Good News! Dennis Kucinich Running for President in 2008

Kucinich to seek 2008 Democratic nomination CLEVELAND, Ohio (CNN)

Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, will announce his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday at Cleveland's City Hall, the five-term congressman's spokesman, Andy Juniewicz, said Monday. Kucinich, a candidate for the nomination in 2004, began his political career as a Cleveland city councilman and later as the youngest person ever elected mayor of the Midwestern city. The congressman made his decision to run, according to a written statement, because he felt his own party's leadership was not aggressive enough in opposing the Iraq war. Kucinich, 60, is a staunch opponent of the Iraq war. He has advocated cutting off funds for the war, saying that voting for money to maintain or expand the war is incompatible with a position of opposition to it.

As a Democratic candidate in 2004, Kucinich was the last to drop out of the race as it became clear that John Kerry would carry the nomination. He threw his support to Kerry just days before the 2004 Democratic convention. He was re-elected last month to serve a sixth term as representative.