I wonder who Kucinich will support when push comes to shove in Iowa

[mdmc]

Hey DU!
Remember in 2004 when Kucinich threw his support behind John Edwards during the Iowa caucus?
Well, I was wondering who DK might support in 2008.
I hope that he has enough power to remain viable and capture the nomination for himself, but I doubt that will happen.
I think that it will be Edwards again.

[Annces]

1. Do you know why he likes Edwards?

[mdmc]

2. I think that Edwards has been doing the anti poverty thing pretty good

He is a good campaigner and he is currently running to the left of most in the mainstream. I get Edwards2008 emails and they read like they were written by Ralph Nader (subject lines include - end the war NOW, revoke NAFTA, why not universal health care?...ect).
I think that Kucinich will try his best to get the party further to the left. Not sure how this would be best accomplished.

[Annces]

10. Thanks - I have high regard for Kucinich opinion

[Czolgosz]

7. I assume Kucinich likes Edwards because they are both anti-war, pro-universal health care, pro-fair

trade, pro-labor, anti-NAFTA, pro-equal rights for gays, pro-public education, anti-privatization of social security, anti-tax cuts just for corporations and the ultra-wealthy, pro-pathway-to-citizenship on immigration, pro-reform on campaign finance, and pro-environment. Maybe the fact that Edwards is nearest to Kucinich on more issues than any other candidate explains why Kucinich likes Edwards.

[Annces]

9. Thanks n/t

[tnlurker]

3. Personally

I hope the Iowans throw their support behind Kucinich. Wouldn't that show the rest of the country when a true progressive came out on top.

[bryant69]

4. I'm not the world's biggest Kucinich fan - but that would be nice to see

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[mdmc]

5. that would be way to cool

for school

[coalition_unwilling]

6. In that way, Iowa could atone for its sin of giving momentum

to John Kerry, who could never articulate a clear stand on our invasion of Iraq.

[mdmc]

12. Kerry was for fighting the war smarter then Bush

:shrug:

[blm]

13. He did many times. Media wouldn't repeat it clearly. He was for IWR to get

inspectors back in, and when the inspections were proving war was unnecessary he spoke out publicly to urge Bush to let the inspections continue to prove successful in deterring war. That is why he spoke out against Bush's DECISION to go to war.

Once war was a reality, he said it would be best to stabilize Iraq quickly and let UN and NATO take the larger role so we would not be considered occupiers and we would not have any permanenet bases.

He said he would do that as president and start withdrawing troops within 6 months.

Now he has submitted 3 withdrawal plans since fall of 2005. What part has the media not been able to understand?

They have pushed that meme for the last 3 years to cover up their own failures to report accurately on Bush and his war.

[mdmc]

14. I remember Dean, Braun, Sharpton, and Kucinich got it right

All the others got mixed up in "supporting the troops". The only real way to support the troops was to give them clear objectives and overwhelming force.

I opposed the war because I knew that a "stable, unified, pro-west, democratic" Iraq was many decades away. In order to give the troops "clear objectives and overwhelming force", we would have needed to make a great sacrifice. A sacrifice that I doubted America was ready to make.

[mvd]

8. Hi!

Obama has quite a liberal rating in Congress - so you never know. :hi:

[mdmc]

11. yes!

:hi:

I think it will come down to who can best offset Hillary. Could be Edwards, could be Obama... ya never know...