Kucinich Launches Another Presidential Bid
Ohio Democrat Says Campaign Fueled By 'Frustration' With Party's Efforts On Iraq
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Play CBS Video Video Kucinich To Try Again CBS News RAW: Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, an early dropout in the 2004 presidential derby, declared his candidacy for 2008, saying "I fully expect to win."
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Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, announced he's making a second bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008. (AP)
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"I am not going to stand by and watch thousands more of our brave, young men and women killed in Iraq," Kucinich said to applause from a crowd gathered at City Hall. "We Democrats were put back in power to bring some sanity back to our nation.
"We were expected to do what we said we were going to do — get out of Iraq."
Kucinich is a six-term, liberal congressman from Cleveland whose presidential candidacy in 2004 made headlines more for his bachelorhood than his policies. This time around Kucinich has a wife.
Kucinich, 60, said he was inspired to run because he disagrees with the way some of his fellow Democrats are handling the war, including approval of a proposal to spend $160 billion more on the conflict.
Kucinich joins Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, a fellow Democrat, in declaring his candidacy for the presidential nomination.
New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is considered the party's front-runner, closely followed by Illinois Sen. Barack Obama. Neither has announced runs.
In 2004, Kucinich posted single digits in most primary elections, including his home state, yet stayed in the race.
He celebrated his bachelorhood on the campaign trail, telling New Hampshire audiences that he was seeking a mate. Women vied for a date with him during an online contest, but nothing romantic evolved from Kucinich's breakfast date with the winner. It did earn him appearances on late-night comedy talk shows.
Last year he married Elizabeth Harper. He won re-election to his House seat in 2006 with 66 percent of the vote, basing his campaign on job creation and criticizing rising gas prices. He also was an outspoken critic of his own party, saying Democrats have lost their soul by moving away from liberal ideals.
Kucinich was elected mayor of Cleveland at age 31, the youngest leader of a major American city. He also became the mayor of the first city since the Great Depression to go into default.
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Even with the new Iraq panel report, and the newly elected Democrats in Congress... most of our leaders still are not getting it. They are still running around saying "peace with honor or some such nonsense". The closer we get to '08 and we are still not out of Iraq, the better and better Kucinich is going to look. The man has brains and has guts. People are dying, and our country is going to hell in a handbasket. While other candidates are being coy or immaturely playing with "Bears", Kucinich understands the seriousness and the urgency of the situation. No games, he simply stood up and with a determined look on his face entered the ring. Seems to me we could use a "scrapper" like Kucinich running our country right about now. Reminds me of Harry Truman.
It matters little what the average American does or thinks, they are secure in their surroundings with others of their corrupted ilk.
In all my years, I have never felt so strongly as I do now about the complete lack of honor and common sense among the pols in Washington.
would be remembered as having died in vain. Dennis Kucinich was one of two democrats, along with Carol Mosely Braun, who years ago called for a single payer health plan to cover all americans. Give em hell Dennis!