Kuchinich submits articles of impeachment

George Bush, meet Dennis Kucinich, your accuser.

I'll vote for whoever supports Dodd

My vote's for sale, sort of. As Glenn Greenwald points out today, the FISA fight is imminent, most Democrats are cowering (they're afraid of being called cowards, and in the process are demonstrating their cowardice), and Chris Dodd is preparing for a filibuster.

Greenwald points out that there will be web campaigns launched this week to help convince the top three Democratic presidential contenders to vocally and publicly support Dodd in his fight against FISA as it's being brought to the floor by Harry Reid.

So, whoever puts some public face time in the fight against FISA will get my support in the primary. Otherwise, it'll be voting my heart for Dennis Kucinich.

MSNBC decides what you ought to hear

Last night, NBC lawyers went to the Nevada Supreme Court to prevent Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich from appearing in a televised debate on MSNBC. They succeeded in keeping Kucinich from a spot reasoning that Kucinich only drew 2% of the vote in New Hampshire. The court agreed with NBC's contention that there was neither breach of contract, nor FCC jurisdiction, either of which might have allowed Kucinich a wedge to demand a place on the dais.

MSNBC didn't want Kucinich because, according to them, he was not a legitimate candidate, and not among the "leading" candidates. Of course, he has little chance of breaking into public view if he is prevented from appearing at major communications events like this debate. MSNBC, and other media outlets. have ignored Kucinich throughout the campaign, relegating him to a role as a "minor" candidate, and then they have the gall to exclude him from the debate because he was never given the opportunity to break through.

Kucinich was the only candidate who would have brought a completely different perspective to the debate, and MSNBC denied us the opportunity to hear that perspective.

Worse still, Keith Olbermann, whose show preceded the debate, was the newscaster who delivered the news about Kucinich's exclusion, and he was noticeably closed-mouthed about NBC's efforts to exclude Kucinich. Obviously, Olbermann either agrees with his bosses at the company, or was too timid to disagree, and considering his record, that shameful.

I wonder what Keith Olbermann will have to say about this

I don't understand how it serves the purposes of democracy to exclude a legitimate candidate from a public debate. Now MSNBC had "disinvited" Dennis Kucinich from a presidential candidate's debate. What are they afraid of hearing, or having us hear? Somehow, networks ought not be able to do this. Oh for the days of the fairness doctrine.

Of course, MSNBC seems to be taking its cue from the Democratic Party itself, which is keeping Kucinich off the ballot in Texas because he won't sign a party pledge.

Maybe their all afraid his demand for a New Hampshire recount will uncover something untoward.

Upset by the upset

While the mainstream press continues to ignore or pooh-pooh the idea that the Diebold voting machines may have delivered an inaccurate vote count in New Hampshire, Dennis Kucinich has filed a complaint with the NH secretary of state, asking for a recount.

Of course, conservative bloggers are already beginning to dismiss Kucinich as part of the "lunatic fringe." A lunatic fringe which would like a reasonable explanation other than, "Hillary cried."

Thanks to Michael Gill for the tip.

Dodd: second choice integrity in Iowa

Chris Dodd has shown an enormous amount of integrity throughout his uphill campaign in Iowa. Many, including me, have said that he's tilting at windmills.

In Iowa, where the second tier candidates have begun to strike deals on the second choice votes in the caucus, idealogues like Dennis Kuchinich, have succumbed to dealing. In the caucuses, if your candidate does not reach the 15% threshold of caucus voters, those votes are able to migrate to other candidates. Some of these below-threshold candidates have begun to encourage their supporters to vote for specific candidates. For example, Kuchinich has thrown his second choice votes to Barack Obama.

Here's what Chris Dodd had to say yesterday.

Kucinich makes the most sense

Hillary was defensive. Barack peddled softly. And our friend Chris Dodd can't escape learning how to speak in a political household.

But Dennis Kucinich speaks plainly, clearly, truthfully. And the crowd loves it.

Check out this Kuchinich clip at Raw Story.