Anecdote time:

I've heard this soooooo many times from friends and family members who are liberal dems: "I agree with 100% of what Dennis Kucinich says."

If you think about it, it makes sense. Democratic primary voters are FAR LEFT. They want Bush impeached...literally (see polls that show that 40% of the country wants this). They want funds cut off for the war, NO MATTER THE POLITICAL COST. They think that "General Betrayus" was a good PR strategy. This is our base. They understand that our main candidates (Obama, Hillary) have to use measured language, but they want red meat and tons of it.

Reporters and campaigns often confuse the elite left (op-ed pages, party leaders, DC politicians, bloggers) with the actual rank and file left (less information, angry, singularly focused on things like impeachment or iraq withdrawal, ideologically pure). No nuance in the base. Kucinich is a hero right now, and his beliefs probably line up with a great deal of Democratic primary voters. It's sad.

I agree with virginia centrist.  Kucinich is the one Democrat for whom I would not vote if, by some miracle, he was the nominee.  He is nothing more than an unthinking leftist that thinks it's fun to throw bombs.  Of course, he can afford to do so and maintain his standing on the far left since he has no hope of winning.  

Sadly, as I have it from inside sources, the Kucinich campaign can no longer afford extraneous letters, so the "-ic" had to go. Soon it will be reduced to text-message-speak in its press releases:  "DEM PRZ CANS SUK - LOL - DK"  

I used to side with the Democrats who got all worked up over this slight by the Republicans. Yes, Democrats should be able to choose their own party name and preferred reference to themselves.

This has been going on for so long, though, that now it sounds like petty whining from the brother in the back seat of the car when his sister makes a goofy face at him.

virginiacentrist:

If, as you say, "40% of the country" wants Bush impeached, then almost by definition, a pro-impeachment position isn't really "far left" anymore. It's more left-of-center.

BTW: That number sounds awfully high to me. You seem to be paying more attention to the issue than I am; where'd you get that statistic?

Has anyone else seen the Charmin commercial where the red bear wants the *strong* Charmin and the blue bear wants the *soft* Charmin.

Subversive, I tell you.

Didn't Kucinich say he would only endorse the party nominee if he or she "renounced war as an instrument of foreing policy."  Did he mean ever, at any time.  Or only against countries he likes such as Iran and Serbia.  What a schmuck.