Re: Dennis Kucinich
On Apr 1, 2007, at 10:14 PM, tfast wrote:
Sure BUT. His program as articulated would be supported by most
lefties so why not support anyone who is pushing that agenda. I agree that the putative left needs to go local as its only hope of rebuilding
itself and having any popular purchase. But there also needs to be some
coherency. Otherwise so many points of light and all that.
One of the reasons I voted for Nader twice is that I thought it might
help build the Greens, or some third party movement. Nader himself
has enormous credibility, even among the broad U.S. pop, so it looked
like there was some potential there. But nothing came of it. Kucinich
lacks even that promise - he has no credibility, no sex appeal, none
of the sort of smiling optimism Americans love in their politicians.
He doesn’t have the organization, the discipline, nor the money to
run a serious national campaign. He wants to create a Department of
Peace, for heaven’s sake - that’s going to bring the campaign some
support! So if by support you mean go out and work for the guy, it
would seem like a waste of time. If you mean vote for him in a
primary - sure, why not? But it’d be an empty gesture.
The campaign this time is so front-loaded - the money race is
seriously on, and the nominations are likely to be decided by
February. The only people who vote will have at most three names in
their heads to choose from.
Doug
April 2nd, 2007 at 1:57 pm
Are you sure about all this? Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01)had no money, and nobody saw the true power of her organization until a week before election day. She was fond of saying: “Just because you don’t see the grass growing, doesn’t mean it isn’t there”. The ground is moving here in NH - Pay attention.