KUCINICH BACKS OBAMA IN IOWA...
Barack Obama got a boost among progressive Democrats in Iowa today when Dennis Kucinich announced that he was asking his supporters to back Obama in the second round of voting at the caucus.

The arcane rules of the Iowa caucus require a candidate to receive 15 percent of the vote at a given caucus location in order to qualify for delegates. After the first round of voting, supporters of candidates who are not "viable" can choose their second, top tier choice. In '04 Kucinich urged his supporters, in a surprising move, to back John Edwards, helping to boost his margin in liberal areas. Edwards has moved to the left since then, yet this time Kucinich went with Obama. "Sen. Obama and I have one thing in common: Change," Kucinich said in a press release today.

Kucinich hasn't campaigned much in Iowa this time around but he retains a loyal band of followers. In a tight race between Edwards and Obama among liberal Democrats here, Kucinich could give Obama an edge.


Posted by Ari Berman at 01/01/2008 @ 4:07pm

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There's gonna be some confused liberals in leisure land.

"Brilliant political strategy. Wait til it plays out you'll see the genius of this maneuver."

And Nader is supporting Edwards.

Now you see all of this is quite confusing to the true believers and they will go to great lengths to dissect it and play make-believe political pundit to regain their equilibrium. They'll hash it out and thrash about finally arriving at some half-baked conclusion as to why this happened, a conclusion that will not even stand up to it's own contradictions. They need some explanation that will allow them to maintain the facade. When all they have to do to clear the debris from their cluttered minds is eliminate the concept that working within this system has any use whatsoever. Once they see that then this vast reservoir of energy that is currently siphoned off into the electoral drain can be applied to meaningful actions.

This sort of flagellation that I describe is precisely why so many of the liberal class are constantly in a state of disappointment and depression over the "state of things." How utterly naive and foolish can one be to even put any faith in Kucinich, Edwards, et al when they have been card carrying members of Team 'D' for their entire lives.

Sean Hannity likes Ron Paul (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQIlNVbttuM)