You know, I've been pretty rough on Kucinch in the past few days, but now I'd like to praise him:

[Orrex]

He is exactly correct re: capital punishment. Here's a blog quoting a letter they received from him during the 2008 campaign:

http://texasdeathpenalty.blogspot.com/2007/12/presidential-candidates-against-death.html

It's rare to see so explicit a rejection of this anachronistic practice. Bravo, Rep. Kucinich.

[phasma ex machina]

1. Kucinich's moral reasoning in his second paragraph says it all. nt

[Cirque du So-What]

2. I view Dennis Kucinich as the conscience of the Democratic party

His idealism often gets ridiculed, but he serves as an anchor who refuses to allow the Democratic party to get dragged to the right by blue dogs & DLC corporate interests. Although I can understand some of the criticism due to his vote on HCR, I'm automatically suspect of those who bash Kucinich at every opportunity.

[Orsino]

3. Good work, Dennis.

I oppose capital punishment simply because I believe that premeditated killing is wrong.

He has nicely delineated the more practical reasoning.