Dennis Kucinich has been defeated by Marcy Kaptur

[WilliamPitt]

TOLEDO, Ohio -- Dennis Kucinich is out and Marcy Kaptur has captured the Democratic primary in the new 9th District, according to data analysis from cleveland.com

http://www.cleveland.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/03/kucinich-kaptur_wins_democrati.html

[FarLeftFist]

1. Whoa.

[Freddie Stubbs]

2. Kucinich camp won't knock down Washington option

How's this for a scenario: Dennis Kucinich loses next week's primary to Rep. Marcy Kaptur, but then decides to take another shot in another state.

Say, Washington, where he was openly putting out feelers last year.

The filing deadline there isn't until May 18, so he'd have plenty of time.

more: http://www.politico.com/blogs/david-catanese/2012/02/kucinich-camp-wont-knock-down-washington-option-115976.html

[WilliamPitt]

3. Next week's?

Um.

[Freddie Stubbs]

7. Article is from last week

[WilliamPitt]

8. No

It isn't.

[Freddie Stubbs]

14. The date on it says 2/29

[WilliamPitt]

17. Dude.

Marcy Kaptur defeats Dennis Kucinich, wins Democratic primary in newly drawn 9th District

Published: Tuesday, March 06, 2012, 11:30 PM Updated: Wednesday, March 07, 2012, 12:01 AM

Right there.

Clear your cache or something.

[mackattack]

18. The politico article

About Kucinich in washington is from last week. The one that the Freddie guy linked to.


Kucinich camp won't knock down Washington option
By DAVID CATANESE |
2/29/12 4:06 PM EST

[WilliamPitt]

24. Derp.

My bad. I missed his link entirely, and thought he was referring to the OP.

[WilliamPitt]

25. Yo Freddie!!!

My bad. I missed your link entirely, and thought you were referring to my link in the OP. Me = Derp.

[Freddie Stubbs]

34. It happens to the best of us

[TheManInTheMac]

47.

(sorry, couldn't resist)

[FLAprogressive]

4. As I said in another thread, it just plain sucks that it came to this.

Both are strong progressive fighters for the working class.

[bigwillq]

5. Congrats, Ms. Kaptur

on your victory tonight.

[Leopolds Ghost]

44. So are we just going to cheer on this debacle? n/t

[bigwillq]

61. She won fair and square based on the current rules.

So, yes, I offer my congrats to her on her well-earned victory. The situation is not her fault, so I don't feel it's right to take it out on her.

If one doesn't like the rules, work to change them.

[white_wolf]

6. Well this sucks. Kucinich was one of the few good congressman. nt

[FLAprogressive]

10. Kaptur is good too though....but I'd rather have both in DC.

[Tx4obama]

11. So is Kaptur. See comment #9 n/t

[From The Ashes]

13. yes, he was...

But so is Marcy.

[Tx4obama]

9. Kaptur is a progressive too and has been in Congress longer than Kucinich.

Marcy Kaptur BIO

Marcia Carolyn "Marcy" Kaptur (born June 17, 1946) is the U.S. Representative for Ohio's 9th congressional district, serving since 1983. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, anchored by the city of Toledo, includes all of Ottawa and Erie counties, and part of Lucas and Lorain counties.

Serving her fourteenth term in the House of Representatives, Kaptur is the most senior member of Ohio's congressional delegation, and is the longest-serving woman in the House, and the second longest-serving ever after Edith Rogers; in the Congress, she is currently tied for the third longest-serving woman with Senator Barbara Boxer, behind Senators Barbara Mikulski and Olympia Snowe. She ranks 25th out of 435 members in seniority and serves on the powerful House Appropriations Committee.

<SNIP>

MORE here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcy_Kaptur

On the issues (their records)

Kaptur: http://house.ontheissues.org/OH/Marcy_Kaptur.htm

Kuncinich: http://house.ontheissues.org/OH/Dennis_Kucinich.htm

[certainot]

12. if the left had paid attention to limbaugh ten years ago it's never come to this

[Nye Bevan]

15. Didn't she used to be on a show called "Silk Stalkings"? (nt)

[VenusRising]

28. No, that was Mitzi Kapture.

[bluestate10]

59. I loved the opening beach scenes for that show. nt

[Oasis_]

16. This is outstanding

Kucinich is nothing but an empty suit who "served" our district as poorly as he did when he was Mayor of our fine city. Finally, we can enjoy competent congressional representation.

Welcome, Marcy!.

Oasis

[got root]

50. :eyesroll:

zzZzz

[Ken Burch]

57. You'd have PREFERRED to see Cleveland sell it's electrical utility to the corporados?

That's why he lost the mayor's race...because the rich bought his defeat.

Marcy is to Dennis' right-it's always a tragedy when a progressive loses to someone less progressive.

[BlueIris]

19. Interesting.

Mr. Kucinich...is a curious man. This could get entertaining.

[FarLeftFist]

20. KAPTUR WILL POSSIBLY FACE JOE THE PLUMBER.

[Freddie Stubbs]

35. And she will defeat him in a landslide

The district is overwhelmingly Democratic.

[JI7]

21. if only all elections were like this

[proud2BlibKansan]

22. How sad.

What a great loss.

