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In reply to the discussion: Thank you, Dennis, for everything. [View all]MineralMan
(146,284 posts)winning is a very long shot. Like most states, Wisconsin has a lot of state pride. Someone coming into the state to try to run for the Governor's office won't have a chance. Kucinich is an excellent Congressman for his district in Ohio, but he's not well known in Wisconsin by the majority of Democrats there. In reality, most won't have heard of him, since most people do not follow politics very closely at all.
Kucinich will have the same issues if he attempts to run for the vacant House seat in Washington state. Most voters there won't have heard of him enough to form any sort of opinion. Here on DU, we know about Dennis Kucinich. In most of the country, and among most Democratic voters, he has virtually no name recognition.
DU is not representative of Democratic voters. It never has been. We tend to discuss issues from a different perspective than the majority of Democrats around the country.