Carl Hulse reports: "Washington, on the other hand, is gaining a seat and Mr. Kucinich figures his aggressive brand of antiwar, pro-working class politics could sell well in a solidly blue state where he has ideological allies and was popular during his unsuccessful White House bids in 2004 and 2008. It is a somewhat novel idea that could be summed up as: Have seniority, will travel."
Representative Dennis Kucinich of Ohio greets supporters at the Pike Place Market in Seattle, 05/21/11. (photo: Matthew Ryan Williams/NYT)
Kucinich, Losing District, Looks Very Far Afield
22 May 11
Representative Dennis Kucinich, the liberal Democrat from Cleveland, was a long way from home - 2,000 miles give or take. But he found plenty of political admirers in this stronghold of progressive political thought.
"Run, Dennis, run," urged Karen Pooley, a 48-year-old sales representative as Mr. Kucinich addressed her and other chanting protesters who were outside a Chase bank to rally against government policies that favor financial institutions while teachers are being laid off.
Mr. Kucinich is indeed thinking about running, but it would not be another try for president and maybe not even an eighth House race back in Ohio. Instead, the 64-year-old Mr. Kucinich, who first gained fame as the "boy mayor" of Cleveland in the 1970s, is delicately examining the idea of running for Congress here in Washington State next year. Given Ohio's loss of two House seats, his district is likely to disappear when new map lines are drawn.
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We need politician who shakes bit status quo, who solves number ONE issue - WARS.
Dennis Kucinich and a hand-full of others are on OUR side.
Vote in 2012 -- before the Koch brothers buy up the government so even our vote won't count.
To the Stupremes (especially Scalia/Thomas who should be impeached). Your 2010 decision to give corporations first amendment rights is totally UNCONSTITIONAL. Basing your decison on a partial 1813 decision is a false premise. In 1813 that inclusion was a typo. But Scalia/Thomas -- you slept with the Koch brothers before that decision and the founding fathers gave a few rules for Supremes: NO decision shall be based on $$ or political favor.
That 2010 decision gave us the "best government money can buy"
The GOP (Koch-TParty) is fixing to take away ALL the reasons we can have a "middle class" and with no middle class we have no democracy.
VOTE demo in 2012 or we'll have worse than "W" and we'll never recover from "W"/Cheney/Rove = etc.
AND THIS IS MY OPINION
He's a CONGRESSman and one of the few honorable ones left.
I live in WA State and would be happy to have him here.
I would rather see him use his knowledge as President. Good Luck to you sir where ever you go
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