Chris Dodd for President

I just wanted to take a few minutes to update you on the latest news about Senator Chris Dodd's New Hampshire campaign. Senator Dodd just finished his 18th visit to the Granite State and this time he had a little help from his friends and family.

Senator Dodd spoke last Friday at the Granite State Independent Living Forum. He was introduced by his sister, Caroline Dodd, a retired school teacher who drove up from Connecticut to support her brother on the campaign trail. Later that day, Senator Dodd spoke at the Every Child Matters Forum in Durham where he discussed his various plans for improving the health care and educational opportunities available to our future generations.

On Saturday, Ted Kennedy Jr. accompanied Senator Dodd to his events in Windham, Nashua, Concord, and Keene. In Concord, Kennedy gave one of the best introductions of Senator Dodd that I have ever heard:

"One of the things I really admire about Chris Dodd is his sense of public service," Kennedy said. "When my uncle Jack asked people in the country in 1960, 'ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country,' Sen. Dodd answered that call ... and that's exactly the kind of inspiration that is needed in this country today."

This was a great trip and there are a number of news articles covering Senator Dodd's events available here at www.ChrisDodd.com/NH.

In addition to the great trip Senator Dodd had, he also received a big endorsement from former House Minority Leader and Congressional Candidate Jim Craig. Craig cited Senator Dodd's long record of bringing people together to pass legislation that benefits the American people as one of the many reasons he's supporting his candidacy.

My name is Jena Gross and I am the Manchester Regional Deputy Field Director for Chris Dodd for President in New Hampshire. I joined the Dodd Squad about 3 months ago, because I have strongly supported Senator Dodd for years and wanted to come here for the first in the nation primary to do all I can to make Chris Dodd our next President. I am privileged to be working in NH’s Queen City and have enjoyed all of the activity and excitement that greater Manchester community has to offer.

Throughout the next few months, we will be updating you regularly on the progress of our campaign here in the Manchester Region. I am pleased to be working with three outstanding field organizers, who like me, have relocated to NH for the ultimate presidential primary experience: Matt Greene, a college student from CT who has also been a strong supporter and volunteer for Senator Dodd, Liam Sweeney, who is also from CT, and Phil Quinlan from upstate NY. And we are all grateful for the support we have received from our Manchester Co-Chairs, School Board Member-at-Large Kathy Kelley and Alderman-at-Large Dan O’Neil, as well as all of the help from our Manchester area steering committee members.
All of us are excited to be working on Senator Dodd’s presidential primary here in NH. We appreciate this state’s critical role in presidential politics and as we like to say here in the office, “New Hampshire doesn’t pick a President, it makes a President.” Just like Senator Dodd, we’ve enjoyed meeting with New Hampshire residents and activists to find out what they are looking for in their next President.

The South Carolina Democratic Party, South Carolina State University and House Majority Whip James Clyburn invited Democratic candidates to an April 26th debate -- the first of the primary season -- in Orangeburg, and Senator Chris Dodd was first out of the gate accepting the invite. “The fact that we will be at Congressman Jim Clyburn’s alma mater for this first debate makes it even more significant,” said Dodd.