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发帖数: 4174 | 1 WASHINGTON -- On Tuesday night, progressives confronted the unimaginable:
Congress without Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio). The eight-term
congressman
lost his primary election for Ohio's newly created 9th district to Rep.
Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio).
The loss also deprives the nation of a general election contest between
two
national polarizing figures, as one of the candidates in the district's
GOP
primary was Joe Wurzelbacher -- better known as "Joe the Plumber." The
GOP
race was still too close to call at the time of publishing.
Kaptur and Kucinich were victims of a congressional redistricting process
that combined their seats. Because of the population losses recorded by
the
2010 U.S. Census, Ohio lost two congressional districts and the borders
of
the remaining districts were redrawn. The new map combines the districts
of
Kaptur, who represents what is currently the 9th district, and Kucinich,
who
represents the 10th.
According to the count on the official Ohio secretary of state website,
Kaptur had won four out of the five counties in the district, although
not
all of the ballots had been counted.
"I thought it was ours to win," she said, according to the Cleveland
Plain
Dealer, but in her speech, she assured Kucinich's former constituents
that
she would "pay attention to them, too."
"I understand that it takes awhile for people to get used to you," she
said.
Kucinich was elected mayor at the age of 31 and became known nationally
as
the "boy mayor of Cleveland." It was in that position that his well-
earned
reputation for what backers called principle, and enemies called
stubborness
, was born. It was the late '70s, and the finances of the city were in
shambles, as they were across much of the country. Major banks approached
the "boy mayor" with an offer they thought he couldn't refuse: privatize
the
local utility, Muni Light, or face bankruptcy. Kucinich wouldn't sell
and
the city went into default.
Predictably, his popularity plummeted, and Kucinich was tossed out of
office
two years after being sworn in. His political career apparently over, he
languished professionally and personally. As the years wore on, however,
and
surrounding cities paid staggering costs for having privatized their own
utilities, the people of Cleveland began to take another look at
Kucinich.
His refusal to sell out -- his willingness to take the political hit for
what he believed in -- turned him into a retroactively popular figure.
Later
studies of Kucinich's decision confirmed that he saved the city and its
ratepayers millions over the years. | D**S
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发帖数: 4174 | 4 PROGRESSIVE的一大损失，他是RON PAUL的左派翻版。记得政客反同还很时髦的
的时候，7、8个民主党总统候选人个个都反对同性婚姻，只有KUCINICH是支持的。
祝他东山再起，继续领军PROGRESSIVE。 | D**S
发帖数: 24887 | 5 我也是因为这个才记住他的．
个人甚至都觉得直到目前克里夫兰还能算是一个基本上的gay-friendly城市，都可能和
他有不小的瓜葛，否则那么个地理位置，实在看不出来怎么个gay-friendly法．我这个
看法可能太偏见了．
【在 g********d 的大作中提到】
: PROGRESSIVE的一大损失，他是RON PAUL的左派翻版。记得政客反同还很时髦的
: 的时候，7、8个民主党总统候选人个个都反对同性婚姻，只有KUCINICH是支持的。
: 祝他东山再起，继续领军PROGRESSIVE。
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