Kucinich made a conscious sacrifice when he ran for president.  He ran to put important issues -- primarily environmental and social justice issues -- on the table.

America may not be ready for vegan President who lives within a relatively small "foot print", but I appreciate what he does and has done.

I hope he continues to represent Ohio and serve our nation for a long, long time.

"We must be the change we wish to see in the world." -- Mahatma Ghandi

This is less about the media having their finger on the pulse of America, and much more about the media whittling down our choices, and convincing people who agree with Dennis, and would actually LIKE him to be president, to be afraid that a vote for him would be "wasted".  So they dupe people into voting for a second choice, a "lesser of two evils" rather than someone they truly believe in.  

Sure, many people truly believe in Clinton, Obama, and Edwards. But if the media gave equal coverage and equal access to Kucinich, and encouraged people to honestly vote for their top choice, Kucinich would have gotten far more votes, and probably would still be in this race now.

We need major electoral reform in this country.  Financing reform, instant-runoff-voting, laws requiring equal coverage and equal-access.  Until we do, we will forever have our choices prematurely limited to 2 or 3 "front-runners" because the media can't seem to cover more at one time.

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if whomever gets elected has half a brain (i know, unlikely), they will appoint him as head of like 5 agencies!

the greenest energy is that which you needn't ever produce.

It seems to me that he is instead the victim of many failing to walk the walk after talking the talk.  Peace is a great sentiment but how many so called peace activists are now backing a candidate who voted for war.  The environment is the foundation of our existence here on earth yet how many who say the environment is important are instead backing a candidate who supports coal, nuclear, corporate dominance of politics and hence policy.  It's the constant selling out of our deeply held values that are to blame for quality candidates being sidelined.  Even the major enviro and peace groups look at "electability" instead of backing candidates with like values!!!!
And predictably, come the midterm elections, we'll be grousing about whoever wins the election and how we should have voted for Dennis. I'm willing to put drachma on it. . .

Too bad he won't leave the party and run either third party, i.e. Green, or as an independent.  If he loses in his district, I think he should face the fact that the only peace/enviro candidate the DNC or DLC values is one wearing wings and halo.

If multiparty democracy is good enough for our troops to die for in Iraq, it's good enough for the U.S. to enact! Register, vote, respect third parties!

Not so in human culture.  Too bad.  Please do not give up on us and destroy our planet, before we do, oh mighty alien overlords.

http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog John Schneider, Northern Wisconsin

And yes, I do indeed believe we all have a lot to learn from him, not least regarding his veganism, which is terrific, but regarding many other matters too.

But no, I am not sad that at this point he has dropped out of the presidential race.  In this particular universe, as it is, it seems a bit too much to ask, for a number of reasons, that Dennis should be the Democratic nominee.

On NPR, Thursday afternoon, there was a correspondent speaking about politics in Russia, reporting that Dennis's demand for a recount of the primary vote in New Hampshire was receiving a lot of media coverage there -- as if to say that democracy in America is far from perfect.  And thus far, they are right.  But for Putin and his backers to use any suppression of Dennis's voters and followers as an excuse for their own sinister re-interpretation of democracy is pretty vicious.

As for the future of Dennis, beyond his retaining his Congressional seat from Cleveland, perhaps he should join up with Al Gore, as a sort of Batman-and-Robin team of do-gooders, and form their own DINGO ("Domestic Important NGO").

MuddPi,
since you seem to have a sweettooth for hellenic things, did you know that "Dennis" is derived from the classical Greek name "Dionysios," "belonging to Dionysus"?

Chickens deserve our true friendship! So do fish! So do other sentient beings! Let us learn to be kind.

He would be a shoo in here.

http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog John Schneider, Northern Wisconsin