In all the hoopla generated over the Super Tuesday Republican presidential primaries, not much attention has been paid to the defeat of the long time liberal gadfly, Dennis Kucinich, in a Democratic primary in Ohio. Kucinich had two previous unsuccessful runs for president and vigorously opposed the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He was a strong critic of military spending and a supporter of virtually all social programs. Kucinich also tried to bring articles of impeachment against President Bush and VP Cheney. A victim of re-districting, he had to run against another Democrat, Marci Kaptur, who had been in Congress for fifteen terms, was a member of the Appropriations Committee and had the longest tenure of any woman in the House.
However, Kucinich’s outspoken voice may not yet be stilled. There is some thought that he may run for Congress in Washington State where there are three open districts and the filing deadline is not until May 10. A long time lightening rod for critics from the right, he has had his share of conflict as well with members of his Democratic Party, so there may be some ambivalence over his attempts to return to Congress. http://politi.co/wZiNvM
Resurrecting Democracy
Political junkie, Vietnam vet, neurologist- three books on aging and dementia. Book on health care reform in 2009- Shock Therapy for the American Health Care System. Book on the need for a centrist third party- Resurrecting Democracy- A Citizen’s Call for a Centrist Third Party published in 2011. Aging Wisely, published in August 2014 by Rowman and Littlefield. Latest book- The Uninformed Voter published May 2020