Reports from the campaign trail, October 31
From Melinda Arons:
Kucinich locks down during toy gun incident
Oct. 31 —Congressman Kucinich was in Washington Thursday. Locked in his Rayburn office while the toy gun perpetrators were hunted down, he kept busy firing off missives to the Bush White House.
First, Kucinich released a statement bashing Bush's visit to his home state, saying "Ohio needs more than a politically expedient trip. We need jobs." But what about that growth spurt the economy is enjoying and its potential to take the air out of the Democrats' argument that the president is weak on the economy?
Kucinich congressional chief of staff and spokesman Doug Gordon told ABC News, "The number one priority is jobs and it's still not clear that this growth will provide any sustainability … you need a long term plan and tax cuts to the wealthy is not a long term plan, nor is throwing $87 billion to Iraq. There are plenty of issues out here this president's weak on."
Next, Kucinich blasted Bush for not taking up the Russian Federation's offer to provide use of their Ilyushin-76 Waterbomber aircraft, currently off the coast of California, for assistance in putting out the wildfires ravaging that part of the country.
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