Kucinich supporters donate nearly $700,000 in six weeks

[cyclezealot]

Thank You real Democrats. We came through for Dennis Kucinich. Dennis, use it well. Don't let Cimperman get away with his lies. I was afraid the presidential race caused us to forget who has been out there doing the heavy lifting these past two years.
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U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich's plea to supporters to send money has paid off.

In the past six weeks, Kucinich raised nearly $700,000 in his bid to hold onto his 10th Congressional District seat. That brings his total to $735,000, the most he has amassed in a congressional race, including his initial bid 12 years ago against incumbent Martin Hoke.

His top rival, Cleveland Councilman Joe Cimperman, reported total contributions of $487,000, a little over half which was raised this year.

Thursday was the deadline for congressional candidates to file pre-primary finance reports with the Federal Elections Commission. To check the reports go to fec.gov.



Kucinich's big money givers, who donated a total of $230,000, primarily live outside of Ohio. A third of the money came from California, where 120 people donated a total of $75,700. Ohioans contributed nearly $25,000. His other top states for donations were New York, Massachusetts and Oregon.

His supporters include singer Bonnie Raitt, best-selling author and New Age lecturer Marianne Williamson and "Million Dollar Baby" film writer Paul Haggis, along with numerous college professors, artists and retirees.

Cimperman's supporters are almost all Ohioans. The roster includes Cleveland Indians attorney Paul Dolan, downtown real estate developer Richard Jacobs and Crocker Park developer Bob Stark. The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 880 gave $5,000.

Cimperman collected $15,000 from people outside Ohio.

Both candidates appear to have sizeable amounts of money left to spend. As of Feb. 13. Kucinich reported having $330,000 and Cimperman, $215,000.

The other three candidates reported much smaller war chests.

Rosemary Palmer has raised $55,000 and lent her campaign $106,000. The former teacher and journalist who is opposed to the war entered the run after her U.S. Marine son was killed in combat in Iraq.

North Olmsted Mayor Thomas O'Grady has raised $37,000. Barbara Ferris, the head of a nonprofit International Women's Democracy Center, has raised close to $17,000 in donations.

http://blog.cleveland.com/openers/2008/02/kucinich_supporters_donate_nea.html

[AnOhioan]

1. Glad to see this...

Dennis needs our support to fight off the challenge by Cimperman, a Dem who sold out....bigtime.

[cyclezealot]

2. a must see video for Clevelanders.

National Steelworkers thundered for Kucinich's causes. Clevelanders , I hope know they see a leader fighting for them.

http://www.whitehouse51.com/2008/02/kucinich-gets-rousing-support-from.html

[LiberalFighter]

3. If our candidate could raise that much he would be very competitive against the incumbent.

[cyclezealot]

4. we came through for Kucinich

but, will he respond it time. And Cimperman had all that cash before Kucinich did. Did Cimperman's B.S. ads poisons minds?

[cyclezealot]

5. would it not be great if we made it a cool million for Dennis.

[cyclezealot]

6. latest report from Cimperman TV spots

They compare Kucinich to some scary Halloween figure. You know you have the gaul of the swiftboat people when such use such illogical smear tactics. The question is are Clevelanderer smart enough to be spoon fed the crap they feed us on TV.

[Algorem]

7. Plain Dealer's starting to foam at the mouth today

I guess this would be their 3rd editorial endorsing Cimperman,and in the print version this one mimics Kucinich's bright yellow "Dennis!" campaign signs,it's all on bright yellow with "DENNI$!".


Editorial: Kucinich's far-flung fans fatten his finances

http://www.cleveland.com/editorials/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1203931906124321.xml&coll=2

Monday, February 25, 2008

Dennis Kucinich can't plead poverty anymore. Since posting an Internet video warning that "cor porate interests are con verging on Cleveland to knock me out of Congress," Ku cinich has raised $700,000 to defend his hold on the underrepresented people of the 10th District.

Not surprisingly, most of his biggest donors live in other people's districts. Other people's states, in fact. Maybe viewed from Newton, Mass., or Hanapepe, Hawaii, Kucinich looks pretty good. Maybe when you see Cleveland only during playoff games, it seems just fine.

But people like spiritualist Marianne Williamson of Nipomo, Calif., really ought to try living here. Then maybe they might understand why a lot of the people who are actively investing in Northeast Ohio's future have also given money to challenger Joe Cimperman. They're not out to silence Kucinich. They just want someone in Washington willing to help push a very big rock up a very steep hill.





"a lot of the people who are actively investing in Northeast Ohio's future have also given money to challenger Joe Cimperman"? I guess paying off politicians to move mass quantities of public money into your own bank accounts = "actively investing in Northeast Ohio's future"



they showed Cimperman on channel 3 news yesterday claiming his contributors that are being complained about by Kucinich supporters are "the arts community" and "small business"


i don't even think Cimperman supports small business by going to a barber,looks like he cuts his hair with a Flowbee


the local weekly Sun newspapers endorsed Kucinich on Thursday,even though they're owned by same company as the Plain Dealer-

Pick Kucinich, Trakas in 10th District

http://www.cleveland.com/sunstar/editorials/index.ssf?/base/opinion-0/1203537163253150.xml&coll=4

Thursday, February 21, 2008
The Sun Star

In an extraordinarily crowded Democratic field, four challengers are hoping to prevent 12-year incumbent Dennis J. Kucinich from advancing to the Nov. 4 contest. Despite some misgivings, we're sticking with Kucinich in the Democratic primary...

Say what you will, Kucinich, a longtime maverick politician, always stands up for what he believes, even when the causes are unpopular. Consider the controversy surrounding his decision not to sell Cleveland's electric company when he was the city's mayor 30 years ago. Now called Cleveland Public Power, the facility is alive and well, serving thousands of residents and businesses.

Some of his ideas are unconventional, such as his proposal for a cabinet-level Department of Peace. Right from the start, he was an outspoken opponent of the war in Iraq, which claimed the life of Edward "Augie" Schroeder, the son one of his opponents, Rosemary A. Palmer.

Despite criticism over his run for the presidency, Kucinich spotlighted many important issues in the district, especially those of the working class. Meanwhile, he continues to set the standard for constituent service...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Newspapers

Sun Newspapers is a chain of 25 weekly newspapers serving 82 different communities in the Greater Cleveland and Akron, Ohio areas. While some cover portions of the city of Cleveland, most of its papers are focused on suburbs and exurbs in Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lorain, Medina and Summit counties. Its main offices are in Valley View, with branches in Beachwood, Berea, Medina and North Olmsted.

While some of the papers in the chain date back, under previous ownership, to the early 20th century, the company was founded in its current form in 1969, as part of SunMedia, which also publishes weeklies in the Milwaukee suburbs. In 1998 it was sold to Advance Publications, part of the S.I. Newhouse media empire, which also publishes the Plain Dealer, the region's major daily. It is now the largest chain of paid weekly newspapers in the United States.

http://www.sunnews.com