[surfdog]

43. Oh please stop already

The people get to choose who they want to represent them and you call that a great loss ?

Maybe he can explain why he voted against expanding a nationwide Amber alerts system

[proud2BlibKansan]

52. No. You stop.

How rude.

Some of us liked him. That's our choice. Just as it's your choice to dislike him.

And yes this is a great loss to many of us.

[jsmirman]

23. As an animal advocate

it is very hard not to be sad over this outcome.

[apocalypsehow]

26. The Ohio legislature did the Democratic Party a favor with the redistricting that led to this result

even if the DK fan club doesn't yet grasp the concept. Good deal.

[Leopolds Ghost]

46. This post = an example of current Democratic Party thinking in a nutshell.

Do some research... Why don't you post for us some pictures of the district maps before and after, for instance.

You will see how the entire northern tier was disenfranchised by this all in a Party-approved effort to remove Kucinich (like they removed Dean).

[got root]

51. The nail that sticks up, gets hammered

He'll be back.

[proud2BlibKansan]

53. Yep.

Frankly, the November elections are the Democrats' to lose. Crap like this make the potential losses more realistic.

[flvegan]

60. You get used to it with that one. n/t

[Ken Burch]

58. It's never a good thing for a progressive to be voted out of office

That can never be a good thing for the Democratic Party, either.

It's not like Kaptur is superior in any meaningful way. And she's anti-choice and pro-war.

[Elwood P Dowd]

27. Marcy Kaptur predicted the NAFTA/GATT/WTO disasters back in the 1990s

and fought against all the free trade and outsourcing insanity going on back then. This despite the Dem cheerleading of Clinton, Gore, Bradley, Foley, Richardson, and the rest for that crap.

[MrMickeysMom]

29. Kucinich will do other things that are good...

I don't believe the bullshit comments here about him being an empty suit.

Kaptur was also the congresswoman who encouraged homeowners to insist they be given the deeds and stay in their homes during the burst bubble and buggering by Wall Street.

She'll be great. Kucinich still is.

[mmonk]

40. Unfortunately, disdain in the party exists for liberals

that become too vocal in some eyes. Kaptur is good too and it's too bad good people have to square off against each other, especially as the radical right becomes over-represented in redistricting. There is no victory in that unless one likes conservatives.

[Blue_Tires]

42. I certainly hope so...

I don't live in CLE, but I don't understand the Dennis hate, either...Yeah, it's a consolation that another liberal has taken his place, but having one of our own defeat another isn't really something to celebrate, imo

P-D story:

http://www.cleveland.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/03/rep_dennis_kucinichs_career_ha.html

[sadbear]

30. Isn't Kaptur anti-abortion?

And didn't she ally herself with Bart Stupac to hold up the health care bill over abortion?

[Freddie Stubbs]

36. In this terrible economy social issue is the last of voters' worries

[Odin2005]

41. So was Kucinich until he started running for president.

[FLAprogressive]

54. To a point she is, but I'll take an anti-choice Dem who is right about everything else....

....than a pro-choice, corporate, anti-worker, pro-Patriot Act/etc. "Dem".

[Generic Other]

31. There's an opening in Washington state -- norm dicks is retiring

love to trade him for kucinich!

[onenote]

37. The US Navy is one of the largest employers in Norm DIcks' district

Probably not a good fit for Kucinich.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

32. In congress, Dennis was one vote out of 400+, but his personality and passion made him seem bigger

Whatever he does from here, he'll still have that and will be a major force in progressive activism.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

33. I hope he comes out here to Washington and wins a seat.

[mmonk]

38. The scenario of Democrat vs Democrat is what we're facing

across the nation with redistricting. We lost a great progressive liberal, Brad Miller, here in North Carolina as redistricting pitted him against David Price and Brad bowed out from running for re-election. The road ahead to return to a democratic representative government is going to be a long hard slog if we are even going to be successful. There are no quick fixes ahead.

[HughBeaumont]

39. Either way, I have a pro-labor progressive going against Not Joe the Not Plumber.

If I were a Republican, I'd be ASHAMED (in addition to making lots of spelling errors).

[Leopolds Ghost]

45. You have one less vote in the House (and the excising of progressives) and that is all that matters.

Kucinich was deliberately excised, probably with the consent of national party leaders, hence the lack of outrage we are seeing round these parts.

[HughBeaumont]

48. That I'm not celebrating. Dennis is a very consistent voice for labor and progressives.

The only saving grace is that he didn't get replaced with a blue dog . . . that would have been a worse case, because Not Joe the Not Plumber would have a better chance against a blue dog. Marcy will retain her seat by a landslide - her district is very Democratic and not kind to TeaHad Fair-tax-peddlin' "celebrities".

[FLAprogressive]

55. The Ohio GOP were the ones drawing the districts. Kaptur and Kucinich are quite similar.

They're the ones who did this. It sucks to lose Dennis, but blame the Ohio GOP and their gerrymandering. This was a no-win situation, the outcome would have sucked either way.

[got root]

49. He's been defeated before, and came back again.

I hope he keeps on keeping on.

He's a great voice for the average American!

[Blue_In_AK]

56. I'm a fan of Marcy Kaptur

It's just too bad the Republicans were able to mess with the districts and force Kucinich out. I'm sure it won't be the last we hear of him, though.