asking Al Gore to run in 2008!
why not Kucinich
Posted October 31st, 2007 by gorewon2000
I'm anxious that Dennis Kucinich is creeping up on Gore in the DFA pulse poll. What had been a decisive lead has dwindled to less than two percentage points, and counting.
I've posted a diary about Kucinich on both DFA and DailyKos, to try to take some of the steam from his engine. Please read and recommend:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/10/31/14583/143
http://www.blogforamerica.com/view/22736
I freely acknowledge it's a "hit piece" on Representative Kucinich, and so may violate our rule about staying above the fray, but at no point in it do I admonish the reader to instead be for Gore-- so I'm hoping it won't make our campaign look bad. Anyway, I try to keep to issues of substance and avoid pettiness.
If there are Kucinich supporters on this list, I don't mean any disrespect. Feel free to comment on the blogs where you think I've gotten it wrong.
We have less than a week before DFA closes their poll. If you haven't voted in it yet, please do:
http://democracyforamerica.com/pulsepoll
I'm hoping Gore hangs onto his lead. I will feel a little vindicated by that, if it turns out that...
Ben
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Nov 1, 10:28 pm Dennis Kucinich leads DFA Pulse Poll
Democracy for America Pulse Poll
Total Votes: 113085 as of Thu, 01 Nov 2007 22:28:53 -0400
Candidate Votes %
Dennis Kucinich 31760 28.09% (1)
Al Gore (write in) 29631 26.2% (2)
Barack Obama 18676 16.52% (3)
John Edwards 15610 13.8% (4)
Bill Richardson 5842 5.17% (5)
Hillary Clinton 4706 4.16% (6)
Other 2646 2.34%
Christopher Dodd 2219 1.96%
Joe Biden 1087 0.96%
Mike Gravel 908 0.8%
VOTING IS STILL OPEN!! Polls close at midnight on November 5th, 2007. Cast your vote now at http://www.DemocracyforAmerica.com/PulsePoll
declaration
Once Al Gore declares himself a candidate he will rise above everyone in the pole. He's in second because people have to write him in, but he's still well ahead of Hillary and Obama. I like Kucinich's ideas, but he doesn't have the presidential stature or qualifications anywhere near Al. Kucinich has a hot wife, I'll give him that.
Thank you
Yes, it is all usually about DK himself.
I don't know we can change the numbers unless the groups send out another message reemphasizing to vote by "clicking on Other and writing in Al Gore" and that you don't have to be a member of DFA to participate in the vote". Because, his numbers jumped in a day by 7000 votes. Something else is going on so I don't think we can change them who have voted, but we can get some of the many hundreds of thousands who have signed the petition.
Side note, on the DFA diary, the first paragraph is duplicated and may want to try to fix. I know their software if very difficult to use and that may have caused that, but thought I would let you know.
Rec's done on both!