Kucinich 2008

The only Democrat running for president who has consistently spoken for the people has been Rep. Dennis Kucinich. A common refrain among those who agree with Kucinich%u2019s positions but refuse to support his candidacy is that he is "unelectable." The last time I checked, however, a person who garners the most votes gets elected. So the antidote to the unelectablility argument is to vote for him.

Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich, arguably the most liberal Democratic candidate for president, has continued his long-shot mission to grab the nomination that he mounted in 2004, with past setbacks doing little to slow his campaign or curb his confidence.

There was one other person with him. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) joined Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) at a press conference this morning to push for impeachment of Vice President Dick Cheney.

Why does a 60-year-old vegan former mayor of Cleveland keep running for President? Maybe because he thinks he's right.

I knew at that moment, I knew absolutely, that my career was on the line. I knew that if I refused to sell, the banks would put the city of Cleveland into default and I would likely lose the next election because people wouldn't understand what happened. But any of us have to decide at some point in our lives what we stand for--whether we have integrity, whether we really believe that there is such a thing as a government by the people, of the people and for the people.

Kucinich, now the U.S. representative for the 10th District, consisting of the West Side of Cleveland and parts of the western suburbs, was honored Monday with a City Council resolution, thanking him for not selling the Cleveland Public Power plant. The plant, still expanding throughout the city, has since saved Clevelanders more than $300 million in payments, officials said.