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Kucinich: 'I'm No Longer Running For President'
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ABC News' Jennifer Parker Reports: Returning to his hometown of Cleveland, presidential dark horse Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, announced he is abandoning his second White House bid to concentrate on fighting for his congressional seat that is up for grabs in November.
"Today we are re-committing our energies," Kucinich said Friday. "I'm directing my energies to being re-elected to the Congress of the United States."
"To those who supported this campaign with their energies and their hearts, I want you to know that we are transitioning the presidential campaign to a movement based on integrity, and based on practical ways we can affect policies on a local and national level," he said, announcing the launch of a new group called 'Integrity Now.'
"I'm no longer running for president, but I am intent on saving our nation," he said, directing supporters to a website called integritynow.org.
Throughout his campaign, Kucinich trailed badly behind his Democratic rivals, raised little money, and was recently shut out of Democratic debates because of his long shot status.
Kucinich, who made an unsuccessful bid for the White House in 2004, ran on his longtime opposition to the war in Iraq, and advocated the creation of a federal "Department of Peace."
However news about his candidacy was overshadowed by news about his assertion that he saw a UFO; that President George W. Bush may need mental "care"; and attention devoted to his second-wife, Elizabeth, who is 30 years his junior.
The former Cleveland mayor has been an Ohio congressman since 1997, but is facing challenges from local politicians who charge that Kucinich's quest for the White House, and his failed effort to impeach Vice President Cheney have left the people of his district neglected.
In an "urgent personal appeal" Wednesday to his campaign supporters sent out by e-mail and released on YouTube, Kucinich said, "Right now I'm under attack by corporate interests, most of them from the city of Cleveland, who have an agenda that has nothing to do with the people of my community, nor with most people in this country."
"And so what I'm asking you to do is to help me stay in Congress, so that I can continue to represent the people of my community, the state of Ohio and the United States of America," he said in the appeal.
ABC News' Jennifer Duck and Lindsey Ellerson contributed to this report.
January 25, 2008 in Huckabee, Mike, Tancredo, Tom | Permalink | User Comments (8)
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Ps. And for those who ASSUMED he was for BIG government...he WASN'T!!! As he HIMSELF stated, he was for a MORE EFFICIENT government!!! AND, for those who "dissed" him for admittedly seeing a UFO (meaning, UNIDENTIFIED flying object, btw)...TRY keeping up w/the SCIENTIFIC news, whereas SCIENTISTS stated that they've discovered a new solar system that's VERY SIMILAR to ours, in which they BELIEVE there may be LIFE on one of those planets, not to mention, that they ALSO believe there may be LIFE on one of the moons of saturn, AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, they stated that w/the emergence of newer tecgnology, they have NO DOUBT of finding LIFE ELSEWHERE!!! AND, if you think about it, you've GOT TO be EXTREMELY ARROGANT (not to mention IGNORANT) to believe that WE are THE ONLY form of life in this WHOLE UNIVERSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! One more thing, the mere FACT that he PUBLICLY ADMITTED this, PROVES his HONESTY AND COURAGEOUSNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: endcorruptionNOW | Jan 25, 2008 2:35:40 PM
THIS ELECTION IS A SHAM!!!! Even IF their "polls" were TRUE, WHY would they even "take" them & publish them AS EARLY ON as they HAVE??? I'll tell you why...in order to BRAINWASH you all into BELIEVING who the "frontrunners" were, in order to have you CHANGE your OWN, ORIGINAL vote!!!!! THINK ABOUT IT!!!
Posted by: igspal | Jan 25, 2008 3:01:36 PM
Unfortunately there's no place in Presidential politics for a man or woman of principle and integrity. Keep fighting the good fight Dennis!
Posted by: geddesman | Jan 25, 2008 4:15:53 PM
Where does the hubris of Hillary end? Now, she's saying that Obama didn't earn his place in the US SENATE? In fact, he served years in the Illinois State Senate before Washington, which totals more years of elected office than Hillary has served. And how did Hillary herself get to the US Senate? By leapfrogging herself from the role of First Lady. This American Evita is shameless.
Posted by: AntiRestorationDemocrat | Jan 25, 2008 4:40:04 PM
For all of those who are disappointed that Dennis is out of the race; Please take note that there is still an anti-war canidate out there in RON PAUL. Paul and Kucinich, are usually voting against unconstitutional bills in the House together and are very cordial towards each other. I would just ask you to consider looking at Paul's platform, before you decide to hold your nose and go for the lesser of two evils, or to not vote or participate in this election at all. From a fellow citizen of Ohio.
Posted by: ugh! | Jan 25, 2008 4:45:11 PM
Dennis, why don't you and Ron Paul become 3rd party candidates?
Posted by: steve | Jan 25, 2008 4:59:55 PM
If Biden wants sec of state over VP, Kucinich is the man for that Job, give him health care to reform, he can get it done.
Posted by: Louis | Jan 25, 2008 6:39:15 PM
I would vote for a Ron Paul Dennis Kucinich ticket, third party or not. I am sick of the people who AREN'T getting equal time from the media since the start of all this. I am tired of the media directing our country year and year and VERY tired of the idiots who vote for them! Even after the facts are out about all that King George and Tricky Dick have done, the media still darlings them as well as the knotheads who voted them in. I WANT MY COUNTRY BACK!
Posted by: Susan Crossen | Jan 26, 2008 10:36:09 AM
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