Congressman Kucinich, (D-OH), was not invited to Sunday's Democratic Steak Fry in Indianola, nor to a Democratic Presidential Forum Thursday in Davenport.
Kucinich, a Democratic presidential candidate accuses Iowa Democratic Party leaders and other groups of, "rigging the game in Iowa" by excluding him from two Presidential events this week.
According to the Kucinich campaign, Representatives of both events have claimed that Kucinich does not have a sufficiently "active organization" in Iowa.
Traditionally the first in the nation primary and caucus states have been a way for voters to sample the candidates, connect personally with the candidates and put the power into the hands of the people. "When Party leaders and their allies pre-select which candidates they will allow the voters to hear, it's a disservice to the voters. Iowans deserve better than a rigged game," said Kucinich. "The whole purpose of the primary and caucus season is to provide voters with opportunities, not to enable a carnival of interest groups to subvert the process."
Numerous polls show Kucinich running ahead of Senators Joe Biden and Christopher Dodd, who were invited to participate. In the most recent CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll, Kucinich was at 3% nationally, Biden was at 2%, and Dodd was below 1%.
"We're doing better than some of the establishment candidates, and we're moving up," Kucinich said. "Instead of spending millions of dollars on high-priced consultants, and slick advertising, we have a highly motivated grassroots organization."
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