Kucinich Pulls Out Of Michigan Primary
Dennis Kucinich has pulled out of the renegade Michigan primary, leaving only Hillary Clinton and Chris Dodd on the ballot. The campaign said in a statement today:
The sworn statement requesting withdrawal was submitted via fax by Kucinich National Campaign Manager Mike Klein shortly before today's 4 p.m. deadline.At the same time, the Kucinich campaign issued the following statement on behalf of the candidate, who is campaigning in Arizona today:
"We signed a public pledge recently, promising to stand with New Hampshire, Nevada, South Carolina, and the DNC-approved 'early window', and the action we are taking today protects New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary status, and Nevada's early caucus."
The statement continued: "We support the grassroots nature of the New Hampshire, small-state primary, and we support the diversity efforts that Chairman Dean and the DNC instituted last year, when they added Nevada and South Carolina to the window in January 2008. We are obviously committed to New Hampshire's historic role."
Clinton know better make sure she doesn't get overtaken by Dodd! Overall, this is a huge blow to Clinton's campaign, whose strategy to use FL and MI as firewalls has completely been killed off.
Full analysis here.
October 9, 2007 7:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
Just noticing that Kucinich seemed to purposefully leave Iowa out of his statement. ?
October 9, 2007 7:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
DonnaG,
Iowa choses their party canidiates for President through a caucus not a Primary. There is a difference and there is history.
October 9, 2007 9:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
I don't know why Clinton's name is listed above . . . None of the other Republicans withdrew from the MI Primary . . . Why would we expect her do the correct thing?
AND Dodd is the guy who stands on his education legistlation and believes that 'Every Child Right Behind' is good stuff . . . so that answer appears to be a no-brainer (Pun intended).
October 9, 2007 9:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
I don't know why Clinton's name is listed above . . . None of the other Republicans withdrew from the MI Primary . . . Why would we expect her do the correct thing?
AND Dodd is the guy who stands on his education legistlation and believes that 'Every Child Right Behind' is good stuff . . . so that answer appears to be a no-brainer (Pun intended).
October 9, 2007 9:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
This stinks. It's the Michigan Repubs who set the primary date. We better get a caucus at a date to that suits the party.
I was really looking forward to voting for Kucinich.
October 9, 2007 10:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
How can anyone tell when Kucinich has pulled out of a primary? He's not actively campaigning anywhere except when he gets free TV time at debates.
Otherwise, he spends his time in Washington voting with George Bush against health care for children.
October 10, 2007 12:53 AM | Reply | Permalink
All the people bellyaching about the impact of the Religious Right need to realize that they attained this power in part because Iowa and New Hampshire have been allowed to go first for so long and both shape the nature of the debate and eliminate in the first rounds any candidate not acceptable to them.
The DNC is makinng baby steps in the right direction but needs to take more.
I am proud of both Michigan for keeping up the pressure and of Hillary for resisting party pressure. It should serve her well in the general election.
October 10, 2007 9:21 AM | Reply | Permalink
I hope that all who back any candidate other than Sen Clinton in MI will turn out and vote for Sen Dodd. That would destroy her Inevitability/Electability Myth early.
October 10, 2007 9:51 AM | Reply | Permalink
I don't see why people need to buy themselves into office. I think that they should win on their own merits. I will be voting for Dennis Kurcinich.
October 10, 2007 10:26 AM | Reply | Permalink
elriday:
what the hell are you talking about??
October 10, 2007 10:57 AM | Reply | Permalink