Because I Said So…

While Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama duke it out for primary election wins in Ohio and Texas, one congressman who dropped out of the Democratic presidential race will be fighting for his seat on Capitol Hill.

Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) now faces a common problem: primary challenges built largely around the notion that his long-shot presidential bid and celebrity status have put him out of touch with voters back home.  He will be wetting himself until the reckoning election on March 4, when Ohio holds its primary.

Kucinich admitted his House seat was in trouble when he abandoned his presidential bid in late January according to the Wall Street Journal.  He told his hometown paper, “I want to continue to serve in Congress.”  Read:  This is the only way I can get back to The Hill, please don’t forget about me in the upcoming election.

So nervous is the Democratic House representative that Kucinich agreed to debate his four opponents– a rare concession for a safe incumbent. Check out his urgent appeal message here.

Former Cleveland mayor Dennis Kucinich may have abandoned his White House bid on Friday, but he is not ready to stop campaigning.

The long-shot presidential candidate during a press conference said, “I’m directing my energies to being re-elected to the Congress of the United States.”

The Ohio congressman has now spent two of his past three congressional terms running for president, so he might feel heat from critics who feel he has not effectively served his constituency while chasing the Oval Office.

Kucinich has declined to rule out or confirm any future runs for president, but I know I will miss his under-supported campaign and his being ignored by the media and Democratic party.

In memorandum, here is a YouTube video that compares Kucinich’s efforts to those of aliens running for president in a season eight Halloween episode of “The Simpsons.”  Goodbye, Kucinich.  Your whirling without strings will be sorely missed.