KUCINICH: "...my district may be eliminated."

[kpete]

This from a letter I just got from Congressman Kucinich.




.... my continued presence in Congress, to work for everything we care about, will obviously call for a much different strategy. I will not wait until a new Ohio map is produced to begin this crucial discussion of the consequences of congressional redistricting. I will not wait until the Ohio Legislature produces a new map to start thinking of the options. The question will not be: Who is my opponent? The question will be: Where is my district? Seriously.

We are going to have to prepare for a different kind of election, possibly in a different place because my district may be eliminated. We are going to have to organize in a different way, now. The question will remain: Where?

This discussion is consequential. Please participate by providing your insight and advice [e-mail]
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MORE: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/12/29/931421/-Breaking:-Kucinichs-District-May-Be-Eliminated


Kucinich, Facing Loss of Congressional District, Rules Out Presidential Bid
by Craig Brown
Washington's The Hill is reporting:
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/house-races/135331-kucinich-mulls-options-if-new-census-eliminates-his-district-

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I got that letter too...

And how I wish I had some good ideas.

I hope someone will...

He is too good to be gotten rid of.

:-(

[gmoney]

2. Yeah, seems pretty likely...

Pukes control the Ohio legislature and the governor's office, and they feel Dennis has been a menace, so to speak, for too long now. If they vaporize his district and gerrymander his supporters, he may have a tough time getting elected again. And he is 64, so not the spring chicken he once was... :(

[hfojvt]

3. by 2012, DK will have been in Congress 16 years

I like Dennis, a lot, but I don't think he needs to be a Congressman forever. And he will be 66 in 2012. Some people might think about retiring at that age.

In my view, he's already passed a ten year term limit and it would be nice if he put some energy into electing another progressive in his district, hopefully not one that he hand picks (does he have a son? America seems to like royalty that way. How about a nephew?)

[dkf]

4. This is only one of the consequences from this last election.

If anyone stayed home as a protest vote now they get to see the results.

[Bandit]

7. If Democrats would have acted like Democrats this might not be happening

A lot of people didn't stay home as a protest but because they had no Representation. We are not huge Corporations so we actually have no voice what so ever...If you think I would ever vote for someone like Ben Nelson or Zell Miller just because they "say" they are Democrats you don't live in the same world I do..

[defendandprotect]

8. Agree .... the label remains the same, the values are now corporate ... thanks DLC!!

[JI7]

9. they didn't feel Kucinich represented them ? that's the point that poster is making

just as the blue dogs are why people like Pelosi can be speaker.

[defendandprotect]

10. It almost looks as if campaigns are being conducted to keep Dems at home --

every bit of populist campaigning is being removed from campaigns --

when was the last time you heard a candidate talk about the impoverished

in America -- the need for universal health care -- the importance of

our safety nets -- the overwhelming importance of Social Security and

Medicare?

And, of course, this was a question which deeply concerned Speaker Pelosi

when she made a trip to the White House to complain about WH attacks on

Congressional Democrats, asking if they were trying to cause Democrats to

lose the election. Actually, think she complained twice after two separate

incidents.

Will a Wall Street/Corporate administration bring Democratic voters out next

time around?

Meanwhile, we have to understand the role that Kucinich and Bernie Sanders

play in telling us not what's going on ... but what's actually going on in DC!!

It would be a tremendous loss to keeping our heads screwed on straight to lose

either one of them!



:nuke:

[cali]

13. I hear candidates talk about the poor and working people every election

my new guv wants single payer. bernie, of course speaks of these issues a lot. So does Pat Leahy and Peter Welch- not to mention the folks that represent me in the state house.

there may not be a lot of places where that's true, but it is true here.

[krabigirl]

5. terrible news :(

[elocs]

6. Does this mean he would no longer be running in a "safe" Democratic district?

Perhaps this could be looked upon as an opportunity to prove that when American voters are given the choice between a clearly liberal candidate that they would choose that person. Of course, if that is not the case it might explain the dearth of truly liberal Democrats that we have now.

[SoCalDem]

11. That's exactly what it means.. He can, and probably will continue to run

but he will be running in a "new" district, even though he did not move. If the seats consolidated are both D, it's like a primary with one currently in office being eliminated completely. If it's combined with a republican-held seat, it's a choice voters will have to decide, and Dennis may end up odd-man-out.

Politics is a mean game, and oddly enough, republicans usually seem to be in charge in the '1s, when redistricting always happens :eyes:

[deaniac21]

12. Damn, elections have consequences. This is what 2010 has

done to us.

[WCGreen]

14. I predicted this way back....