With his sensible criticism of BaHawk, he's now my number 2.

You know he was great . People should get off that Obama Gaffe thing , there is nothing there . He had a slip and he corrected it , end of story. Dodd was great.

Sen. Dodd will certainly get my vote. He has guts.

the thing Dems need to do is criticize Fox News for actually running a parody news show on their air.  It has no credibility.  There is Fox Television which would be an appropriate venue, but they choose to make their own news division a laughing stock with this show.  Also, when one examines the content it furthers the argument that they are not a news channel, but a propaganda machine for the GOP.

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I'm not even willing to listen to O'Leilly even if it's to hear Chris Dodd defend Kos.  

And Dodd was just about the only Senate Democrat to campaign for Lamont against Lieberman.  (Obama refused.)  He was also the only member of CT's Congressional delegation to campaign for Lamont.

I like Dodd.  He's increasingly becoming my second choice.

And he's been my #2 for awhile, surpassing Obama after the first Democratic Debate. If anything happens to Edwards' candidacy, Dodd would have my support.

Too bad he doesn't have a shot....

I think I just shifted my support to Dodd...

hot damn.

Wow. I think this instance shows that the Dems will be running the table for this election. Billo was immediately on the defensive and never really came back. Not only is Dodd worth a second look, I think this is going to help him get some traction in early states.

For reference:

The Bill O'Reilly comment Chris Dodd refers to was;

"And if Al Qaeda comes in here and blows you up, we're not going to do anything about it. We're going to say, look, every other place in America is off limits to you, except San Francisco. You want to blow up the Coit Tower? Go ahead."

It was broadcast on November 8th, 2005.

You can find a recording of it here:

http://mediamatters.org/items/2005111000 08

wait wasnt everyone complaining that HRC's camp shouldnt go on OReilly because it gives him more credibility?

Dodd's been excellent this whole campaign, and is easily my favorite of the announced candidates. Did a nice job on O'Reilly, glad to see he's turning some heads in his direction.

Best was O'Reilly screaming -- actually screaming -- "if I were Joe Leiberman, I wouldn't even TALK to you anymore!"

Hilarious to witness a schoolyard bully getting his nose bloodied. Humiliation brings out the lack of substance to O'Reilly's tirades, forcing him to resort to adolescent whining. If only more progressives gave it to O'Reilly this way.

I actually think I met Chris Dodd in high school. (Danbury, Conn.) As I see it, he is that rare specimen, a TRUE moderate. Not liberal at all, really, but not neocon, and not conservative. It's interesting that he would cover back for the netroots. He does has the positive of being very smart, very sure footed, very experienced.

It's hard to know what to make of all this. The Democratic party has a powerhouse lineup of potential candidates. The Republicans have a sorry lot of rejects and halfwits. That is very good.

Who was the other person who was able to outfox Billo on his own show, a few months back?

That clip and this should be required viewing for anyone preparing to go on the Factor. Marshal your points in advance, have something to attack with, don't back down, hit Falafelhead with his tactics even as he's using them. Dodd also broke through the BS argument rather well, but that isn't even necessary.

The only problem is that they probably don't have any of these guests on more than once. So we have to keep training new recruits.

Best appearance on FOX by a Democrat since Wes Clark  putting O Reilly in his place. See, we are not opposed to Dems going on FOX. People like Bill Maher should understand the distinction between this and legitimising FOX by letting them host a debate.