Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut called for a campaign basedon issues, not personalities, as he nominated President Clinton for asecond term.
Dodd said Clinton can defeat Bob Dole by pointing to hisfirst-term accomplishments: He has reduced the deficit four straightyears, lowered interest rates, cut taxes, created a climate that ledto 10 million new jobs, supported a minimum wage increase, backedMedicare, opposed a constitutional amendment to ban abortion andfought the gun lobby and the tobacco industry.
"President Clinton has put our economic house in order," Doddsaid.
Dole opposed the family and medical leave act, voted to cutMedicare by $270 …

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