Dodd Hops on Obama Band Wagon: “Can I be Treasury Secretary Please?

Politicians with a firm grasp of the obvious, including those with long standing ties to the Clinton, are deserting Billary hoping to score some Brownie points with Barack Obama.

"He's ready to be president and I am ready to support him in this campaign" said Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd at a joint news conference with Obama.

Dodd called off his campaign after getting crushed in the Iowa caucuses, despite the fact that he and his family had moved to the state.

Clinton and Obama have both tried to gain the support of the other democratic candidates who have dropped out of the race.

Dodd had a thinly veiled reference that Clinton’s flailing before she goes under for the last time threatens to take the Democratic party down with her.

"I don't want a campaign that is divisive here, and there's a danger in that,” Dodd said. “Now is the hour to come together.”

In cold political terms, it’s a tough call figuring out when to bust a move. Depending on what happens on March 4 in Texas or Ohio, does your limited clout increase in value or is it rendered worthless? Chris Dodd clearly thinks earlier is better. I wouldn’t be surprised if we see some others who would like high profile jobs in an Obama administration to follow suit.

Maybe Dodd’s endorsement it came with a copy of Doris Kearns Goodwin’s “Team of Rivals,” a book about how Abraham Lincoln signed up his former political opponents to work for him.