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Forget Dennis Kucinich

Kevin Spak — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:38:05 CST

Dennis Kucinich's 16-year stint in Congress is about to end , and Alex Koppelman, for one, does not care. "Liberals lost one of their favorite elected officials, and the press lost one of its favorite sources of comic relief," he writes for the New Yorker . "But Congress did not lose a...

New Super PAC Wants to Dump All Incumbents

Kevin Spak — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 13:13:42 CST

On Super Tuesday, the Campaign for Primary Accountability had its money behind two diametrically opposed candidates: Tea Party conservative Brad Wenstrup, and Dennis Kucinich. What did they have in common? Both were taking on long-entrenched incumbents. The Campaign is the rare super PAC that doesn't back any one candidate or...

Dennis Kucinich Loses Ohio Seat

Mary Papenfuss — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 05:32:00 CST

Ohio voters yesterday bounced two-time presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich out of office, leaving him without a congressional seat for the first time in 16 years. The antiwar populist conceded just after midnight to progressive Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur in the race to represent Ohio's redrawn Ninth District. The outcome between...

Kucinich Invokes Gandhi, Tunisia at Marijuana Rally

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:57:05 CDT

On Saturday, Rep. Dennis Kucinich gave a rousing speech at … Hempfest. “Open up, America! Show yourself! Time for mass action! This is why, and how, recent movements for freedom in Tunisia and Egypt gained momentum,” he urged marijuana activists. “This is how Gandhi cast off the British Empire. This...

Syria's Assad Meets With ... Dennis Kucinich?

Kevin Spak — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:57:25 CDT

An American politician is leading the way on the Syrian crisis and it’s not a former president or even John Kerry, but rather ... Dennis Kucinich. This morning, the Atlantic spotted this tweet from a CNN reporter in Damascus: “Ran into Dennis Kucinich in another hotel. Told me he’s on a...

GOP Spikes Bill to End Libya Conflict...

Kevin Spak — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:18:01 CDT

House GOP leaders canceled a vote on a Dennis Kucinich resolution to end the conflict in Libya today, because they were afraid lawmakers would actually vote for the thing. John Boehner “is concerned that if this were to come to the floor now, it would pass,” one senior Republican staffer...

Willie Nelson Retracts 'Teapot' Endorsement

Matt Cantor — Thu, 19 May 2011 16:44:34 CDT

After voicing support for pro-pot Gary Johnson as a presidential candidate , Willie Nelson has apparently changed his tune, notes the Daily Caller . It's "too early for me to endorse anyone,” the singer said in an email to a member of his marijuana-legalization activist group, the Teapot Party. (The exchange is...

Kucinich Settles Olive Pit Lawsuit

John Johnson — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 05:00:00 CST

The weird lawsuit involving Dennis Kucinich and an olive pit has been settled. The Democratic lawmaker sued the operator of a congressional cafeteria for $150,000 after cracking his tooth on said pit, reports the Plain Dealer . Kucinich didn't disclose the settlement because, you know, that's private. He did, however,...

Dennis Kucinich Sues ... Over Unpitted Olive

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 12:29:57 CST

Rep. Dennis Kucinich cracked his tooth on an errant olive pit in April 2008, and he’s not happy about it. The Ohio Democrat is now, almost three years later, suing the congressional cafeteria where he bought the sandwich that included the unpitted olive, Gawker reports, citing official documents from Courthouse...