Kucinich spices up Democratic race

[dArKeR]

((Dean, who many strategists now deem the front-runner) First time I've seen this!)

Is Democratic presidential contender Rep. Dennis Kucinich more of a blessing or a curse for his rival Howard Dean? Taking stands to the left of Dean, who many strategists now deem the front-runner for the party’s nomination, Kucinich wants to cut the Pentagon budget by $60 billion, scrap free trade accords such as NAFTA, abolish the death penalty, and squelch private-sector insurance and pharmaceutical firms, squeezing them out with government-run entities.


KUCINICH’S views may make Dean appear moderate by comparison.
       That would help the former Vermont governor since some in the news media and in rival campaigns have called Dean “too far left” to be able to beat President Bush in the general election.
       
‘SHARPEST CONTRAST’
       But on the other hand there’s a part of the Democratic electorate that hungers for more than Dean can deliver in terms of anti-globalization, anti-death penalty and anti-Pentagon rhetoric.
       Kucinich wins the support of many in that wing of the party because his anti-globalist, anti-war critique is undiluted, or as Kucinich put it in an interview with MSNBC.com in his Capitol office Friday, “My candidacy offers the sharpest contrast to this administration.”

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[lcordero]

1. 60 billion?!?!?! that's still too conservative of a figure

I thought that a 100 billion dollar cut was more reasonable.

Kucinich is my favorite so far.

On edit: had to add a couple of words to the title

[Old and In the Way]

2. Not sure about President......

but he'd make a fine House Majority Leader!

[govegan]

3. Also the sharpest focus on solving America's very real problems

Calling Kucinich or Dean "too far left" is just more mass media weasel words to confuse the electorate.

How about too much focused on helping the average citizen?

How about too much focused on solving real problems?

How about too much focused on avoiding hyperbole, obfuscation and hypocracy?

How about too far away from graft and corruption?

How about too serious about the US Constitution and its guarantees?

How about a little grizzly spray in the face of repuke leadership to really spice things up? (metaphorically speaking, of course) :-)

The hotter the better.

[Equinox]

4. Absolutely!

Let's pray for Kucinich!