ViolaLee
01-03-2008, 12:58 AM
Kucinich: Obama is my second choice (in Iowa)
by John McCormick
SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- The Des Moines Register's Iowa Poll released late Monday shows Rep. Dennis Kucinich with the support of 1 percent of Democrats likely to attend Thursday's presidential caucuses.
So, it is not a huge victory for Sen. Barack Obama to receive the support of Kucinich in precincts where the Ohio congressman is not viable. Still, going into a close election, one never knows.
Kucinich said Tuesday that he would like his supporters to back Obama in places where they are not in large enough numbers to be viable. (Iowa Democratic Party rules require that a candidate receive support from 15 percent of caucus participants -- sometimes more -- to be deemed viable.)
“I hope Iowans will caucus for me as their first choice," Kucinich said in a statement. "But in those caucus locations where my support doesn't reach the necessary threshold, I strongly encourage all of my supporters to make Barack Obama their second choice. Sen. Obama and I have one thing in common: Change.”
The senator from Illinois issued his own statement of thanks.
“I have a lot of respect for Congressman Kucinich, and I’m honored that he has done this because we both believe deeply in the need for fundamental change,” he said. “He and I have been fighting for a number of the same priorities -- including an end to the war in Iraq that we both opposed from the start."
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2008/01/kucinich_obama_is_my_second_ch.html
Barack Obama is going to be our next President :)
by John McCormick
SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- The Des Moines Register's Iowa Poll released late Monday shows Rep. Dennis Kucinich with the support of 1 percent of Democrats likely to attend Thursday's presidential caucuses.
So, it is not a huge victory for Sen. Barack Obama to receive the support of Kucinich in precincts where the Ohio congressman is not viable. Still, going into a close election, one never knows.
Kucinich said Tuesday that he would like his supporters to back Obama in places where they are not in large enough numbers to be viable. (Iowa Democratic Party rules require that a candidate receive support from 15 percent of caucus participants -- sometimes more -- to be deemed viable.)
“I hope Iowans will caucus for me as their first choice," Kucinich said in a statement. "But in those caucus locations where my support doesn't reach the necessary threshold, I strongly encourage all of my supporters to make Barack Obama their second choice. Sen. Obama and I have one thing in common: Change.”
The senator from Illinois issued his own statement of thanks.
“I have a lot of respect for Congressman Kucinich, and I’m honored that he has done this because we both believe deeply in the need for fundamental change,” he said. “He and I have been fighting for a number of the same priorities -- including an end to the war in Iraq that we both opposed from the start."
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2008/01/kucinich_obama_is_my_second_ch.html
Barack Obama is going to be our next President :)