Wednesday, March 31, 2004

March 29, 2004

Kucinich's stands draw an audience

By Jim Feehan
The Register-Guard

Connie Brown wears her politics on her lapel.

The 86-year-old retiree, who lives in the Cerro Gordo community east of Cottage Grove, proudly wore her Dennis Kucinich lapel button at Sunday's rally in Eugene for the long shot Democratic presidential candidate.

"He stands for what the Democratic Party has always stood for: health care for everyone and jobs for those willing and able to work," she said.

Brown and about 800 diehard Kucinich supporters gathered at Lane Community College on Sunday to witness the Ohio congressman's quixotic bid for president.

Kucinich concedes that U.S. Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts has enough delegates to sew up the Democratic nomination. He said he is most interested in pushing the party toward adopting some of his positions. Progressives should not be shunned by the party, Kucinich said.

"The direction of the Democratic Party has yet to be decided and that's why the Oregon primary is so important," he said.

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