Reply #2: Sen. Dodd Declares 2008 Presidential Candidacy (Jan 11)

[oberliner]

Five-term Democratic Sen. Christopher J. Dodd of Connecticut jumped into the 2008 presidential contest Thursday, undeterred by the competition from better-known Senate colleagues.

In an interview on the “Imus In the Morning” radio show, Dodd said he was filing candidacy papers with the Federal Election Commission. “I want to skip this exploratory phase a lot of people go through and become a full-fledged candidate for the presidency,” he said.

Dodd is the fifth Democrat to officially declare his candidacy, following announcements by former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, the 2004 Democratic vice presidential nominee; retiring Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack; Ohio Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich; and former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20070111/pl_cq_politics/sendodddeclares2008presidentialcandidacy

Has anyone heard much about Mike Gravel?