Former Presidental Candidate Chris Dodd Says Cable Television has Too Much Influence
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Failed presidential candidate Christopher Dodd is criticizing the Democratic party for ``ceding the process'' of choosing a nominee to cable television news programs eager for a two-candidate contest.
``It was pretty much predetermined it would be a race between two people,'' Dodd told a Hartford economic development group on Monday. ``That's where the ratings were.''
Dodd's longshot presidential bid ended after his sixth-place finish in the Iowa caucus. Despite moving to Iowa months before the January caucus to campaign full-time, Dodd battled for attention and finished with less than 1 percent of the vote.
He's since endorsed front-runner Barack Obama [Hartford Courant], who holds a commanding lead in pledged delegates over his remaining challenger, Hillary Rodham Clinton.
The five-term Connecticut senator praises what he calls the historic nature of Clinton and Obama's campaigns.
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