# So Long Denny! Kucinich quits race **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 24, 2008, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-denny-kucinich-quits-race/434882 "2008-01-24T22:32:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-denny-kucinich-quits-race/434882/1 "2008-01-24T22:32:01Z")
[From here.](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22827738/) He’s quitting so he can focus on getting re-elected to the House. Too bad. After seeing his wife, he’s the one politician I would believe if he said he wanted to spend more time with his family. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-denny-kucinich-quits-race/434882/2 "2008-01-25T15:06:07Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] …After seeing his wife, he’s the one politician I would believe if he said he wanted to spend more time with his family. [/QUOTE] Dammit, that was _my_ line when I heard the news! She’s yummy, no doubt. He’s not my congressman - he’s one district to the west - but I think there is a perception that he’s been spending too much time gallivanting around on two quixotic presidential campaigns, and not taking care of business in his district. He’s also quite a bit more liberal than the average voter in his district. Cimperman, the city councilman who’s now challenging him (as are some others) in the Democratic primary, is pretty popular. It’s not out of the realm of possibility that Kucinich might lose to him. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-denny-kucinich-quits-race/434882/3 "2008-01-25T15:49:40Z")
He’s who I would have voted for. Now it’s down to Edwards or Obama. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-denny-kucinich-quits-race/434882/4 "2008-01-25T16:01:31Z")
Too bad. I always knew Kucinich didn’t have a shot, but it made me feel better about politics in general that he was in there. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-denny-kucinich-quits-race/434882/5 "2008-01-25T16:34:33Z")
Please take Ron Paul with you too. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-denny-kucinich-quits-race/434882/6 "2008-01-25T16:53:54Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Dammit, that was _my_ line when I heard the news! She’s yummy, no doubt. He’s not my congressman - he’s one district to the west - but I think there is a perception that he’s been spending too much time gallivanting around on two quixotic presidential campaigns, and not taking care of business in his district. He’s also quite a bit more liberal than the average voter in his district. Cimperman, the city councilman who’s now challenging him (as are some others) in the Democratic primary, is pretty popular. It’s not out of the realm of possibility that Kucinich might lose to him. [/QUOTE] Maybe, but it’s a long shot. I think there’s at least one another candidate besides Cimperman, including a Cindy Sheehan type Iraq war mom who thinks Dennis HASN’T done enough to stop the war, so I think the anti-Kucinich vote will be fractured. I’ll be very surprised if Kucinich doesn’t win the Democratic nomination.