http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=694&u=/ap/20031211/ap_on_el_pr/kucinich_date_3&printer=1Kucinich Wins Endorsement, Kiss From Date
Thu Dec 11,10:13 AM ET
BY KATE McCANN, Associated Press Writer
CONCORD, N.H. - A much-watched first date for presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich (news - web sites) ended with kisses on the cheek and an endorsement.
"Gina, we'll talk," Kucinich told Gina Marie Santore after the two had breakfast Thursday with a gaggle of reporters and photographers nearby.
A political Web site, PoliticsNH.com, chose the New Jersey woman over nearly 80 other contestants for a date with the twice-divorced Ohio congressman. He had joked recently about what he wanted in a potential first lady.
Kucinich, 57, told reporters Santore's endorsement was more significant than Al Gore (news - web sites)'s backing of front-runner Howard Dean (news - web sites) "and based on actual discussion."
Santore, 34, of Maple Shade, N.J., called herself a lifelong Democrat. She said she works as a confidential aide to the Camden County sheriff in southern New Jersey and lives with her boyfriend. Kucinich attracted her attention, she said, because she found his views "intoxicating."