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Rallying the constituents against Kucinich is not in the story

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It certainly was part of the story:



==Appearing onstage for his health care speech, the President took time to introduce Kucinich, lauding the congressman's "tireless" work "on behalf of working people." At which point someone in the audience yelled "Vote Yes" -- with the obvious reference being the health care bill. Obama, not missing a beat, asked the audience member to repeat himself. After which he chimed in: "Hear that, Dennis?"



Towards the end of the speech Obama came back to Kucinich once again, saying that he had told the congressman that it had been "such a long time since we've made got on the side of ordinary working folks, where we did something for them, that relieves some of their struggles..."



The print pooler attending the event caught up with Kucinich before the speech and reported the following:



He only smiled when asked if he had spoken to the president about health care on the way here. Asked if he was reconsidering his vote, he said, "I'm looking forward to hearing what he has to say." He said he was not commenting on his current position on the bill.==



If your complaint is that there is no banner headline, "OBAMA RALLIED KUCINICH'S CONSTITUENTS AGAINST HIM", you are entirely too young & naive to even be in a political discussion here.
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