Sixth Place Is Not a Ticket Out of Iowa for Dodd

ABC News’ Donna Hunter reports: Sen. Chris Dodd’s, D-Conn., campaign is banking on four tickets coming out of Iowa on caucus night, and that his name will be on one of them. But he says it’s still too early for predictions.

"We’re talking three or four slots. I think those are the tickets out of Iowa. There are a lot of other questions you would have to answer before giving a definitive one. To what number you’re in – what if the top three came in third, fourth or fifth?"

But if Dodd comes in sixth, can his campaign survive?  Dodd doesn’t believe so, and he is well aware of the fact that a sixth place ticket isn’t a ticket out of Iowa, but he does believe in surprises. In true Dodd style, he used the past as a potential positive for the outcome of his own campaign – he recalled Jimmy Carter, who came in second behind “uncommitted” in the 1976 Iowa caucus, and went on to become president.   

A lot of things could happen in that caucus for two hours that don’t happen in primary voting – that only happen in caucus voting, so a lot can happen on Thursday night, said Dodd.

The senator will continue his "Caucus For Results" bus tour through to caucus night, where he will receive and possibly make a definitive answer on the future of his campaign.