Dennis Kucinich could not quite bring people around to supporting him as a serious contender during the Presidential primaries. Now, there is question about whether that lack of support is going to hurt his congressional career as well.
Some pillars of the Cleveland establishment have abandoned Kucinich. The mayor and the Cleveland Plain Dealer endorsed Cimperman, citing the incumbent’s increasingly national focus. Triad Research, a local pollster, showed that Kucinich’s job approval rating fell from 78 percent in 2005 to 56 percent late last year.
There has been no public polling in the Kucinich race, but the 37-year-old challenger is hoping Tuesday’s main attraction in Ohio — the presidential primary battle between Sens. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., — will bring out new voters in the 10th Congressional District who also are looking for a fresh face to represent them on Capitol Hill.
Admitting he faces an uphill battle, Cimperman has resorted to attention-generating stunts. He appeared at Kucinich’s Cleveland office with a videographer, who taped him handing a “Missing” poster with a large Kucinich mug shot to a front-desk worker.
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