An unscripted Judge
(AP) A Nevada judge says Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich must be included in Tuesday's candidates' debate in Nevada.
Senior Clark County District Court Judge Charles Thompson says if Kucinich is excluded, he'll issue an injunction stopping the televised debate.
In making his ruling Judge Thompson said, "If the rules changed in the middle of the game, then I am offended by that." link.
I will be keenly interested to see if Rep. Kucinich takes notice of Senator Obama's tax-cuts. If he continues down the path he started in Iowa, his campaign won't be "progressive", it will be cult. Krugman in yesterday's NYTimes would be the link.
Comments
I don't see the big victory here. While I'm no legal scholar, it appears to me the judge decided this on contract grounds. Next time NBC will write tighter rules. A ruling on public interest would have been much more satisfactory. Sooner or later, however, the USSC will merely rule that Kucinich and Edwards and their type are not persons. Case closed.
Posted by: Chris Miller | January 14, 2008 10:09 PM