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Kucinich abandons White House bid
January 25, 2008
CLEVELAND—Cleveland Congressman Dennis Kucinich says he's giving up his presidential campaign to focus on running for re-election to the House.
Kucinich, whose second White House bid yielded only tepid support, now faces a fight to keep his job in Congress.
His decision was revealed in an interview Thursday with The Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The six-term House member got only 1 percent of the vote in the New Hampshire presidential primary and was shut out in the Iowa caucuses.
"There is a point at which you just realize that you, look, you accept it, that it isn't going to happen and you move on," Kucinich told the newspaper.
Kucinich, 61, is facing four challengers in the Democratic congressional primary March 4, and earlier this week he made an urgent appeal for money for his re-election. Rival Joe Cimperman has been critical of Kucinich for focusing too much time outside of his district while campaigning for president.
Kucinich told the paper he would not endorse another Democrat in the primary. He did not return the AP's calls for comment.
The Ohio congressman brought the same sense of idealism to his second run for president as he did in his first bid four years ago. He said he entered the race again because the Democratic Party wasn't pushing hard enough to end the Iraq war. His candidacy was supported by many Hollywood celebrities, including actor Sean Penn.
During his tenure in Congress, Kucinich has been one of the most outspoken liberals, opposing international trade agreements like the North America Free Trade Agreement and marching with protesters in Seattle during a meeting of the World Trade Organization.
As a presidential candidate, he has proposed a Department of Peace, backed universal health care and supported gay marriage. He also pushed for the impeachment of Vice President Dick Cheney.
Kind of a bummer. I certainly don't agree with many of his positions, but he was honest and sincere, and willing to stand up and rock the boat in his party. You might not like what he says, but you could trust that he meant it. I respected that.
That leaves one candidate (total for both major parties) still running who can be trusted to mean what he says.
PhilB
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"A free man must be able to endure it when his fellow men act and live otherwise than he considers proper." -- Ludwig von Mises
Another One Bites the Dust
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