Kos has a post reporting that Chris Dodd has gotten more small donors in the past day than he had in the previous month. The reason? Dodd apparently has a commitment to our Constitution not immediately evident in the other Democratic candidates.
At issue is a provision that would retroactively immunize telecommunications companies for turning over citizens’ phone and e-mail records to the Bush administration under its program that put citizens under surveillance without warrants. Dodd says he’s going to put a hold on that piece of legislation and might attempt to engineer a filibuster. Politically, that has turned into $150,000 donated to Dodd’s campaign in the past 24 hours and more small-dollar contributions in the last 24 hours than he did in the previous month.
No, I don’t see this vaulting Sen. Dodd into serious competition for the Democratic nomination. But, it’s sure nice to see good behavior rewarded. Kos quips that Hillary is still focus group testing potential positions on the legislation, so it might be awhile before she does anything.
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