Chris Dodd for President

I have a couple video clips that I wanted to share with you from Senator Dodd's house party in Concord, New Hampshire earlier today. In the first clip Dodd talks about the need to tax polluters if we want to stop global warming. He's makes it very clear that while all Democratic Presidential candidates want to end global warming, no one else has stepped forward with "ideas that help us get there." He's the only candidate who's called for a Corporate Carbon Tax, which will discourage big corporate polluters. In this clip, Dodd talks about the questions voters are asking him on the campaign trail -- and more importantly what those questions really mean. Voters ask, "Are you listening to me? Are you paying attention to me?" They want to know what a candidate's values and principles are. Dodd says, "And I think most of you here are not just going out to a horse track and trying to pick who the winner will be. But you'd like to, I think, be a part of choosing who the winner ought to be. Who is the best candidate to represent our party? Who is the best person to lead our country?" Senator Dodd made a similar point in conversations with bloggers Dave Johnson and Bob Geiger this past weekend. Lastly, you may notice that though both clips are from Concord, one is shot indoors and another outdoors. We started inside to escape a thunder shower, but the sweltering heat forced us back outside. After the rain broke we were left with lovely weather and enjoyed the question and answer setting on a packed back porch.