Kucinich's New Caucus Buddy

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Tuesday January 01, 2008 · 2:59 PM PST

2008/01/01 · 14:59

Cross posted here

h/t to our good friend Howie in Seattle

Well it looks like Dennis Kucinich isn’t going to make us wait until caucus night to see which way he will bend this year. In 2004, when it looked like Howard Dean had a pretty good shot at the Whitehouse (thus giving us someone who might actually get us out of Iraq) Dennis (Give Peace a Chance) Kucinich threw his support behind one of the co-sponsors of the Iraq Use of Force Resolution and the USA Patriot Act – North Carolina Senator, John Edwards. Kucinich’s move on that night in Iowa helped set the stage for a surprise 2nd place finish for Edwards and essentially knocked Dean (and the Progressive wing) out of the race.

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Saturday December 08, 2007 · 12:12 PM PST

2007/12/08 · 12:12

I recently attended a "Presidential Candidates Forum" hosted by one of our local Democratic Legislative District organizations (Washington State will conduct precinct caucuses on February 9th). While the forum featured local surrogates for the actual candidates, the answers to a pre-determined list of questions were required to be from specific policy statements of the candidates themselves and not simply the opinion (or spin) of the surrogate. The questions ranged from Iran/Iraq, to Immigration, to Healthcare, to Energy/Environment, to restoration of the Constitution. While I went into the forum a Richardson supporter, I left even more convinced than before that we need experience in the oval office. Although there were many good ideas and plans laid out before us at this forum, the one thing that kept running through my mind was the truism, "Actions speak louder than words." Having served at every level of government, Bill Richardson is the only person running for president this year who has actually produced results in the areas that impact our country the most at this time in history.

Chadshue

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Sunday August 05, 2007 · 11:58 AM PDT

2007/08/05 · 11:58

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At 1am (EST) The US House of Representatives adjourned for a month long summer recess. The following is a bit of a critique on their performance leading into this holiday.....

Chadshue

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Thursday March 29, 2007 · 10:10 AM PDT

2007/03/29 · 10:10

With their vote today; passing an emergency funding bill for the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan (51 – 47), the new Democratic majority in the United States Senate joined with their counterparts on the United States House of Representatives in accepting the role they have been tasked with by the voters in November, 2006. In the face of strong Republican opposition in both chambers and the almost taunting threat of a Whitehouse veto, the new Democratic Congress has, I believe, captured the full intent of the American people on the issue of Iraq: We must fund our troops in harm’s way while setting a time table for ending US military involvement in that country.

Chadshue

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Tuesday August 22, 2006 · 1:18 PM PDT

2006/08/22 · 13:18

The most important race in Snohomish County, Washington this year is the race for Snohomish County Public Utilities District (PUD) Commissioner - District 2! Oh sure, there are a number of legislative races and our three federal offices to concern ourselves with but it has just struck me that the race that provides the greatest return for my one vote is the race to turn over one seat on the PUD's decision making body.

Snohomish County PUD is the second largest publicly owned utility in the Pacific Northwest and the twelfth largest in the nation in terms of customers served. The PUD's service area consists of 2,200 square miles, including all of Snohomish County and Camano Island. The utility maintains about 5,800 miles of distribution line. The policy decisions for this vital energy distribution facility rest on the votes of just 3 commissioners!
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The Letter

Chadshue

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Friday August 04, 2006 · 9:26 AM PDT

2006/08/04 · 09:26

Originally Posted at The Left Shue

OK, so I have read the story from the Washington Post (Hill Democrats Unite to Urge Bush to Begin Iraq Pullout By Charles Babington and Jim VandeHei) about how the Democrats are finally uniting behind an Iraq policy but as much as I try I just can't find anything to hang on to here. Read More

Vote Mark dot Org

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Sunday June 11, 2006 · 1:58 PM PDT

2006/06/11 · 13:58

In September, the Washington State Democrats will hold a primary to see who will represent them on the November ballot. The choice will be bewtween the 1st term incumbent, Maria Cantwell, and challenger, Mark Wilson. *

During her five years in the Senate, Cantwell has voted for the Iraq War Resolution (a vote for which she recently stated she has no regrets), the Patriot Act (twice), NAFTA (during a previous term in the House) and CAFTA, confirmation of Condi Rice and John Negroponte, and she refused to stand with other Democrats to sustain the fillibuster of Samuel Alito.

Mark Wilson has spoken out about all of these issues and more and yet the state party and the media have continued to marginalize his candidacy as a single issue anti-war insurgent campaign. The following is my ode to the media's complicity in this effort.