Political Wire: "Sen. Christopher Dodd (DC) said today he has 'decided to do all the things that are necessary to prepare to seek the presidency in 2008,' the Hartford Courant reports. He 'will hire staff, raise money and travel around the country in the next few months as he tries to enlist support.' A Dodd White House run 'would faces numerous hurdles. He lacks the name recognition of candidates such as 2004 ticket-mates John Kerry and John Edwards, former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner, Delaware Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr., and others. And the $2 million Dodd has on hand for a race is dwarfed by New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's estimated $20 million and Kerry's estimated $17 million. Dodd also will be scrutinized like never before -- facing questions about thousands of votes over the years, criticism of consistently high rankings by liberal groups, skepticism about whether a New Englander should head the ticket again and likely barbs about his days in the 1980s, when he was divorced and known as a ladies' man.'"
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