Christopher Dodd may jump into the busy presidential race on the Democratic side according to ABC:

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.

But Dodd, a 25-year Senate veteran, added, "If I had to make a decision in the next thirty seconds, I'd say, 'Let's go.'"

Anyway, Dodd has zero chance and realizes it himself. His personality and voice make Tom Daschle seem downright energetic and he has 25-years of votes to explain. He's a straight party line voter who hasn't written any legislation that was controversial. He did vote for the USA Patriot Act, which could come back and hurt him with the left-wing of his party and voted for John Roberts and John Ashcroft, yet against Alberto Gonzales and Samuel Alito.

What also could also hurt him is that he voted for the authorization of troops in Iraq. The only credible candidate that vote won't hurt is Senator Obama.

Dodd is a safe politician and would make a good running mate. As for President, he lacks the charisma that is required to spark the base and get cross-over votes. I would put him in the list of second-tier candidates along with Evan Bayh, John Kerry and Tom Vilsack who will abandon the race shortly after New Hampshire, Iowa, or possibly New Jersey.