Dodd to drop presidential bid
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Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut was set to abandon his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday after a poor showing in Iowa's precinct caucuses.
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Democrat Tom Vilsack is abandoning his bid for the presidency after struggling against better-known, better-financed rivals
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Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich is abandoning his second bid for the White House. In an interview with Cleveland's Plain Dealer, the six-term congressman said he was quitting the race and would make a formal announcement on Friday
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Actor and former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson on Tuesday announced that he was dropping his bid for the Republican presidential nomination.
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Democrats Bill Richardson, Chris Dodd and Joe Biden on Friday became the first presidential candidates to promise not to campaign in states that hold early nominating contests in violation of party rules.
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Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich is abandoning his second bid for the White House. In an interview with the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the congressman said he was quitting the race and would made a formal announcement Friday.
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Republican Rep. Tom Tancredo, whose forceful opposition to illegal immigration vaulted him to national prominence, plans to announce he is abandoning his long-shot bid for the presidency, a person close to Tancredo said Wednesday.
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Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack plans to announce Friday that he is dropping out of the 2008 Democratic race for president, a source with knowledge of his plans told CNN.
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Connecticut Sen. Christopher J. Dodd has two big jobs. He is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president, and he chairs the Senate Banking Committee.
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Democrats Bill Richardson and Chris Dodd on Friday became the first presidential candidates to promise not to campaign in states that hold early nominating contests in violation of party rules.
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Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards is dropping out of the race to become Democratic candidate for U.S. president, cable news channels MSNBC and Fox News reported on Wednesday.
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Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd is counting on firefighters for a different kind of rescue &#151; keeping his simmering presidential campaign from burning out.
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While his Democratic rivals campaigned in Iowa and New Hampshire, Sen. Christopher Dodd took to the Senate floor on Monday in hopes of pumping new energy into his presidential bid.
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Republican Sam Brownback will drop out of the 2008 presidential campaign on Friday, people close to the Kansas senator said Thursday.
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Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, who focused his bid for the Democratic nomination on helping the middle class, will withdraw from the presidential race in a speech later on Wednesday.
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Sen. Chris Dodd said Tuesday he plans to have "a conversation with the mirror" over the Christmas holidays to decide whether he'll join a growing field of Democratic presidential contenders.
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Mr. Dodd goes to Washington, and wins. The Connecticut senator and Democratic presidential candidate threatens to filibuster a bill giving immunity to telecoms that helped the government spy on Americans, prompting it to be dropped until next year.