(Via The Corner) Malia Rulon regales us with tales of the Kucinich tidal wave amongst the "celebs":
WASHINGTON - While many of his Presidential rivals are pursuing endorsements from mainstream groups such as labor unions, Democrat Dennis Kucinich has cornered the market on eclectic endorsements.Wow, those are head turners!
The latest come from Doris "Granny D" Haddock, a 93-year-old New Hampshire woman who walked coast-to-coast two years ago to support a rewrite of campaign finance laws, and Arun Gandhi, the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and leader of the M.K. Gandhi Institute of Nonviolence.
Other endorsements for Kucinich's White House bid: actor Ed Asner, country music singer Willie Nelson, lifestyle guru Marianne Williamson and author Studs Terkel.One can't help but wonder what planet Henry lives on.
"Maybe that is the real America," said Henry Graff, a Presidential historian and professor at Columbia University.
But the lawmaker argues that this growing list of high-profile support, which also includes actors Peter Coyote, James Cromwell, Hector Elizondo and Elliott Gould, could turn that around.Hey it's a household word around the Country Store already. It wouldn't be though, if the damn dog down the road didn't make midnight visits to the front steps.
"If people whose names that are virtually household words are supporting my campaign, it's likely that with their help 'Kucinich' will soon be a household word," he said...
"They were excited about it. And I'm hearing today about Granny D. People know who she is."There must be interesting demographics for this bunch.
However, Graff said there is likely a strategy behind Kucinich announcing, for example, that Ben & Jerry's Homemade ice cream founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield support him.As James Taranto would say, "What would we do without experts?"
"It isn't accidental. It's cool, as the kids would say. And why aren't Ben and Jerry as cool and worthy to be listened to as Newt Gingrich endorsing a candidate?" Graff said.
