United States House Representative for Ohio's 10th congressional district Dennis Kucinich shared some of his busy schedule to answer your top 10 questions.
Congressman Kucinich also has an important question for the reddit community at the end of the interview. Watch the full 28min interview in HD here or on youtube. Below the embedded video are all the questions, where you can also go directly to the Congressman's responses for each question. Thanks for being patient while we got this interview up. The next ones should get turned around much quicker.
1. sfsdfd
As has been apparent in the healthcare "debate," the current state of politics is heavily skewed by corporate lobbying. How do you feel about the magnitude of this influence on our political system, and what can be done to reduce it to a more acceptable level?
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2. GoatTnder
Do you plan to run for President again? And should you run, considering how most media networks gave you a much smaller presence than their "front-line" candidates, what steps will you take to ensure your campaign is given the attention it deserves?
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3. SquirrelOnFire
Congressman Kucinich,
Republicans recently proposed a constitutional amendment creating term limits in the House and Senate -- How do you think this would affect the Congress?
I am specifically curious how you think term limits would change the relationship between donors or lobbyists and Congressmen and what ancillary or unintended effects such a change would have.
Thank you for taking the time to talk with us.
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4. rightc0ast
Congressman,
Explain how you can vote for gun control, and advocate banning handguns after keeping a handgun yourself because of death threats during your term as mayor in the 70's. I'm sorry, but with all due respect ... despite your fresh and intelligent take on so many things, this reeks of do as I say and not as I do.
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5. evilangela
Given that our current plurality voting system is very poor as far as voting schemes go, and practically guarantees a two-party system because it creates more incentive for a voter to vote against a candidate instead of for one, do you think there may be possibility for significant voting reform in the future? There are many other systems out there, such as approval voting or instant-runoff voting, that will give more voice to each voter by making their vote richer in meaning, while eliminating even the concept of "throwing your vote away". What do you think might be the best possibilities for raising this discussion on the national level, and even, perhaps, starting to see proposals for a better and fairer system?
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6. rjvir
What is your take on Alan Grayson's tactics and rhetorical style in addressing the Republican party, and what do you think he does for the current Democratic party?
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7. kavalec
Congressman Kucinich,
What can be realistically achieved in the arena of defusing the power of lobbies and special interests?
And how can we help?
G. Kavalec.
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8. ricecraka
If you were made the absolute dictator of the U.S. for one day, what are some of the things you would do?
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9. rjvir
How do you feel about the "Blue Dogs" in Congress? Would it be worthwhile to plant more progressive candidates in their districts and risk losing to Republicans?
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10. stardawg
Would you consider leaving the Democratic Party for a new third party?
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Congressman Kucinich's question to the reddit community. View
