Reply #86: Facts can be troublesome things [View All]

Dennis a "back bencher"? What do you call the chairman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, the largest caucus in the House?

And as far as a "series of political defeats", you surely must not mean his consistently high re-election numbers, starting from his 1996 race where he beat an intrenched Republican? Or the fact that he won in 2002 with 75% of the vote (and 50% of the Republican vote)?

As far as only going as far as the House, Tip O'Neil, one of the greatest Democratic leaders of the 20th century, NEVER went beyond the House. Neither did Sam Rayburn, the House speaker before O'Neil. Even Newt Gingrich (whom every good Dem loathes) was "only" in the House when he lead the "Republican Revolution" of 1994 (which was, incidentally, the year DK won election to the Ohio Senate in a year where Democrats got slaughered at the polls).

What other offices higher than Congress has DK run for? Oh, that's right, NONE. Who's to say he couldn't win election to a higher office than the House?

As The Nation reported a few weeks back, the only reason the media and public aren't taking Kucinich seriously is because he's the only serious candidate running.