I'm voting for Dennis Kucinich in the CA primary....regardless of his "chances"

[Elspeth]

Anyone with me?

[mdmc]

1. same here in NYS my friend

[MindPilot]

2. Me too. Win, lose or draw, this time I'm voting my conscience,

not some "winning strategy".

[wuushew]

3. When is the primary now? February 5th?

Front loading is crazy. When RFK was shot wasn't the California primary held in June?

[Elspeth]

4. CA primaries were usually in June

until now

[aquart]

5. Exactly what you should do. So is my mom.

[mike_c]

6. another californian here, voting for DK....

w00t!

[Elspeth]

8. I'd love to see Dennis get double digits in CA

[cyclezealot]

12. what a dream it would be if DK could get delegates in

say two congressional districts. I'd start with Pelosi's district and East Bay.

[Elspeth]

14. Those would be the mostly likely

What an amazing thing that would be

[cyclezealot]

66. If Kucinich had a sizeable delegation to attempt to influence

the National convention - rules; seems, even there democracy is stacked against challengers. In the past convention rules require an absurd number of delegate votes to even file a minority report.

[Maat]

46. Please let me know, Mike, if you are willing to become a DK volunteer.

We sent out stuff to the DK team leaders, who, in turn, distribute it to the volunteers.

My friend and business partner is his California volunteer coordinator; please let me know if you want to become more involved in the campaign.

Thanks,

[New Earth]

52. what exactly would a volunteer do?

because I have honestly been thinking of doing it. I just want it to be in an 'official' way associated with the campaign.

[Maat]

55. Good question.

I'm the DK Team Leader for the 45th, and I help with the 49th, so I should know. Heehee.

Well, I've gotten to be in on some really neat conference calls, and I got send some very neat campaign stuff to pass around.

Soon, I think that we are going to be asked to do some canvassing.

AND, during the conference calls and meetings, you get briefed on candidate appearances, and so forth.

No one will ask you to participate at a level that is impossible or anything.

Can you PM with an email address and your Congressional District number (e.g. I'm here in Murrieta, and am in the 49th, on the border of the 45th)?

[New Earth]

56. I'm not in CA

I'm in NJ. I just figured you'd know some answers, and you did, so thank you! I do have a question though - what is canvassing anyway?

[Maat]

58. Oh, darn!

I'm going to go to the doors of registered Democratic voters with information, most probably.

I did it for John Kerry in Arizona in 2004.

Hey, if you still want to volunteer, I can ask about the New Jersey contact.

[New Earth]

59. ok sure

let me know if you find out. thank you!

[Maat]

60. Sure will (n/t).

[riqster]

7. In the end, it's the votes that count

...not the media or the pollsters. Vote Kooch!

[demnan]

9. Voting and working for

Fundraising in Charlottesville, VA Dec 7

[peace13]

10. Yes for Ohio.

We bought 100 Kucinich buttons and are having some interesting talks with folks as we wear them. I always have an extra in my pocket to give away. Many people are frustrated and willing to go out on the web and educate themselves. No bad comments yet. Peace, Kim

[Maat]

45. Are you already a DK volunteer?

If you are interested, let me know. I'm a DK Team Leader, and my business partner (in a venture) and friend is his volunteer coordinator for Cal.

Please let me know ... anyone who wants to be an official volunteer in California!

Thanks,

[cyclezealot]

11. congratulations don' t let the corporate odds makers

tell you who to vote for. Vote your vote by your interests, not the corporate masters of the likes of Wolf Blitzer.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

13. Yup, I'm with you.

He may also get my general write-in vote as well, depending on who the Dem candidate is.

[kestrel91316]

15. Yep. He sure as hell can't win if we DON'T vote for him.

And I don't happen to believe many polls anymore.

[Elspeth]

16. Avoiding the polls is the best thing to do before the primaries

Sometimes I think the polls are there to guide our vote.

[kestrel91316]

21. And I think you are 100% correct. Consider the source - aren't they mostly

brought to us courtesy of the MSM??

[Elspeth]

22. Yep. A lot of CNN, Time Warner....

I worry that the repetition of the frontrunner's name is enough to get people to vote for her/him.

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. yep

And I told my sis the same, don't tell me he is unelectable... she likes him... vote for him

The media wants YOU to believe he is unelectable

[Elspeth]

18. So that makes two of us in San Diego

Maybe we can get a third?

[Maat]

48. Are you involved in DK's campaign ..

please let me know if you aren't ... and you want to be!

[crawfish]

19. Me,

I'll be the guy who votes for him in Texas.

[lonestarnot]

20. Me.

[hogwyld]

23. I'll represent Oregon

I'm sure I can gather up a few others to join us!

