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Sad news but we saw this one coming! Rep. Dennis Kucinich will announce he is abandoning his long shot bid for the White House in a news conference Friday, his campaign confirms to CNN.
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16 responses // Kucinich to announce he's OUT of campaign

  • (play's small violin)
    turboruss
  • Time to rally in full behind John Edwards. I am saddened by Kucinich's withdrawal, but have hope now that Edward's will gain even more momentum...Thanks to Dennis Kucinich for always speaking the truth and representing us as a true and honest patriot.
    blueplanet
  • Who's Dennis Kucinich? oh wait, he's that dude who's always talkin about peace and stuff. when will we learn?
    futurist
  • Why now all of a sudden? [about to open the can of worms--->] I would possit its because Denny doesnt work on the clocks we all use--PST or EST or even CST--that's not of concern to him... his campaign, his hairdo, his MESSAGE--its all about him!
    dbeckmann
  • His wife is still smokin' hot.

    -zen
    zenbeer
  • That's our fault for repeating all the time that he is unelectable, thus creating a negative meme and spreading it around until it reached a critical mass. America obviously doesn't deserve a good president.
    Vierotchka
  • Now who do I vote for?

    I like Edwards, but the only person who even comes close to representing my beliefs on the most important issues for me -- foreign policy, healthcare, gay rights, civil liberties, drug policy, etc. -- is Mike Gravel, and I don't suspect he'll be in the race much longer either (he's been shut out of the major debates for months).

    It's sad that the Democratic Party has systematically marginalized genuinely independent voices. Once the under-funded but somehow more "serious" candidates (according to the press) like Dodd, Biden, and Richardson dropped out, the Party and the media went to great lengths to ensure Dennis wasn't allowed in debates with Edwards/Obama/Clinton.

    Is this democracy?
    Evmonk
  • I received an e-mail from his congressional campaign this week begging for money. Perhaps he is concerned about his seat in the house...
    uroborus8
  • Halla!
    bluepolo21
  • Evmonk-

    I live in NH, and so I got to vote for Kucinich. Damned lot of good it did. But bless his heart--he's paying for a recount, so we might find out what the REAL public vote was, rather than the voting machine myth that was publicized on the media. Sorry he won't be around to do that for your state...

    Since you asked who to vote for, I'd say, vote for Edwards. He's not the candidate we need, but he's the closest you have to someone who will represent your interests. It won't work, but perhaps if he makes a reasonable showing, the "frontrunners" will maybe consider shifting their platforms a LITTLE to the left....
    scalesian
  • Sad. Blame the media yet again. The race for president seems to be who can grab the media's attention well enough.

    The little guy had some cool ideas but in the end it seems to be publicity that wins races, not issues.

    Again I say blame the media, most of whom have failed to report these candidates and the issues they represent accurately. Yes, tell us what other slanderous things bill clinton has to say or pleasePLEASEPLEASE, I need to know "Was bill clinton the first black president?"

    Any intelligent person has to shut off their set nowadays and turn to internet sites like this one for actual truth.
    sethmyers
  • l watched him on "Moyers" and he made some truly sensible observations backed with solid ideas. I watched him in the debates and he ranted like a man possessed.
    Too bad the larger public never saw the more toned down side of him.
    huntre
  • I know that "blame the media" is the common line, and it's true to an extent, but I do think that Kucinich's failure to gain traction is our fault in many ways. All of us.

    Almost every progressive/independent-minded person I know thinks that Kucinich has the clearest and most sane positions on all the major issues. But almost none of them even considered voting for him or donating to his campaign. It's as if they were embarrassed to support such a marginal candidate, when that vociferous and outspoken support is exactly what will bring a candidate like Kucinich away from the margins. The media tells us who is and is not viable, but we are the ones who fulfill that prophecy with our own complacency and unwillingness to stand up for our beliefs.

    In America, we get the government we deserve.
    Evmonk
  • Man, I hope he runs again. What a loss. I agree with Vierotchka, the more everyone said he was never going to get anywhere- the less seriously we took him and people gave up hope. I'd tell people I was behind him and they had such a negative attitude.
    I'm just hoping Edwards wins. And if some dickweed like Giuliani wins, maybe it'll shake us up enough to revolt more otfen and passionately.
    ILiveonaClock
  • Evmonk-

    I agree with everything you said, except the last line. Here's my take:

    In America, we get the government Big Business buys for us.

    Could voters make a difference? I don't know. I still vote at every election and primary that comes along, and I like to think we COULD change the flow of Business as usual...but the reports from blackboxvoting.org are not encouraging.

    But that's another point. The main gist of your last comment is right on the money. Even Michael Moore, who admitted that Kucinich had the best platform and track record, has been pushing the "electable" Edwards.

    Imagine all the liberals and progressives getting their act together and speaking as one... instead of worrying about polls and electability.
    scalesian
  • scalesian-

    That's an interesting point, and I think we pretty much agree. There's no doubt that major corporations have a hugely disproportionate and often destructive impact on American democracy. But I want to believe that elections aren't being outright stolen. If Dennis Kucinich was getting 40% of the vote instead of 1.5%, people would figure it out. Instead, I think it really is the case that no one is voting for him -- generally because they don't think he can win (or they think he's troll-like or a crazy UFO nutjob or whatever their reasons are, haha).

    In my opinion, the influence of "big business" on elections is more subversive. It disempowers us all in subtle psychological ways, rather than in overt, election-stealing kinds of ways.

    But you're absolutely right that we should be skeptical of this process. With these electronic voting machines -- especially the ones without a paper trail (like in SC) -- it's very hard to tell WHAT is going on. This is an absolute disgrace, a stain on our democracy, and we need to bring credibility back to this process as soon as possible.
    Evmonk

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