in DC. Good stuff. I guess he and Teddy Kennedy were quite the ladies men until they both got married.

VendingMachine: Agreed. He and Biden were the best, for my money. A Biden/Dodd ticket would have been wonderful.

FTW

These guys were the only one in the whole sorry lot who I could have happily voted for. At this point, It goes to the Democrat unless Hillary wins, then it goes to Bloomberg.

If my memory serves me correctly. Jimmy Carter came from nowhere and won the Iowa caucus and put the Iowa caucus on the map. Before that not much attention was paid to it.

Exactly 28 years ago Monday, a little-known former governor of Georgia named Jimmy Carter polled just shy of 30 percent support in Iowa's precinct caucuses. He came in second, nine points behind 'uncommitted,' but the national news media proclaimed him the clear winner of the year's first presidential nominating contest, if only because he had finished so far ahead of everyone else.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990DEEDD1439F93AA25752C0A9629C8B6 3


/He finished second behind uncommitted

Man, it is so cool that people used to vote "uncommitted" in those kinds of numbers. Comes off as more honest somehow.