Quite frankly, if there's a word that describes the speaking style of the Senator from Connecticut it's that he bellows. Physically larger than Biden, Dodd is no less angry than his Democratic colleague from Delaware. The difference is that Dodd's anger doesn't signal itself by a bulge beneath his lower lip. Instead, Dodd's eyebrows pinch together and lower as he if he is lowering the boom on ideas and rivals he finds antithetical and wrong. Sometimes, his mouth forms an elongated, open funnel expressive of intense anger, but more often the corners of his mouth are turned down in disgust. A smile gets added in every now and again,, but it's not the essence of a candidate advocating "boldness" as he joins Ron Paul in decrying people who "walk over the Constitution."
Facing Off With the Candidates
Candidates in the 2008 presidential race never seem to stop talking, but is it possible that what their facial expressions tell us IS MORE revealing than what they actually say? In a TIME.com experiment Dan Hill, a recognized authority on facial coding, looks into each candidate's eyes for clues to their innermost thoughts.