Get rid of Bush - Who are the alternatives?

Dennis Kucinich

(abridge from cnn.com)

www.kucinich.com

He advocates a national health care system, the preservation of Social Security and higher unemployment benefits. And he espouses pro-U.S. worker views in his strong objections to international trade pacts such as the North American Free Trade Agreement and General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

-- maintaining they undermine domestic jobs. Unions like him. Despite his recent flip-flop on abortion
-- he consistently voted against abortion rights in Congress, then adopted a pro-choice stand earlier this year
-- Kucinich quickly established himself as one of Washington's most unabashed liberals and vociferous GOP opponents.

He joined thousands of protesters during the World Trade Organization's meeting in Seattle, and later demonstrated in the streets of the nation's capital against International Monetary Fund policies.

A vegan and long-time nuclear power critic, Kucinich also earned the respect of leading environmental groups and spoke out against genetically engineered foods. Kucinich has made headlines for twice suing President George W. Bush

-- once to bar the commander-in-chief from withdrawing from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and then challenging the president's power to order the invasion of Iraq. (He and his fellow plaintiffs lost both cases.) But Kucinich also challenged his own party's president, joining 30 other House Democrats in fall 1998 to back an investigation of Democrat Bill Clinton.

If elected president, Kucinich has proposed major changes on the domestic and international fronts. He has said he would cancel NAFTA and pledged to repeal the Patriot Act, the anti-terror legislation passed after the September 11, 2001, attacks that he says stifles basic liberties.

But perhaps his boldest initiatives play off his pacifist views. Kucinich has promised to end the GOP-backed missile defense (or "Star Wars") program and has proposed the creation of a Cabinet-level Department of Peace to promote nonviolence both at home and abroad.