You hear about various candidates "moving" to Iowa but Chris Dodd has taken that one step further by literally moving his family to the state. His daughter is enrolled in Kindergarten in Des Moines, and he and his wife have rented a house for the next few months. This raises a few questions: Is this even legal? He's still a Senator from Connecticut after all, and I'd have thought that involves at least pretending to live there. Also, how are his actual constituents going to feel about this when he inevitably loses the nomination? He's never going to be president. He's averaging 0.9% in Iowa polls and shows no momentum at all. Basically, I just don't get his campaign. What's his elevator pitch? Sure, he's somewhat more liberal on some issues than the big three candidates and he has a longer record on them, but that's hardly enough to make it clear that he's the best candidate. As Michael Kinsley has said, some people run for president because everyone needs a hobby, but Dodd is at least making a show of believing he has a chance of winning he nomination... Really, I don't get it. Anyone have a theory? --Sam Boyd
