A Democrat hopeful you have never heard of...

[nowalmart]

This entry is mainly for the readers who do not follow politics as much as they might like.

I would like you introduce you to U.S. Representative Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio

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[lemonaid2]

He ran in the last presidential primary and I voted for him. Yay. He also has a group on livejournal that is not active anymore really. But I totally love him because he actually takes stands on things.

[singitsilent]

He's truly an awesome guy. I think of him as a real-life President Bartlet.

[bigpeteb]

Oh, I've heard of him. As I understand it, the people of Cleveland, OH, still remember what a a disaster he was as mayor from 1977 to 1979.

[nowalmart]

He made some unpopular decisions (as well as some that could probably best be described as "youthful mistakes"), but in the end he stood his ground and made a decision to keep the municipal electric company, a decision that, 15 years later, was definitely the right decision to make.

I suppose the telling point is that while he was not reelected as mayor of Cleveland, these days they continue to overwhelmingly send him as their US Representative.

obWiki: Mayoral administration of Dennis Kucinich