I met the guy, had a chance to talk to him. Nice guy, just not a good candidate.
He says a lot of good things, a lot of rhetoric that the left wingers love to hear.
Problem is, his entire purpose is to attract the left-wing, even the "ultra-left" to the Democrat party.
We've seen this before when Kucinich ran on a similar left-wing program in 2004.
He promised “A Workers" whitehouse, withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq, universal single-payer healthcare, increased rights for workers to form unions without interference from the bosses.
He PROMISED his supporters that he would stay in the presidential race to "THE END", "NO MATTER WHAT" and would "NEVER" support a pro-war candidate.
What did he do?
He broke his promises and dropped out of the race, only to throw his support behind the pro-war and corporate-backed John Kerry and told his own supporters to do the same.
Rather than “change the direction of the Democratic Party,” Kucinich’s campaign served to funnel left-wing antiwar activists into Kerry’s campaign. A strategy that is not new. Kucinich played an important role for Kerry by campaigning against activists breaking from the Democrats and supporting the antiwar and pro-worker independent campaign for president of Ralph Nader and other independent candidates.
At face value, Kucinich gives the most radical campaign as possible within the the Democrats. However, history has shown us again and again that to actually see this program implemented with the Democrats is simply not possible and the only way requires breaking from them completely.
