President Kucinich?
You would never guess it to read American newspapers or watch American television, but the political leaders that dominate the media's attention are completely out of step with American voters. That's why it's considered a terrific turnout if half of our eligible citizens bother to show up to vote.More than 60 percent of Americans oppose our military exploits in Afghanistan and Iraq, for example, but the candidates that also oppose it, like Dennis Kucinich and Ron Paul, are not treated as viable by party leaders or by establishment pundits.
It might surprise you to know, though, that Kucinich would likely win if he were paired in a race against either right-wing media favorite, Sarah Palin or Donald Trump. According to Public Policy Polling, Americans prefer Kucinich to Palin 43% to 36%, and Trump 40% to 36%. The PPP opinion firm is in the bag for Democrats, but it's interesting to note that, in these head-to-head matchups, Kucinich does essentially as well as President Obama does. Since Obama is looking at a re-election landslide of Reagan-like proportions against the GOP's warm body, it's time for progressives to start strategizing about what they can do in 2012 to send the President a message of dissatisfaction over his lack of moral courage.
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Quote of the day: Nancy Hicks Gribble, on "King of the Hill"-- "Telling the truth is like the sun. People used to think it was good for you."
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Maybe it's just me. When I read the news reports that Navy SEALS uncovered quite a lot of pornography at Osama bin Laden's compound, my first thought was: What does the news media think is a lot of pornography?
posted by CM @ 5:02 PM
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