Election 2008 - Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Rudy Giuliani, War in Iraq, Health Care, Global Warming, Education, Abortion

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Age: 61

Party: Democratic Party

Marital Status:
Married to Elizabeth

Wedding Date:
Sunday, August 21, 2005

Children:
Jacqueline (“Jackie”), 24

Education:
Case Western Reserve University, BA and MA in Speech Communications

Birthplace:
Cleveland, Ohio

Dennis Kucinich

Officially dropped out of the race: January 25, 2008

Where's he from? A Cleveland native, Dennis Kucinich’s father was a Croatian truck driver, and his mother, an Irish American homemaker. Dennis attended Case Western Reserve University in Ohio, and then eagerly jumped into local politics after graduation.

Political resume? Kucinich, a second-time presidential candidate hopeful, began his political career at the young age of 23 when he was elected to the Cleveland City Council. He served a two-year term as mayor of Cleveland when he was 31 but lost a reelection bid the following term. In 1996, Kucinich was elected to the US House of Representatives where he has served since.

Hot issues? Kucinich places health care, the war in Iraq, and job creation among his top three priorities.

Issue	Position
Abortion	Supports abortion rights. Previously opposed them.

Education	Opposes school vouchers. Supports a program that would provide free pre-kindergarten.

Environment-Energy	Wants to initiate a “Global Green Deal,” which would encourage sustainable energy and decrease oil dependency.

Health Care	Supports Medicare coverage for all Americans, and is the only candidate with a health care plan that involves a universal nonprofit health care system.

Immigration	Supports amnesty. Wants to create a straightforward road map to citizenship to clear the backlog in the naturalization process. Wants to allow legal immigrants who are in the armed services to earn citizenship.

Iraq War	Voted against the use of military force in Iraq. Supports ending war funding altogether. Wants to open talks with Iran and Syria to assist in Iraq.

Same-sex Marriage	Supports same-sex marriage and opposes a constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage.

Taxes	Opposes extension of the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts. Wants to reinstate the tax rates from the Clinton administration.

Women's Rights	Supports a bill that would require businesses to hire more women and minorities.

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