# Dennis Kucinich announces for president (again)

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**Created:** [December 12, 2006, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-kucinich-announces-for-president-again/383877 "2006-12-12T22:18:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dennis-kucinich-announces-for-president-again/383877/41 "2006-12-22T05:50:48Z")

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[QUOTE=Dr. Rieux]  
It depends on which part of Missouri you’re in–West Illinois, East Kansas, North Arkansas, or South Iowa. 😉  
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I’m from Joplin, which is the intersection of East Kansas & Northeast Oklahoma (actually Northeast North Texas). 😛 Really, Iowa is freakin’ monolithic compared to Missouri. But we end up following their ( & NH’s) lead, just like 75% of the country.

The primary process needs to be long, & stay open longer. If staying in to say, “Hey, John Kerry/W. Bush/Bob Dole/Bill Clinton/whoever is an decent guy, but we can do better” is too expensive for too many candidates, we should go back to caucuses.

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