Just Ask: Kucinich Answers, ‘Yes, I Am’

The New York Times sets out to marginalize Dennis Kucinich in its first article about his presidential campaign--BUZZFLASH

By MARK LEIBOVICH

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 — In the midst of a brief chat in his office last week, Representative Dennis J. Kucinich mentioned that, oh, by the way, he planned to run for president again in 2008.

“Yes, I am,” Mr. Kucinich, Democrat of Ohio, said in response to a reporter’s question about a possible encore to his bid in 2004.

Mr. Kucinich’s wife, Elizabeth Harper, who was seated next to him, arched her eyebrows in apparent surprise.