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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravel_president

Clearly an issues-raising candidate rather than an electable... but I find his appeal to congress fascinating. Anyone know anything about him?

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[moonlit_me]

He was great at the first democratic debate, but hardly treads the party line... so he was squeezed out. He bettered all of the better candidates by a mile.

[moonlit_me]

Er... all of the other candidates. =) (I'm a bit sleepy.)

[pseudosilence]

Not a lot, but we've just started watching the debates and are impressed with him so far. The advantage of not being considered an electable candidate is that you can call things as you see them, and his passion definitely shook things up a bit. That said - his calls for more direct democracy give me the squiggles, and I'm not sure I'd ever actually vote for him.