[LWolf]

62. I'm here, too.

[cyclezealot]

69. Last Demo convention

Oregon, Minnesota, and Hawaii need be proud. They had the biggest Kucinich delegations.

[Anwen]

24. Another Californian here...

I will be voting for Kucinich as well. I have come to realize that he is the only candidate who speaks for me.

[Elspeth]

43. Me too!

[Maat]

50. Please let me, Maat, know ..

if you want to become involved in the campaign (see post below).

Thanks,

[KamaAina]

25. I've been with Dennis since last cycle. Now, however, I'm wavering...

seems DK is open to having a racist, anti-choice libertarian who's still pining for the gold standard on the ticket, as long as he's against the war.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[Elspeth]

26. You mean Ron Paul?

?

[KamaAina]

27. Ding ding ding! We have a winner. No more calls, please.

I provided a helpful link to our ongoing discussion about this bizarre development, above.

[Elspeth]

32. Maybe Dennis is just trying to keep the Dems who support Paul in his own column

I'll bet his staff has seen all the Ron Paul threads on DU and is watching the polls.

[KamaAina]

35. Intriguing -- but DK is the last guy I'd expect to see

engaging in that kind of naked Realpolitik. That's what I liked about him in the first place. What's a boy to do?

[Elspeth]

37. But maybe he doesn't see it that way. Or maybe he actually cares about the Constitution

and feels that this issue is the most important one of our time, dwarfing all the others.

[Maat]

51. I have passed the word along ..

about the concern on DU.

[New Earth]

53. awesome

I'd like to see it put to rest :/

[Maat]

54. Yeah.

Hopefully, it will be laid to rest.

[goodgd_yall]

28. Self-Deleted

[BuyingThyme]

29. :woohoo:

[tritsofme]

30. You can take your vote, his chances, and Ron Paul, and put it right here:

[lonestarnot]

49. Is that so? hhhhhmmmmf.

[sakabatou]

31. Boku da!

[timtom]

33. Oh, God. I've always loved the name "Elspeth"

Whenever I meet someone named Elizabeth, I always call them Elspeth.

And, yes, of course, on the Kucinich thing.

"Das geht ohne zu sagen."

[Elspeth]

38. I kinda like it myself. :)

Nice to meet you!

[tjwash]

34. Same here in San Diego

Looks like 3 San Diegans at least

[Elspeth]

40. Yay! (Do I hear a 4th? A 4th San Diegan?)

[tjwash]

47. I think there are only 8 or 9 Democrats in the whole city.

[Mike03]

36. Maybe a week ago I would have agreed

But it's obvious from his comments re: Ron Paul that he's not the man I hoped he was.

[tammywammy]

39. I'm not a Dennis supporter

But vote for whomever you want to, that's what I say.

[Mike03]

41. Like others have said, vote with your heart

Vote on your principles. Even though I've dropped DK as a candidate, I'm voting for a candidate who is unlikely to earn the domination, regardless.

Here's to following our guts and hearts!

[Elspeth]

42. Agreed!

[Maat]

44. Voting for Dennis .... in California!

To my fellow Kucinich voters!



PLEASE, DUers, let me know, if you live in California, if you would like to be a part of the volunteer campaign team.

Thanks,

[WA98296]

57. Voting Dennis Kucinich in Washington

[eridani]

63. The primary vote is worthless. You must attend the caucus to get delegates for Kucinich

No 15% threshold at the precinct level either. If you don't understand the caucus system, PM me.

[LWolf]

61. Me too, in the state to your north. ;) n/t

[sce56]

64. I'm in and I just sent him $50 he needs all he can get to recive the Feds Matching $

[David Zephyr]

65. You and millions more around the country.

I know a lot of people here in LA that are just sick of the political posturing going on. They tell me "I'm voting for Dennis in the primary no matter what his chances are because he votes the right way when it matters."

It's hard to argue with that.

Good for you. I'm still up in the air, leaning toward Biden.

[Eurobabe]

67. Always let your conscience be your guide

(courtesy of Jiminy Cricket)

[Elspeth]

71. :)

[shanti]

68. yup

gotta vote my conscience.

[mvd]

70. I'm with you

Kucinich is still a politician. More straight-shooting than usual, but since he's basically being ignored, Kucinich is making a point. Would I have said the same thing? No. But I do not believe that if Kucinich had a real chance that he would entertain the notion of nominating Paul.

[DemBones DemBones]

72. Yes, indeed. This will be the second time

I've voted for Dennis in the presidential primaries. I haven't felt as good about voting for someone since McCarthy and McGovern back in the Sixties!