Reply #305: Having read this entire thread I am struck by two things

[WildEyedLiberal]

A) The people who are actually from Iowa and are familiar with the situation on the ground all affirm that DK has done negligible campaigning in the state of Iowa, and have pointed out that it's a bit ludicrous for him not to claim to have enough money for an actual Iowa office and staff if he has money to campaign in other, less influential primary states;

B) Most of the people getting really worked up about this aren't from Iowa and don't seem to consider that Kucinich has apparently written off the state in terms of seriously contending as a winner.

I don't hate Kucinich and I like a lot of what he stands for, but it seems to me that he can't put zero effort into Iowa and then be surprised when he doesn't get much support or isn't invited to the debates there. If DK really realized that the Iowa caucuses have "national implications" as his statement reads, then he really should've been investing more time and money there.

Oh, also I'm getting really, really sick of presidential candidates hijacking Paul Wellstone's words ("Democratic wing of the Democratic party") to define themselves. The man's dead and it's extremely tacky to leech off his memory to pander for liberal support.