June 3, 2007
Posted: June 3rd, 2007 09:41 PM ET

WASHINGTON (CNN) - When asked if he would do away with all earmarks, Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Connecticut, responded by saying earmarks should be discouraged and they are “a problem” but he would not ban them completely.

“I wouldn’t want to have a blanket approach,” said Dodd. “There may be events that need to occur and things haven’t gone through the Congress before.”

He continued by saying, “I wouldn’t want to put us in that rigid straight jacket.”

– CNN Political Researcher Xuan Thai

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City of God   June 5th, 2007 1:35 am ET

That's one sexy Dodd!

R. McComb Toronto Canada   June 3rd, 2007 11:38 pm ET

When does the debate start? Looked to me like a PTA meeting ast Starbucks, If Mrs Clinton was not married to the former president would she even be considered a serious candiate? ..... BTW please let the Democrats know that they need not go to Home Depot and buy wood and nails to build a 2,300 mile fence along the Canadian border ...or if they do at least use Canadian lunber.. was that guy for real?.

B.T. Mendelsohn, Ashburn, VA   June 3rd, 2007 9:56 pm ET

This analysis is misleading. The question was will he vow to not sign any bill that comes before him as President if it contains earmarks. His answer was that he couldn't make such a blanket promise because the bill before him might be one that it was vital for him to sign despite the earmarks.
I think Sen. Biden had the best answer on earmarks, which was to find ways to fund elections that do not require candidates to raise obscene amounts of money.
Joe Biden, however, did screw up on his answer on stopping Iraq War funding. He said that the Democrats have only 50 votes in the Senate, and
that they need 67 to end the Iraq war. He must know that a veto proof 67 votes is only needed to
pass something, not to prevent something, such as the budget supplemental, from passing.

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