Kucinich promises 'a workers' White House' [View All]

DES MOINES --- To the audience at the Iowa Federation of Labor's first presidential forum of the year, Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich was putting on a table-pounding show of union solidarity.

Having only recently introduced himself to Iowa Democrats, the presidential hopeful was making a strong first impression on the union leadership. He held up his membership card for the Camera Operators Union and declared he would make the White House "the address of Workers Local No. 1."

Speaking louder and faster than any other candidate in attendance, he shouted, "This election is about your right to have a government that you can call your own --- a people's president. A workers' White House!"

Iowa Federation of Labor President Mark Smith, sitting behind the podium, could see that more than union spirit was driving Kucinich's almost manic performance. After learning the Adventureland Inn was ill-equipped to download and print his speech, Kucinich had perched his laptop computer on the podium.

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