Weird Rumor of the Day: Kucinich Interested in Running for Congress in WA-10

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That would be super fun. I would embrace that carpetbagger so hard.

gloomy gus on May 2, 2011 at 1:34 PM

Oh no! Nooooooo! Please, somebody tell this asshole to stay in his midwest shithole!

Vince on May 2, 2011 at 1:35 PM

He's certainly been seen around in the area in the past few weeks.

And I wouldn't worry, Vince-- I doubt the new district will be anywhere near King Co.

Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In on May 2, 2011 at 1:46 PM

@1, it's funny, because he would be a "carpetbagger", even though most people in his new district moved here about ten minutes ago themselves. I think he'd have trouble winning in the new Tenth, though.

Fnarf on May 2, 2011 at 1:46 PM

Well, sheesh...I move from WA to OH and now he's leaving for my old home?

bugwitch on May 2, 2011 at 2:00 PM

What @1 said.

After the NDP sweeps all the provinces in Canada tonite in their federal elections, my guess is a lot of people up there would drive down here to help him out.

Socialism ftw!

Will in Seattle on May 2, 2011 at 2:03 PM

@4, and as soon as he started making speeches about life here on "the Puget Sound", you'd fill the air with epithets and imprecations.

gloomy gus on May 2, 2011 at 2:05 PM

I would heartily welcome his wife to our state.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=…

butterw on May 2, 2011 at 2:08 PM

Don't forget that Inslee is running for Governor, so the 1st district will also be open.

Brian2 on May 2, 2011 at 2:38 PM

I met him at yesterday's May Day rally, and encouraged him to run for Inslee's seat. He is just about the nicest guy you could hope to meet. I would love to see him representing a Washington district. Too bad McDermott isn't retiring, then I could actually vote for him. He is one of the few good ones in DC.

Pol Pot on May 2, 2011 at 2:41 PM

If he moved into the 7th, I think he'd win it in a walk. In 2004, that district sent mostly Kucinich delegates to the National convention.

Geni on May 2, 2011 at 3:27 PM

(and when I got to meet him there, he was traveling around with James Cromwell, the actor, who is approximately 9 feet tall. The two of them together looked quite peculiar. Nice men, though.)

Geni on May 2, 2011 at 3:28 PM

i for one welcome our leprechaun overlord.

Valkyrie on May 2, 2011 at 3:42 PM

I for one welcome our Leprechaun Overlord's wife.

Will in Seattle on May 2, 2011 at 4:14 PM

We've already got "Baghdad" Jim McDermott, we've done our share.

Westside forever on May 2, 2011 at 4:44 PM

Kucinich is about as far left as you can get and still call himself a democrat. He could possibly get elected in someplace like the 7th District if Jim McDermott ever decided to retire. But there is no way Kucinich can win any kind of moderate or swing district (as the new 10th is likely to be), particularly when the competition can label him as a carpetbagger.

Reverse Polarity on May 2, 2011 at 4:56 PM

Kucinich would be a Conservative in Canada, mind you.

Will in Seattle on May 2, 2011 at 6:08 PM

@6, is this one of those things you "prescient" about? NDP landslide, you say?

Bzzt. Conservatives have a majority government in Canada. You are wrong. Again.

Fnarf on May 2, 2011 at 8:34 PM

You know what that is? Weird, that's what that is.

seandr on May 2, 2011 at 10:29 PM

Weird Rumor of the Day: Kucinich Interested in Running for Congress in WA-10

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