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Obama Making First Stop in New Hampshire
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) _ Sen. Christopher Dodd edged closer to officially declaring he is running for president Friday at a Harvard University student-sponsored forum for potential candidates in 2008.
  Senator Barack Obama speaks at a charity event in New York, Monday, Dec. 4, 2006. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) (Seth Wenig - AP) 
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"You're not that far from New Hampshire. I'd like to sign you up," said Dodd, alluding to the first-in-the-nation primary election state while he posed for pictures with students after the session.
Dodd, D-Conn., accused President Bush of failing to work with the rest of the world when it comes to environmental policies and fighting terrorism.
"This mentality of unilateralism is very, very dangerous. If I am nominated and elected, that will change dramatically," he said.
So far, only Gov. Tom Vilsack of Iowa, a Democrat, has officially declared his candidacy.
Dodd, 62, is serving his fifth term in the Senate and would be up for re-election in 2010. His father, Thomas J. Dodd, also was a senator from Connecticut.
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Associated Press writers Beth Fouhy and Sara Kugler in New York and David Webber in Cambridge, Mass., contributed to this report.
