Following the campaign, September 22
From Karin Caifa:
CASHING IN ON PEACE
The Kucinich camp held its largest nationwide fund-raising event to date Sunday, with the goal of raising at least $1 million through house parties. It’ll be awhile before we get the total tallies, but as of 10 p.m. ET, the initiative had raked in $17,241 at 51 parties. That’s an average of $338.06, well below the goal of $1,000 per party. Kucinich supporters could keep track of the tally at www.kucinichparty.us. The same site also offered a special Peace Day audio message from the candidate and a place to send instant messages to other Kucitizens. The total is sure to get a boost from the party Kucinich himself was attending in Studio City, Calif., with actors James Cromwell and Ed Begley Jr., plus the numerous others in the Pacific time zone. I’ll be sure to give you an update. I attended a gathering of Kucitizens in New York City. The hostess held three throughout the day — a Sunday brunch followed by an afternoon tea and then an evening wine and cheese event. The gatherings were by no means wild blowouts that the term “house party” often suggests, rather supporters gathering around discussing the issues that will define the 2004 campaign and how to get the word out about their candidate.
ROLLING THROUGH NEW HAMPSHIRE
Kucinich rolled through New Hampshire Saturday, telling folks at the “Rolling Thunder Down Home Democracy Tour” in Manchester that he’s the only Dem in the field of 10 who can knock George W. Bush out of the White House next November. This may be difficult for New Hampshire voters to believe; Kucinich sits at 1 percent in the latest American Research Group poll of Granite State voters. But the congressman argued that he has consistently beaten Republican incumbents, albeit at the state and congressional level. And he said that he can bring in the Green Party voters who many argue lost the 2000 presidential election for the Dems. The “Rolling Thunder Down Home Democracy Tour” is an event promoting peace, fair trade, and other progressive issues.
WHO THE HECK IS JOHN?
The Kucinich campaign doesn’t quite have the name-recognition issue licked just yet. A piece on the WXXA (Fox TV, Alblany-Colonie, N.Y.) Web page this weekend, as well as an editorial piece in Florida Today, referred to the Ohio congressman as “John” Kucinich.
TODAY ON THE TRAIL
In Annapolis, Md., for an 8 p.m. town hall meeting at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts.
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