"Actually, George, this debate is insufficient..."

Well another debate, another arbitrary attempt to marginialze certain vocies. It took 25 minutes for Dennis Kucinich to even answer a question and then, rouhgly another 25 for his second. By what criteria debate format is designed, I have no idea. Even if you confer a measure of credibility to public opinion polls (which is definitely not a given, but rather something to be debated). the only real constant in this primary has been Clinton, Obama, and Edwards as the "frontrunners".

True if you consult the Rasmussen, USA Today, NBC or ABC polls, Richardson and Biden will outpoll Kucinich, however, if you then go to consult the Newsweek, Pew, Diaego Hotline or Fox polls this will not be the case. Sometimes, Kucinich beats one or both Biden and Richarson, sometimes tied, etc. Further, if you gathered all of these polls you would find that Kucinich is ahead of Dodd in almost every one of them.

Kucinich is on the rise. His performances at the AFL-CIO and LOGO forums last week prompted none other than George Stephanopoulos, the same one who ignored Kucinich throughout todays forum, to have him on his weekly show where he introduced Kucinich with clips of his impressive forum performances and huge audience response. After Stephanopoulos asks Kucinich why he doesn't think his strong debate/forum performances haven't yet turned into more support, Dennis explains that as the early media focus has been on certain candidates, as the American people hear his message on the issues like true universal healthcare, actually ending the war, and ending detrimental trade agreements like NAFTA and WTO, his support will continue to rise. But, George, didn't ask Kucinich about any of those issues. You can see the interview below:



Though the corporate media is only going to be able to keep this up for so long. Kucininch is going to continue to gain support. Forbes Magazine just released an article that reports Dennis Kucinich's appeal rose more than any other canidate in the month of July. In fact, according to the report, his total appeal is higher than both Clinton and Edwards! "Toatl appeal" is measured by 46 different attributes: "the same traits it has used to select high-level spokespeople for advertising campaigns for more than a decade". And Irregular Times is now claiming that last week Kucinich sold more merchandise than any other candidate, an indicator, which to them measures a "strong and lasting and lasting commitment to show their support for a particular candidate in a public way". Here's the poll.