Will, I suggest you look up the remarkably successful Fabian Society socialists of England. They realized that they could never achieve their aims all in one go, so they set about achieving them piece by piece, one bit accomplished by one party, another bit accomplished by a second, all working towards a discrete end. And look at England now.
Kucinich is honest. I disagree with 99% of everything he says, but at least he's honest and in-your-face about what he wants. Obama is just another Fabian, a leftist in centrist clothing. I have infinitely more respect for Kucinich, though Obama's Chicago pol's talent for obfuscation and grassroots intimidation (Truth Squads? Hello!) make him a far more dangerous adversary.
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