Site Launch
Yesterday Dennis Kucinich announced he will again seek the Democratic Presidential Nomination for the 2008 election. Today, this site has begun. The purpose of this site is to track the actions of Representative Dennis Kucinich, both as the Congressional representative of Ohio D-10 and as a presidential candidate.
In fact, the motivation for this site is for OH-10, which is basically Cleveland and much of its south and west suburbs. The Cleveland area has more than its share of problems, most the result of a shrinking economic base. It is absolutely critical that Cleveland is represented well at all levels of government. We need active representation and results.
There is no debating that Mr. Kucinich has been overwhelmingly popular and comfortably won re-election for over a decade now. However, he also occupies a fringe place in the Democratic Party and has usually taken broad, ideological positions over pursuing enact-able legislation. Kucinich is known as the foremost "Peace Advocate" and has proclaimed that the Department of Defense should be recast as the Department of Peace. He's also known for a certain type of dramatic press conference, usually staged outside some sort of closed Ohio factory surrounded by laid-off workers. And, it seems, actual tangible results to help his district rarely follow. Certainly legislation being enacted that Mr. Kucinich has proposed very, very rarely, if ever, is passed in Congress. It is somewhat mystifying to me why my fellow citizens continue to reelect Kucinich by wide margins. While I respect that people may be attracted to his ideological stances, in terms of getting results he has clearly failed the 10th district.
In 2002-2004 Kucinich ran for President. He toured the country. He tramped through the primary states. He hobnobbed with various celebrities enthusiastic about his campaign. He stayed in the race almost until the Democratic Party convention. All this despite garnering little more than a few percentage points of support in each state. In fact, Kucinich continued to run long after he was mathematically eliminated. All the while, the economy of Greater Cleveland continued its steady decline.
Since 2004 Dennis has continued doing what he does best - leading a sort of Peace movement, opposing many of the actions that his own party pursues, and even traveling to tour southern Lebanon to condemn violence (something that deserves much closer inspection, at least by this blog).
And so -- this blog is intended to track Dennis Kucinich and note his stated actions and positions. It will try to keep track of his campaign and how (or if) he manages to still represent his Congressional district. It will try and keep up with the various news stories covering Dennis around the country and the world. It will look into some of his more controversial positions and actions. And ultimately it will help everyone, particularly my fellow citizens in OH-10, get to know this Congressman and what he is really achieving as a representative of the people.
In fact, the motivation for this site is for OH-10, which is basically Cleveland and much of its south and west suburbs. The Cleveland area has more than its share of problems, most the result of a shrinking economic base. It is absolutely critical that Cleveland is represented well at all levels of government. We need active representation and results.
There is no debating that Mr. Kucinich has been overwhelmingly popular and comfortably won re-election for over a decade now. However, he also occupies a fringe place in the Democratic Party and has usually taken broad, ideological positions over pursuing enact-able legislation. Kucinich is known as the foremost "Peace Advocate" and has proclaimed that the Department of Defense should be recast as the Department of Peace. He's also known for a certain type of dramatic press conference, usually staged outside some sort of closed Ohio factory surrounded by laid-off workers. And, it seems, actual tangible results to help his district rarely follow. Certainly legislation being enacted that Mr. Kucinich has proposed very, very rarely, if ever, is passed in Congress. It is somewhat mystifying to me why my fellow citizens continue to reelect Kucinich by wide margins. While I respect that people may be attracted to his ideological stances, in terms of getting results he has clearly failed the 10th district.
In 2002-2004 Kucinich ran for President. He toured the country. He tramped through the primary states. He hobnobbed with various celebrities enthusiastic about his campaign. He stayed in the race almost until the Democratic Party convention. All this despite garnering little more than a few percentage points of support in each state. In fact, Kucinich continued to run long after he was mathematically eliminated. All the while, the economy of Greater Cleveland continued its steady decline.
Since 2004 Dennis has continued doing what he does best - leading a sort of Peace movement, opposing many of the actions that his own party pursues, and even traveling to tour southern Lebanon to condemn violence (something that deserves much closer inspection, at least by this blog).
And so -- this blog is intended to track Dennis Kucinich and note his stated actions and positions. It will try to keep track of his campaign and how (or if) he manages to still represent his Congressional district. It will try and keep up with the various news stories covering Dennis around the country and the world. It will look into some of his more controversial positions and actions. And ultimately it will help everyone, particularly my fellow citizens in OH-10, get to know this Congressman and what he is really achieving as a representative of the people.
posted by Michael at 9:18 AM
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