Firefighters making money push for Dodd

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Firefighters making money push for Dodd
By Sam Youngman
September 22, 2007

The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) is broadening its political skills, adding fundraising to the list of gifts the union gives to the candidate it supports.

Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), the recipient of the coveted IAFF endorsement, will probably match his third quarter numbers, and “ideally do a little better,” according to IAFF president Harold Schaitberger.

In an interview with The Hill, Schaitberger described how he has intensified his fundraising efforts on Dodd’s behalf in an effort to earn “somebody who is polling at the bottom end of the second tier” some media attention for his third-quarter haul.

Schaitberger said he thinks Dodd will have a “solid” quarter that might surprise some pundits.

The union president said since the IAFF announced it is backing Dodd, he has seen a “renewed level of energy and enthusiasm.”

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