Following the campaign, October 2
From Karin Caifa:
PLEASED AS PUNCH
Folks at Kucinich campaign headquarters in Cleveland sounded a little punchy over the phone on Wednesday. Probably because they were up until 3 a.m. collecting third-quarter campaign funds. Wednesday, the campaign sent an e-mail to supporters with the header, “YE$, We did it.” While the final tally is still at-large, campaign press secretary David Swanson said that the campaign “collected more money this quarter than last, exceeding expectations and distinguishing the campaign as one of the few with an increasing funding base.” The campaign raised at least $1.5 million this quarter. Swanson also noted that the vast majority — about 95%, according to communications director Jeff Cohen — of the donations are small enough to be eligible for federal matching funds beginning in the first quarter of 2004. In his release, Swanson couldn’t avoid taking swipes at the media, who the campaign believes has neglected the Kucinich bid on a number of occasions. “Despite national media that seek to marginalize Congressman Kucinich,” he wrote, “this campaign continues to grow.” Despite the “growth,” the numbers aren’t looking good. In addition to a last-place finish in the latest American Research Group’s poll of South Carolina voters released Tuesday, a Quinnipiac College poll released Wednesday has Kucinich polling at 1 percent in New York, ahead of only Bob Graham. The Empire State holds its primary March 2.
AGAINST THE $87 BILLION
On Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Kucinich was on the House floor once again encouraging his colleagues to say “no” to the proposed $87 billion supplemental appropriation for Iraq. “It is time for the United States to get out of Iraq. It is time to get the United Nations in and the United States out. It is time to bring our troops home and end this sorry exercise in pre-emption and unilateralism,” he said. “This supplemental request will bring the current total cost for the war and occupation of Iraq to about $150 billion dollars and counting. America can ill afford to spend another $87 billion in support of a war that has no end, no exit, no logic, and no sense. It is time to come up with a plan to get the U.N. in and the U.S. out. We must work with the world community towards this goal. ... Today, the administration will tell Congress that it was deceived by Saddam Hussein into thinking Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. Let this Congress not be deceived by an administration that took this nation into a war we did not have to fight. Bring our troops home.”
ON THE TRAIL
Friday: In Washington.
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