Reply #51: Exactly. Dennis asked his delegates to vote for Kerry

[eridani]

And his delegates told him, No Way, not in round 1. All were supportive of the Kerry/Edwards ticket (and agreeable to joining a unanimous voice vote afterwards), but wanted to stand up against elective war and the PATRIOT Act and NAFTA, and for universal health care one more time before falling in line. Dennis had to back down after hearing his own words come back at him.

The WA state Kucinich delegation was unanimous for Dennis after communication with their state volunteer base. We knew that the outcome was obvious after Super Tuesday, but we still sweated blood to go from 0 delegates at the precinct caucuses to seven and an a alternate through the legislative and congressional district caucuses. The point was to promote the Kucinich platform all the way to the end. If we had wanted them to vote for Kerry, we could have just quit in February and let it go at that.

We have a couple of the youngest ones there--19 and never voted for a president yet. They were particularly adamant.

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