Dennis the Menace Goes Home
Confession: I've taken a (probably permanent) hiatus from the presidential primary horse race, mainly because (A) I think, like many of us who have had misgivings about Mitt Romney, I have probably reached the limits of constructive criticism and (B) I don't see a viable scenario going forward in which Romney doesn't emerge as the Republican nominee.
Thus, I'll limit my published reaction to last night's results to this little gem out of Ohio, which you may have missed in the midst of the presidential street fight:
Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, has defeated fellow Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich in the state's 9th District congressional primary.
That's right. Come January, the House will have lost its most consistent apologist for the Assad regime; the would-be creator of the Department of Peace and Nonviolence; the statesman who drove the city of Cleveland to default; and, let us not forget, the man who Shirley MacLaine said "felt a connection in his heart" with a UFO he spotted from her house (it remains unclear to this day whether that claim says more about the quality of Dennis Kucinich's mind or the quality of Shirley MacLaine's peyote).
What does an unemployed Dennis Kucinich mean for the political world? In the short term, it means that Marcy Kaptur is going to be tasked with warding off Samuel Wurzelbacher (AKA Joe the Plumber) in the general election. In the long term, it probably means that MSNBC is going to be revamping its primetime lineup.
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Re: Dennis the Menace Goes Home
Joke the Plumber. I have an urge to send money to the Democrat in that race.
Dec '10
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If I could spell the Kucinich scream that would be my comment. Bye bye, Denny, don't let the door hit you on the way out.
Jul '11
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I agree with A and B. I wish we could do better but will support the R.
Bye Dennis, you are a strange man.
May '10
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Troy, if your headline were only true. But politicians stopped "going home" a long time ago. They are so addicted to power that they stay as close to the "company town" as possible. There are over 200 former Senators and House Members that either run their own "consulting group" or outright registered as lobbyists.
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EJ, it sounds suspiciously like you have inside information. Have you already been retained to do graphic design for Dennis Kucinich's forthcoming K Street lobbying shop, the Astral Projection Group?
Jun '10
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Where does that come from? Wadamatter Tommy, didn't Joe get all the roots out of your main line?
Jun '11
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Don't look now but Dennis may be moving to Washington state to run for a seat there. As for Kaptur v. Joe W., that's a pretty safe D seat-- still a net loss of one Democrat in OH.
May '10
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Well, it isn't difficult to get inside Dennis' head... There's a lot of room in the there...
Jan '11
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Perhaps a colleague will direct Dennis to an island in danger of capsize. Dennis could provide some ballast.
Feb '11
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I don't think a post-presidential Obama would want him anywhere nearby. but Jimmy Carter could probably find him a small sinecure.
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Washington state? I heard he was taking his talents to South Beach.
Mar '11
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Troy Senik, Ed.
In the long term, it probably means that MSNBC is going to be revamping its primetime lineup. · · 3 hours ago
Coming soon to MSNBC: The Sharpton-Kucinich Report.
Jun '10
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Kucinich demonstrates that a sincere leftist can go through a long career and be wrong on every single issue.
The man fed from the public trough way too long.
Mar '11
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I wanna know how he managed to woo such a nice wife - from England?
As for Tommy... sigh.
Feb '11
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He was/is a strange man.
May '10
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The man is still a religion among certain Clevelanders, and he's incapable of anything other than politics -- so we'll have councilman Kucinich or some such soon enough.
Jul '10
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He'll likely move on to a job as foreign policy adviser to Rep. Ron Paul.
I kid, I kid. :)
Dec '10
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David Williamson: I wanna know how he managed to woo such a nice wife - from England?
· 18 hours ago
And how. WOW. I am a fan of carrot tops.