Dodd, Obama score most West Hartford donations

The Washington Post helpfully breaks down presidential fundraising by town, so we can see who’s getting what from West Hartford donors.  

Third Quarter 2007 & 2007 Fundraising by Candidate

Candidate	Q3 2007	Overall
Chris Dodd	$5,752	$104,352
Barack Obama	$5,039	$36,032
Hillary Rodham Clinton	$2,360	$6,760
John Edwards	$1,250	$7,450
Bill Richardson	$1,000	$1,500
Joe Biden	$0	$500
Fred Thompson	$1,250	$1,250
John McCain	$1,030	$1,830
Rudy Giuliani	$900	$1,150
Mitt Romney	$80	$1,056
Jim Gilmore	$0	$500
Duncan Hunter	$0	$250

West Hartford, 1956

From  an Aug. 19th Bloomberg News piece by Al Hunt, about U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd:

Dodd, the son of a senator and himself a lifelong politician, exudes an easy charm and an engaging humor. He’s a natural campaigner who loves to meet and talk to voters.

After a recent event in Decorah, Iowa, he wandered around a Nordic Day celebration, reminiscing that Midwestern culture was strikingly similar to his childhood experiences in Connecticut decades earlier: “It was West Hartford, 1956.”

So even though Dodd is rarely seen in these parts anymore, he does remember us.

Here, by the way, is Decorah, Iowa: