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hatmandu and friends has certainly fulfilled its stated goal of making me want to find out more. I don't know nearly enough about Kucinich, or indeed Gravel. Who should you vote for?
| Dennis Kucinich |  | 120 | ||
| Mike Gravel |  | 108 | ||
| Barack Obama | | 101 | ||
| John Edwards | | 91 | ||
| Hillary Clinton | | 87 | ||
| Rudy Giuliani | -15 | | ||
| Ron Paul | -27 | | ||
| John McCain | -36 | | ||
| Fred Thompson | -72 | | ||
| Mitt Romney | -117 | | ||
| Duncan Hunter | -132 | | ||
| Mike Huckabee | -138 | |
Your recommendation: Dennis Kucinich
Party: Democratic
Born: 1946, Cleveland, Ohio
Family: Married three times; one daughter
Career: Radio talk-show host, lecturer, consultant
Political career: Cleveland City Council (1969); Mayor of Cleveland (1977-79); Incumbent Member of the US House of Representatives from Ohio's 10th district
Hot topic: Federally funded healthcare to all citizens
Did you know? When Kucinich refused to sell Muni Light, Cleveland's publicly owned electric utility, the Cleveland mafia put a hit on him. A hitman from Maryland planned to shoot him in the head during the Columbus Day Parade, but the plot fell apart when Kucinich was hospitalized and missed the event.
Supported by: Viggo Mortensen, Sean Penn
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There are Obama posters popping up in Oxford already and it isn't even our election. Last night Dan and I found ourselves watching The Manchurian Candidate - the remake, that is - which I'd somehow thought was a running-and-shouting-and-exploding standard thriller. Instead it was a paranoia-filled conspiracy theory drama happening around a US election, clearly scripted by people who'd watched an awful lot of The West Wing. All the fake news footage with its clunky graphic design took me back to our all-night election party of 2004. Hey, party round mine this November! With donuts! And hopefully this one won't end in despair!
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You expected: Barack Obama
Your recommendation: Barack Obama
Party: Democratic
Born: 1961, Honolulu, Hawaii
Family: wife and two daughters
Career: Business International Corporation; NYPIRG; attorney and constitutional law lecturer
Political career: Member of the Illinois State Senate from the 13th district, 1997-2004. Incumbent Junior Senator from Illinois since 2005
Hot topic: Universal healthcare
Did you know? He is the only African American currently serving in the US Senate
Supported by: Oprah Winfrey, Eddie Murphy, Will Smith, George Clooney, Halle Berry, Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Michael Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Ed Norton, Jennifer Aniston, Zach Braff, John Cleese, Leonard Nimoy and Brooke Shields
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