Joe Biden Raises Money for Embattled Dodd

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Vice President Joe Biden spoke at a fundraiser in Hartford, Connecticut for today for Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd - who decided he needed to remain in D.C. for Senate votes.

Dodd is facing long odds in his 2010 reelection effort.

One hundred and seventy-five people paid $500 each to hear Biden call Dodd "the single most gifted legislator in Congress, now that Teddy Kennedy's gone."

Biden acknowledged that Dodd is in a very tough race for re-election, saying: "Chris is getting the living hell beat out of him, the living bejesus beat out of him."

"Why? Because he's being a leader," said the vice president.

"This is going to be a hell of a race and it's an uphill race," Biden said, "but Chris Dodd will prevail."

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(CBS)

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[NOS2001]

dodd has to go--take reid and pelosi along with him. these three are the ultimate pathetic leftwing loons out there. it was dodd and barney boy who brought the country down with their mortgage loans.. they forced banks to give loans to those that couldnt pay. we lost half our 401k's while barneys boyfriend made millions.....

[d55may]

Old Time Truth: The insurance increases are caused by the US government. they are the ones who set the rates??????? Come on get with the program, that what the extra 250 billion is for, to pay back the doctors for the short change every years... Congress controls the cost of health care.... They control the cost of everything. Catch up grandpa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kikamybutt]

A picture is worth a thousand words!!They are either praying or Al Gore is speaking!!

[gboyd41]

Appears to me that Rollo the Pinhead could defeat Dodd, especially with Biden "helping" Dodd. I will take that back if Dodd could help me get set up with some LOW % loans. After all, he appears to have some important banking "friends".

[d55may]

maybe he can get you a Union job or better yet and government with all the benefits?

[earthling76]

It is blind faith in one party over another that enables crooked or ignorant politicians to get away with deregulation at the behest of wall street and the banks. We have been distracted by arguments that they dictate to us that we debate during elections that effectively divide us and keep us ignorant of their true intentions. Issues like abortion and gay marriage on which we all will never be united. Every politician who has been bought off by corporations and bankers should be exposed for what they are and removed from office. They are PUBLIC servants and its about time they were reminded of this fact. For once can we agree to disagree on social issues, that only work themselves out with the passage of time, and move forward on what we all can see is the real problem. What we need is a separation of corporation and State. We need absolute campaign finance reform to break the influence these institutions have on our policies. Though I believe that Americans will not commit to this idea because they are too busy being distracted unless its to point the finger at the other party. "You did it!" "No, you did it!" "Nuh uh!" Childish.

[stormerF2]

lets hope Joe can help Dodd lose as he did with Corzine in N.J. and The governor is Va. Come on Joe help us get rid of these crooks.

[bankersvox]

Please consider doing a story on the Stimulus 6 million $$ going to pay off ? Hillary's debt to ADVERTISEMENT AGENCY ??? This was on DRUDGE REPORT recently. They need the money for 3 jobs???? What a scandal.
Also, could the team at CBS look into and maybe interview MR. HSU the Chinese man who was convicted of dirty money to many DEMOCRATS including Hillary Clinton when she was running. Say, that story went away quickly. Also, I was wondering what ever happen to ALL the MONEY that SEn Dodd got from the BANKS, when he was "running for President " -- mainly from the Banking industry ??? What happen to that. Does he get to keep that money for himself ???

Also I was wondering about VP Biden ( how I like as a voice of experiece ) and those stories about his son getting a big job in BANKs just out of Law school , as a CONSULTANT ??? What the heck happen to that story ??

I an not surprised that the members of the CLUB are helping each other out... what secrets do they share ???

[earthling76]

Yeah, and republicans are little angels.

[bankersvox]

erthling ? wht is your point ?

[retm-w]

Joe, start worrying about getting the economy rolling, and let Dodd fend for himself. Dodd shouldn't need any help if he's doing his job.

[OldTimeTruth]

Now I see why I didn?t vote Republican last November. This CBS blog site really shows where some of you stand and what your parties stand for. Some people just don?t know that there are a lot of voters out here that don?t belong to any party. They vote every year for the lesser of the evils like my grandfather used to say. In the end all you are really doing is hurting your party and your country by your remarks you make. Is that what you really want to do? At least Joe has called the cards as he sees them much better then you are doing. Plus he is trying to help America. He may be wrong or right at times but he is trying. I have to give him credit for that and more.

[gboyd41]

OldTimeTruth-you still working? If not, doubt you will be taxed more. Lucky for you! Read the news. The Govt. is taxing the middle class to pay for health care for everyone. Call me what you will, I will not see the quality of life for my children (forget myself & wife)degraded simply to pay for health care for people who are here illegally, non-working well, ect. I wonder if you get my point?

[OldTimeTruth]

gboy 41 I respect what you say. And yes I have worked and paid tax?s all my life. I have also seen the healthcare industry and insurance companies go way out of line for a long time. The thing is every human being needs healthcare and they may or may not be able to pay for it. I have seen enough pain in peoples faces that face this problem everyday. Most of them have worked all their lives and have gotten sick and the healthcare system and the insurance company have failed them. Then you have Wal-Mart with a employee that only gets 32 hours a week and Wal-Mart won?t give them insurance. I am not picking on just Wal-Mart the China Buddy Company. Other large companies have done this same thing for years. Then you have to add in all the small mom and pop business that work hard but they can?t even insure themselves much less a full or part time employee. I know of one 72 year old lady here in my town that lives on $675.00 a month. That is all she has a month! She worked all of her life but that is all she gets in social security to live on. She does have Medicare but she also has to pay $209.00 a month to AARP for her secondary insurance. Now is that fair? The list on talking about this goes on and on. The healthcare and insurance companies have ripped this county apart over the years and that is not even getting into the lawyers and their part in this mess. I for one want a good healthcare bill for everyone. Not just for me but for my children and grandchildren that maybe in some way it helps them down the road. So I will be more then happy to help pay for it. Don?t get me wrong here I am not a rich fat cat by any means. I am just an average middle class person that has worked since I was 12 and I am 59 now. Now for the illegal person in your comment, I have a very close friend that happens to be 100% Native American and he has explained to me about illegal person or persons. The thing is he is right. I was born here in the US but my family lines are not originally from here. My family came over in 1650 and his family was already here so I have to bow down to him and say ?yep you?re right?. My family was not invited to come here either. We smile at each other and we are still friends. So we agree to disagree. I am sorry about the way things are in this world but my beliefs are there is no party that has all the answers and we must try and make this world a better place before we leave it.

[gboyd41]

This comedy is sooo much fun to watch. I predict we will be seeing Joe and BO out stumping for these soon-to-be prvate citizens.