Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd through his name into the ring today to run for the President of the United States in 2008. He bypassed the practice of running and exploratory committee, which is normally utilized by candidates that are attempting to see if they can gain enough political and most importantly financial support.
Dodd describes himself as a dark horse in the running against Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, but neither of those two likely candidates have officially entered the race yet. Dodd has strong ties with labor and a long history of politics in the family.
His father served as a senator for two terms.
Senator Dodd himself began serving in the house in 1974 in the wake of the Watergate scandal and was first elected to the US senate in 1980, only 8 years later. Dodd was the chief Senate sponsored for the 1993 Family Medical Leave Act, which allows workers to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave from work without fear of losing their jobs for reasons that include the birth of a child or personal or family illness.
He speaks fluent Spanish and served in the Peace Corps in the Dominican Republic from 1966-1968.
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