Reply #30: The "joke" outran a lot of Dems in the 2004 WI primary

[bobthedrummer]

including Wes Clark, Dick Gephardt, and others. DK is knowledgeable about a lot of things and he is unafraid of confrontation. On the issues, he's been a leading voice.

He was the youngest Mayor elected in Cleveland and stood up to powerful energy interests that would have harmed the City. He was politically "exiled" as a result and spent the time becoming an educator (much like Paul Wellstone) before reentering politics.

You may prefer the candidates that have the most special interest money spent on them or that look good-DK is a real progressive ethical Democrat in a Party undergoing a power struggle--DK certainly is not a joke or a DINO, he is a leader and a teacher that has earned respect among many.