Dodd Criticizes Obama for Caucus Tactic

DODD CAMPAIGN TO OBAMA: 'NEW POLITICS' SHOULDN'T BE ABOUT SCHEMING TO
EVADE SPIRIT OF CAUCUSES

For Immediate Release
DECEMBER 1, 2007

DES MOINES - Chris Dodd for President Iowa State Director Julie
Andreeff Jensen today released the following statement in response to Des
Moines Register columnist David Yepsen's piece about the Obama campaign's
new strategy:

"I was deeply disappointed to read today about the Obama campaign's
attempt to recruit thousands of out-of-state residents to come to Iowa for
the caucuses. Given that the Obama campaign once said they
'absolutely condemn any attempt to fraudulently influence the caucuses,' we had
hoped they'd follow the Dodd campaign's lead in working to protect the
integrity and spirit of the caucus process.

"'New Politics' shouldn't be about scheming to evade either the spirit
or the letter of the rules that guide the process. That may be the way
politics is played in Chicago, but not in Iowa."