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Anti-war Ohioan may run in 2004 / Rep. Kucinich tests presidential bid
(Edward Walsh, San Francisco Chronicle, February 18, 2003)
Rep. Dennis Kucinich, an outspoken critic of President Bush's Iraq policy, announced that he would file papers Tuesday to form an exploratory committee to seek his party's 2004 presidential nomination. . . . Calling himself "an FDR Democrat" who is running "to return the Democratic Party to its roots," Kucinich made the announcement at a labor-sponsored conference in Altoona, Iowa, where the nomination contest will begin next January at the Iowa caucuses. . . . Kucinich, 56, a four-term House member and former mayor of Cleveland, made clear that he would base his candidacy on an appeal to his party's most liberal members, particularly on the issue of possible war with Iraq. The Des Moines Register reported that he had received an enthusiastic reception Sunday from Democratic activists in Linn County, Iowa, as he declared, "Yes, I am a candidate for peace." . . . Long an advocate of a "Department of Peace" in the federal government, Kucinich is also the only Democratic member of Congress running for president who voted against the resolution giving Bush authority to take military action against Iraq, positioning him to challenge Dean as the leading opponent of war in the presidential field.

posted by Lorenzo 2:45 PM