NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

[ysobelle]

Fuckity. I just got in an argument with both my parents last night because I told them I'd be voting for Rep. Kucinich in the primaries. I knew this would happen at some point, of course, but I wish it'd been after I'd cast my vote. I so adore this man and everything he stands for.


http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/24/kucinich-to-drop-out-of-presidential-race/?hp

January 24, 2008, 5:17 pm
Kucinich To Drop Out of Presidential Race
By MICHAEL FALCONE
Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich said today that he is ending his long-shot presidential bid, thinning the Democratic presidential field to four candidates.

In an interview with the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Mr. Kucinich said he plans to hold a news conference Friday afternoon where he will announce that he is “transitioning out of the presidential campaign.”

In a video posted on the Plain Dealer’s Web site, Mr. Kucinich said that he had not shared the news with anybody except the newspaper and his wife, Elizabeth.

Mr. Kucinich, who is serving his sixth term in Congress from Ohio’s 10th Congressional District, is up for re-election in 2008.

He also ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004, but stayed in the race until just before the party’s national convention when he dropped out and endorsed Senator John Kerry.

Mr. Kucinich told the Plain Dealer today that he would not endorse another Democrat in the primary.

In recent weeks, Mr. Kucinich has been sidelined — excluded from the Democrats’ debates in New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina. With extremely low support in the polls, the debates were his main venue for getting his message out.

He took to the floor yesterday to jump-start his impeachment drive; this time he promised to introduce articles of impeachment against President Bush rather than Vice President Cheney, who was his earlier target.

Comments

[laurensa.livejournal.com]

Cheer up, sweets. If he drops out of the race, he's got more time to push impeachment!

[danorsong.livejournal.com]

I was more then a little disapponted .... though a RP friend of mine thinks they might do a bi-partasin ticket.

[johnbroadfoot.livejournal.com]

I'd like to see a bi-partisan ticket, but not with either of the Clintons. Perhaps McCain/Obama or the other way 'round. That would be interesting and certainly "change" which is the currently overused go-to word of this campaign.

[danorsong.livejournal.com]

its the Paul/Kucinch ticket I'm hoping for... I really think Kucinich can mellow Paul's social issuess

[johnbroadfoot.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid Kucinich never stood a snowball's chance and Ron Paul is a wingnut, but I like the way you think. That would CERTAINLY be "change".

[danorsong.livejournal.com]

I like that Paul with stay outta my life as much as he can cause "It's not constitutional!" is Dr Nos battle cry. I love Dennis... he is by far my favorite house elf. The two of them together might only get the nutso vote, but hey if we nutso's pulled it off... I can just imagine. And paul has already said that even though he doesn't support the social services we have (see battle cry) he would be willing to budget them *if* we got the military home and stop spending money on building the democratic empire we'd have more then enough money to feed all the hungry folk.

[mseuphrates.livejournal.com]

DAMMIT!
*sigh*

[irishcoyote.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I would've. I was hoping to.

But, screw that job, stay home with the wife. Can't blame him.